TobyKeith the chihuahua named world's oldest living dog by Guinness - USA TODAY

It's TobyKeith's clip again. The 21-year-old chihuahua has regained the rubric of the world's oldest surviving dog.  

The erstwhile titleholder, Pebbles, a 22-year-old South Carolina-based artifact fox terrier, died connected Oct. 3 aft a agelong beingness full of "country euphony and being loved," proprietor Julie Gregory wrote connected Instagram.

"We nonstop our sincerest condolences to Pebbles' family," Kylie Galloway with Guinness World Records North America told USA TODAY connected Wednesday. "I tin corroborate that TobyKeith presently holds the Guinness World Records rubric for the oldest canine living."

Pebbles earned the crown aft her owners Bobby and Julie Gregory work about TobyKeith, erstwhile the Florida canine was deemed the world's oldest by Guinness successful April. The Gregorys realized Pebbles was older and applied for the record, which Guinness awarded to Pebbles successful May.

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TobyKeith's owner Gisela Shore of Greenacres, Fla., told USA TODAY she had sent condolences to Pebbles' owners. "It was bittersweet news."

And she was precocious notified by Guinness that TobyKeith was "back connected his throne," Shore said.

TobyKeith, who is 21¾ years aged had his regular six-month sojourn with the veterinarian past month, and "he is successful cleanable health," Shore said.

Shore says she takes it casual connected TobyKeith, who enjoys going connected walks successful the vicinity and letting him roam astir their yard. "He loves to sunbathe 10 to 15 minutes a day," she said.

He besides enjoys trips to the parkland and predominant car rides, astatine slightest 3 times a week. Shore cracks the model down, "but lone astatine a halt light," she said.

"And I bash instrumentality him to get his pedicures … astir each 4 weeks."

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TobyKeith eats beauteous well, too. His favourite repast Shore said is simply a premix of brown rice, vegetables, chickenhearted and canine kibble.

"As a treat, helium inactive enjoys his carrots (minced into tiny small bites), and a small portion of turkey successful the morning. That's what helium eats astir each day," Shore said.

A income rep, Shore does astir fractional of her enactment from home. "He's either close down me," cuddled astatine her backmost successful her enactment chair, "or astatine my feet," she said. "I deliberation he's looking for heat."

Oh, and astir that name. Shore told Guinness she adopted the chihuahua arsenic a puppy aft an aged mates surrendered him to a structure due to the fact that they could nary longer attraction for the dog, which had primitively been named "Peanut Butter."

A state euphony fan, Shore had tickets to a Toby Keith performance astir the clip she connected with her caller puppy. "And I conscionable thought it would beryllium comic to sanction a tiny small three-pound canine aft this big, 6-foot, 250-pound man," Shore said.

Contributing: Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Asha Gilbert

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