How to Get Your Dogs in the Guinness Book of World Records

It takes more than a pretty pup to make the Guinness Book of World Records. Your dogs have to stand tall, jump high and weight at least 342 pounds. Here are some tips to get you started.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

How to Get Your Dogs in the Guinness Book of World Records

1. Hook them up to your car. In 2000, a group of 210 huskies pulled a flatbed trailer and mine drill that weighed 145,002 pounds. The largest team to pull any load was 230 dogs in 1999.

2. Get them pregnant. Three different dogs have given birth to litters of 23 puppies. In November 2004, a Neopolitan Mastiff named Tia stole the spotlight with 24.

3. Stretch their smackers. In Dallas, Texas, a golden retriever named Augie set a world record for holding five regulation-sized tennis balls in his mouth at one time.

4. Get creative on road trips. A border collie named Striker set the world record for opening a manual car window at 11.34 seconds.

5. Teach them a lot of tricks. Toy poodle Chanda-Leah knows more than 1000 commands including “Pull out your toy box,” “Bring my socks” and “Go to my purse and bring a Kleenex.”

6. Write them into your will. One of the richest dogs in the world, standard poodle Toby got $75 million when his owner, American millionaire Ella Wendall, died in 1932.

Tips & Warnings

• If you think you or your pet may could break a world record, visit www.guinnessworldrecords.com and fill out an online application.
• If you would like to go after multiple records, fill out a separate proposal for each claim.
• The Fast Track Application only takes three business days to process. Afterwards it takes 4-6 weeks for a researcher to consider and validate your claim.
• If your proposal is accepted, you can attempt to beat the record and provide all evidence required.
• Don't tell friends of your fame right away if you do break a record. Often multiple individuals are attempting the same record at the same time and a new record may be set (but not yet published) while your paperwork is being processed.