Chanel is a dog, not a perfume

Chanel with Denice - Image from the Telegraph

Chanel wears goggles and jumpers and has a Guinness World Record certificate to her name. Meet the world’s oldest dog as she turns 21, which translates into an amazing 147 years in people years. Denice Shaughnessy, Chanel’s owner, is a retired Army veteran who now works as a school secretary and lives with her husband Karl, a policeman. She adopted Chanel in 1988 from a Virginia shelter when she was just a six week old pup. Chanel and her owner both stay in Port Jefferson Station, New York where she sleeps all day until Denice comes home from work. Chanel used to run three miles with Denice every day when she was younger but today she has to be carried around a lot. But Chanel still enjoys a walk and sometimes Denice finds her walking around in the night.

But despite being pretty healthy for her age, Chanel has her senior problems. The goggles she wears is not to hide her age, but because she has cataracts and is very sensitive to light. She has her jumpers on because she gets cold very fast and in summer she has to wear a tee shirt. Denice keeps her home at a constantly warm temperature and Chanel eats food like boiled chicken and soft pasta that she can eat with her old teeth. “She takes things easy nowadays,” says Denice and well I guess we can forgive her for it.

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