Petting World Records  

Art Hoffman pet eight dogs in 30 seconds. He set the record to celebrate RecordSetter World Record Day. #WorldRecordDay2012

Hayden H. pet his dog 294 times in 30 seconds.

Demythrate bounced a basketball 270 times in 30 seconds while petting his dog.

Sean Bradley pet a dog 134 times while singing the "Cheers" theme song in one minute. He set the record at a RecordSetter LIVE! event held at Joe’s Pub[] in New York City. The event was a fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research[]. [#RSLIVE22][]

Demythrate spun a basketball on his fingertip for 12.60 seconds while petting a dog.

Lukas R. rotated a devil stick for four minutes, 17.62 seconds while petting his cat.

Suresh Gaur bounced a baseball off the side of a building 82 times in 30 seconds while petting a dog.

Suresh Gaur bounced a tennis ball off the side of a building 169 times in 30 seconds while petting a dog.

Bryan F. pet three cats at once.

Luke and his friend completed 91 fist bumps while wearing winter hats, masks and petting their stuffed animals.

This record was set as part of Toyota Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

Andy Pelphrey petted his dog Brownie 102 times in 30 seconds while holding a statue of a dog in his other hand.