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Longest-living dogs

Average lifespan from breed standards. The top pick is the Coton de Tulear.

Longest-living dogs — top 6

Chart: the six top-ranked dogs by avg lifespan — taller bars rank higher on this metric.

What this ranking shows

Across 272 dogs, avg lifespan ranges from 6.5 to 17 — a 2.6× spread, with a median around 13. The Coton de Tulear leads at 17 yr, while the Dogue de Bordeaux sits at the far end. Rounding out the top three are the Biewer Terrier (16 yr) and the Lagotto Romagnolo (16 yr). Most of the gap comes down to three things: body size (which sets how much a dog eats and its medication doses), breed health risk (which sets insurance premiums and likely vet bills), and lifespan (which multiplies every recurring annual cost). Use the sorter below to re-rank by your own budget, home size and grooming tolerance.

#	Breed	Size	Avg lifespan	Lifetime cost
1	Coton de Tulear	Small	17 yr	$32,000
2	Biewer Terrier	Small	16 yr	$25,500
3	Lagotto Romagnolo	Medium	16 yr	$34,100
4	Manchester Terrier (Standard)	Small	16 yr	$26,500
5	Manchester Terrier (Toy)	Small	16 yr	$25,200
6	Chinese Crested	Small	15.5 yr	$23,400
7	Hamiltonstovare	Large	15.5 yr	$47,500
8	Norrbottenspets	Medium	15.5 yr	$32,800
9	Tibetan Terrier	Small	15.5 yr	$29,200
10	Xoloitzcuintli	Medium	15.5 yr	$33,700
11	American Hairless Terrier	Small	15 yr	$26,100
12	Belgian Malinois	Large	15 yr	$47,100
13	Chihuahua	Small	15 yr	$21,200
14	Drever	Medium	15 yr	$33,700
15	German Wirehaired Pointer	Large	15 yr	$47,100
16	Havanese	Small	15 yr	$25,100
17	Löwchen	Small	15 yr	$23,300
18	Papillon	Small	15 yr	$22,600
19	Rat Terrier	Small	15 yr	$25,100
20	Teddy Roosevelt Terrier	Small	15 yr	$24,900
21	Bichon Frise	Small	14.5 yr	$31,300
22	Italian Greyhound	Small	14.5 yr	$22,200
23	Pointer	Large	14.5 yr	$45,600
24	Shiba Inu	Small	14.5 yr	$24,900
25	Standard Schnauzer	Medium	14.5 yr	$35,400
26	American Eskimo Dog	Small	14 yr	$24,200
27	American Staffordshire Terrier	Large	14 yr	$42,800
28	Australian Cattle Dog	Medium	14 yr	$32,400
29	Bergamasco Sheepdog	Large	14 yr	$45,100
30	Cairn Terrier	Small	14 yr	$22,700
31	Dachshund	Small	14 yr	$26,500
32	Eurasier	Large	14 yr	$45,000
33	Finnish Spitz	Medium	14 yr	$30,200
34	German Spitz	Medium	14 yr	$31,600
35	Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen	Medium	14 yr	$33,000
36	Irish Terrier	Medium	14 yr	$29,500
37	Jindo	Medium	14 yr	$32,600
38	Kromfohrlander	Medium	14 yr	$32,000
39	Miniature Pinscher	Small	14 yr	$21,100
40	Norfolk Terrier	Small	14 yr	$22,300
41	Parson Russell Terrier	Small	14 yr	$23,100
42	Pomeranian	Small	14 yr	$25,700
43	Poodle (Miniature)	Small	14 yr	$24,200
44	Poodle (Standard)	Large	14 yr	$47,400
45	Poodle (Toy)	Small	14 yr	$27,900
46	Portuguese Pointer	Medium	14 yr	$33,200
47	Pudelpointer	Large	14 yr	$43,200
48	Pug	Small	14 yr	$23,300
49	Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka	Small	14 yr	$23,000
50	Shih Tzu	Small	14 yr	$30,200
