Welcome to The Pawl of Fame!

Welcome to The Pawl of Fame!

Pets are truly exceptional—and Guinness World Records^™️ has lots of evidence to show us just how exceptional they can be!

Tricks for treats
Lots and lots of practice—and no doubt many treats—are needed to set these kinds of records:

Ozzy, a border collie/kelpie cross from Norwich, England, holds the record for the fastest crossing of a tightrope by a dog at 18.22 seconds.
The most treats balanced on a dog’s nose at one time is 29, a record set by George, a husky crossbreed in London, England.
The most dice stacked on a cat's paw is 10, which was achieved by Bibi, a domestic shorthair cat from Puchong, Malaysia.
Waffle the Warrior Cat from Big Sur, California, broke the record for the longest jump by a cat, landing seven feet from his starting point.

On the job

Midge, a Chihuahua/rat terrier cross, was recorded as the smallest police dog in 2006. Measuring 11 inches tall and 23 inches long, Midge was certified as a Narcotics Dog in Chardon, Ohio. In her role as an official Law Enforcement Work Dog, Midge could be used for arrests, search warrants and drug seizures.
The first alert detection dog was Armstrong, a yellow Labrador retriever, who did his training in California in 2003. Armstrong was trained to use scent to detect the subtle chemical changes leading to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). The success of Armstrong’s work led to the founding of Dogs for Diabetics, a charity training diabetes alert dogs.

Tall tales

Arcturus Aldebaran Powers, a Savannah cat from Michigan, was recorded as the tallest domestic cat in 2017, measuring 19.05 inches in height. At the time of the record, his owners noted that Arcturus weighed 30 pounds and ate about 1½ pounds of food a day!
The tallest living dog, recorded in March 2022, is Zeus, a Great Dane from Bedford, Texas. Zeus is 3 feet and 5.18 inches tall, which is a few inches taller than the average miniature horse.

Turn up the volume

Merlin, a 13-year-old rescue cat from the United Kingdom, registered the loudest purr by a domestic cat on record at 67.8 decibels back in 2015. That’s as loud as normal conversation or background music, and almost as loud as being in a car going 60 mph!
The record for the loudest bark by a dog has been held since 2012 by Charlie, a golden retriever from Adelaide, Australia. Charlie’s bark registered 113.1 decibels, which is about as loud as a chain saw or leaf blower and well above the safe zone for hearing (80–89 decibels).