Chihuahua named oldest dog living

An Ohio dog named Spike has been certified as the oldest dog living by Guinness World Records after reaching 23 years, 43 days old, on Dec. 7.

Rita Kimball, the 9-inch-tall Chihuahua’s owner, said she found the canine in the parking lot of a Camden grocery store 13 years ago.

“He had been shaved up his back, had blood stains around his neck from a chain or rope, and looked pretty rough,” Kimball told. “The clerk in the grocery told us he had been there for three days and they were feeding him scraps.”

Kimball decided to bring the dog home to her small farm, where he immediately fit in. She dubbed him Spike. Kimball took Spike to a veterinarian, who determined the canine’s likely birthday as November 10, 1999.

Horse in the backseat of a car

A visitor to a McDonald’s fast food restaurant in Australia captured the video of an unusual sight — a horse riding in the backseat of a drive-through customer’s car.

Donna Bevan posted it on a video sharing site, showing the surprising scene outside the eatery in New South Wales.

The video shows Bevan briefly converse with the driver of the car, who explains the horse is “excited for his ice cream.”

Bevan said in the post that it was an “only in Australia” encounter.

World record for building Lego World Map

A 13-year-old Maine boy broke a Guinness World Record by assembling the 11,695-piece Lego World Map in 9 hours, 14 minutes and 49 seconds.

Cooper Wright of Cumberland Centre has been building with Lego bricks since he was three or four years old and received the Lego Death Star as a Christmas gift. Wright decided to attempt the Lego World Map for a Guinness World Record. The time to beat was 12 hours.

The 11,695 pieces set isn’t a typical, 3-D model, but instead a flat mosaic spread. Cooper completed the map while watching Marvel movies and Star Wars, taking a couple breaks for snacks and only one for the restroom.

“I think that was probably harder than any other one I’ve done,” Cooper told. “It’s one board and you put them in like pegs. So, it’s different.”

Stolen hot dog statue returned to restaurant

The owner of a West Virginia restaurant that was heavily damaged by fire has his coveted hot dog statue back.

The “Wienerman” statue was stolen from the Dairy Winkle, in Campbells Creek, during a break-in sometime after the January 11 fire, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

A tip led deputies to a location where the statue was found undamaged. Investigators have not identified a suspect and are seeking information about the theft.

The short statue depicts a hot dog licking its lips and holding a bottle of mustard while pouring a bottle of ketchup on its head. Ellison hopes to reopen the restaurant later this year.

Published in Dawn, Young World, January 28th, 2023