51	Silky Terrier	Small	14 yr	$23,600
52	Stabyhoun	Large	14 yr	$42,000
53	Sussex Spaniel	Medium	14 yr	$34,300
54	Toy Fox Terrier	Small	14 yr	$20,600
55	West Highland White Terrier	Small	14 yr	$28,100
56	Affenpinscher	Small	13.5 yr	$22,500
57	Afghan Hound	Large	13.5 yr	$46,200
58	American Leopard Hound	Large	13.5 yr	$42,300
59	Appenzeller Sennenhund	Large	13.5 yr	$42,500
60	Australian Shepherd	Medium	13.5 yr	$35,400
61	Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog	Medium	13.5 yr	$31,300
62	Azawakh	Medium	13.5 yr	$32,200
63	Basenji	Small	13.5 yr	$23,400
64	Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound	Large	13.5 yr	$41,300
65	Bedlington Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$25,000
66	Bohemian Shepherd	Medium	13.5 yr	$32,300
67	Border Collie	Medium	13.5 yr	$33,700
68	Border Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$21,900
69	Brussels Griffon	Small	13.5 yr	$22,600
70	Canaan Dog	Medium	13.5 yr	$32,300
71	Cardigan Welsh Corgi	Medium	13.5 yr	$30,100
72	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	Small	13.5 yr	$29,200
73	Cesky Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$23,200
74	Chinook	Large	13.5 yr	$44,100
75	Croatian Sheepdog	Medium	13.5 yr	$30,400
76	Dandie Dinmont Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$27,900
77	Finnish Lapphund	Medium	13.5 yr	$32,000
78	Giant Schnauzer	Large	13.5 yr	$48,400
79	Harrier	Large	13.5 yr	$41,500
80	Hokkaido	Large	13.5 yr	$41,900
81	Irish Setter	Large	13.5 yr	$45,000
82	Kai Ken	Medium	13.5 yr	$29,300
83	Keeshond	Medium	13.5 yr	$33,100
84	Kerry Blue Terrier	Medium	13.5 yr	$32,500
85	Lakeland Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$22,800
86	Lancashire Heeler	Small	13.5 yr	$21,400
87	Lhasa Apso	Small	13.5 yr	$24,000
88	Maltese	Small	13.5 yr	$24,800
89	Miniature Schnauzer	Small	13.5 yr	$29,500
90	Nederlandse Kooikerhondje	Medium	13.5 yr	$28,900
91	Norwegian Buhund	Medium	13.5 yr	$30,300
92	Norwegian Elkhound	Large	13.5 yr	$41,300
93	Norwegian Lundehund	Medium	13.5 yr	$28,900
94	Norwich Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$21,700
95	Portuguese Podengo Pequeno	Small	13.5 yr	$21,500
96	Redbone Coonhound	Large	13.5 yr	$42,300
97	Saluki	Large	13.5 yr	$41,000
98	Schapendoes	Medium	13.5 yr	$31,600
99	Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer	Large	13.5 yr	$41,700
100	Smooth Fox Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$22,600
101	Swedish Vallhund	Medium	13.5 yr	$28,800
102	Tibetan Spaniel	Small	13.5 yr	$21,700
103	Welsh Springer Spaniel	Medium	13.5 yr	$32,300
104	Welsh Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$25,000
105	Whippet	Medium	13.5 yr	$29,700
106	Wire Fox Terrier	Small	13.5 yr	$22,600
107	Wirehaired Pointing Griffon	Large	13.5 yr	$41,500
108	Working Kelpie	Medium	13.5 yr	$31,600
109	Australian Terrier	Small	13 yr	$22,100
110	Barbet	Large	13 yr	$39,700
111	Bearded Collie	Large	13 yr	$43,900
112	Belgian Sheepdog	Large	13 yr	$42,700
113	Belgian Tervuren	Large	13 yr	$42,700
114	Bolognese	Small	13 yr	$21,400
115	Brittany	Medium	13 yr	$31,200
116	Cirneco dell’Etna	Small	13 yr	$22,300
117	Collie	Large	13 yr	$43,100
118	Deutscher Wachtelhund	Medium	13 yr	$31,600
119	English Cocker Spaniel	Medium	13 yr	$30,400
120	English Springer Spaniel	Medium	13 yr	$31,200
121	German Longhaired Pointer	Large	13 yr	$41,700
122	German Pinscher	Medium	13 yr	$29,100
123	Icelandic Sheepdog	Medium	13 yr	$28,400
124	Irish Red and White Setter	Medium	13 yr	$31,600
125	Japanese Spitz	Small	13 yr	$22,100
126	Mudi	Small	13 yr	$22,700
127	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Medium	13 yr	$30,800
128	Pekingese	Small	13 yr	$23,000
129	Peruvian Inca Orchid	Medium	13 yr	$28,500
130	Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen	Medium	13 yr	$29,200
131	Pharaoh Hound	Large	13 yr	$39,700
132	Plott Hound	Large	13 yr	$39,200
133	Polish Lowland Sheepdog	Medium	13 yr	$34,600
134	Rafeiro do Alentejo	Giant	13 yr	$51,600
135	Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog	Giant	13 yr	$52,900
136	Russell Terrier	Small	13 yr	$21,000
137	Russian Toy	Small	13 yr	$19,600
138	Samoyed	Large	13 yr	$41,300
139	Schipperke	Small	13 yr	$21,200
140	Sealyham Terrier	Small	13 yr	$24,800
141	Shetland Sheepdog	Small	13 yr	$24,100
142	Siberian Husky	Large	13 yr	$37,100
143	Skye Terrier	Medium	13 yr	$34,600
144	Small Munsterlander Pointer	Large	13 yr	$39,200
145	Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier	Medium	13 yr	$31,200
146	Spanish Water Dog	Medium	13 yr	$37,200
147	Staffordshire Bull Terrier	Medium	13 yr	$29,000
148	Swedish Lapphund	Medium	13 yr	$30,000
149	Tornjak	Large	13 yr	$46,300
150	Vizsla	Large	13 yr	$40,000
151	Wetterhoun	Large	13 yr	$41,000
152	Wirehaired Vizsla	Large	13 yr	$39,900
153	Yorkshire Terrier	Small	13 yr	$26,000
154	Airedale Terrier	Large	12.5 yr	$41,200
155	Basset Hound	Large	12.5 yr	$40,100
156	Beagle	Small	12.5 yr	$23,600
157	Berger Picard	Large	12.5 yr	$39,200
158	Boykin Spaniel	Medium	12.5 yr	$29,700
159	Bull Terrier	Large	12.5 yr	$39,700
160	Czechoslovakian Vlcak	Large	12.5 yr	$38,300
161	Drentsche Patrijshond	Large	12.5 yr	$39,800
162	Dutch Shepherd	Large	12.5 yr	$39,500
163	Field Spaniel	Medium	12.5 yr	$29,700
164	Glen of Imaal Terrier	Medium	12.5 yr	$30,300
165	Gordon Setter	Large	12.5 yr	$40,000
166	Ibizan Hound	Medium	12.5 yr	$30,000
167	Irish Water Spaniel	Large	12.5 yr	$39,200
168	Maltipoo	Small	12.5 yr	$25,600
169	Miniature American Shepherd	Medium	12.5 yr	$31,800
170	Pembroke Welsh Corgi	Medium	12.5 yr	$27,600
171	Porcelaine	Large	12.5 yr	$39,000
172	Portuguese Sheepdog	Medium	12.5 yr	$30,600
173	Puli	Medium	12.5 yr	$34,300
174	Pumi	Medium	12.5 yr	$26,500
175	Sloughi	Medium	12.5 yr	$29,700
176	Slovensky Kopov	Medium	12.5 yr	$28,600
177	Thai Ridgeback	Large	12.5 yr	$38,500
178	Treeing Walker Coonhound	Large	12.5 yr	$39,200
179	Alaskan Malamute	Large	12 yr	$42,200
180	American Foxhound	Large	12 yr	$38,400
181	American Water Spaniel	Medium	12 yr	$29,000
182	Anatolian Shepherd Dog	Giant	12 yr	$49,100
183	Basset Fauve de Bretagne	Medium	12 yr	$26,900
184	Boston Terrier	Small	12 yr	$20,800
185	Bracco Italiano	Large	12 yr	$39,300
186	Briard	Large	12 yr	$44,300
187	Catahoula Leopard Dog	Large	12 yr	$41,300
188	Cocker Spaniel	Medium	12 yr	$29,800
189	Dalmatian	Large	12 yr	$37,900
190	Danish-Swedish Farmdog	Small	12 yr	$20,100
191	Dogo Argentino	Giant	12 yr	$46,200
192	English Setter	Large	12 yr	$40,000
193	Entlebucher Mountain Dog	Large	12 yr	$36,700
194	Estrela Mountain Dog	Giant	12 yr	$47,900
195	French Bulldog	Small	12 yr	$26,800
196	Hanoverian Scenthound	Large	12 yr	$41,400
197	Hovawart	Large	12 yr	$40,000
198	Karelian Bear Dog	Medium	12 yr	$28,800
199	Kishu Ken	Medium	12 yr	$28,500
200	Labrador Retriever	Large	12 yr	$35,700
201	Lapponian Herder	Large	12 yr	$39,500
202	Miniature Bull Terrier	Small	12 yr	$21,100
203	Portuguese Water Dog	Medium	12 yr	$33,200
204	Scottish Terrier	Small	12 yr	$22,500
205	Segugio Italiano	Large	12 yr	$36,900
206	Slovensky Cuvac	Large	12 yr	$41,100
207	Transylvanian Hound	Large	12 yr	$37,500
208	Akita	Giant	11.5 yr	$49,200
209	American English Coonhound	Large	11.5 yr	$35,600
210	Bluetick Coonhound	Large	11.5 yr	$37,100
211	Borzoi	Large	11.5 yr	$39,500
212	Chesapeake Bay Retriever	Large	11.5 yr	$39,100
213	English Foxhound	Large	11.5 yr	$37,200
214	Greyhound	Large	11.5 yr	$36,900
215	Mountain Cur	Medium	11.5 yr	$27,500
216	Otterhound	Giant	11.5 yr	$45,300
217	Pyrenean Mastiff	Giant	11.5 yr	$55,200
218	Weimaraner	Large	11.5 yr	$38,300
219	American Bulldog	Large	11 yr	$37,200
220	Beauceron	Giant	11 yr	$43,900
221	Belgian Laekenois	Large	11 yr	$35,300
222	Black Russian Terrier	Giant	11 yr	$47,700
223	Black and Tan Coonhound	Large	11 yr	$38,400
224	Bloodhound	Giant	11 yr	$43,200
225	Bouvier des Flandres	Giant	11 yr	$46,100
226	Boxer	Large	11 yr	$35,400
227	Braque du Bourbonnais	Medium	11 yr	$26,200
228	Caucasian Shepherd Dog	Giant	11 yr	$48,600
229	Clumber Spaniel	Large	11 yr	$36,500
230	Curly-Coated Retriever	Large	11 yr	$36,900
231	Doberman Pinscher	Large	11 yr	$37,200
232	English Toy Spaniel	Small	11 yr	$19,300
233	French Spaniel	Large	11 yr	$36,000
234	German Shorthaired Pointer	Large	11 yr	$31,100
235	Golden Retriever	Large	11 yr	$37,800
236	Great Pyrenees	Giant	11 yr	$42,900
237	Jagdterrier	Small	11 yr	$20,700
238	Japanese Chin	Small	11 yr	$17,600
239	Komondor	Giant	11 yr	$48,300
240	Kuvasz	Giant	11 yr	$42,900
241	Old English Sheepdog	Large	11 yr	$38,900
242	Portuguese Podengo	Large	11 yr	$34,100
243	Shikoku	Medium	11 yr	$26,800
244	Spanish Mastiff	Giant	11 yr	$52,000
245	Taiwan Dog	Medium	11 yr	$25,200
246	Tibetan Mastiff	Giant	11 yr	$46,100
247	Tosa	Giant	11 yr	$48,300
248	Treeing Tennessee Brindle	Medium	11 yr	$26,200
249	Yakutian Laika	Medium	11 yr	$27,100
250	Boerboel	Giant	10 yr	$46,400
251	Chinese Shar-Pei	Large	10 yr	$31,100
252	Chow Chow	Large	10 yr	$33,200
253	Perro de Presa Canario	Giant	10 yr	$39,300
254	Rhodesian Ridgeback	Large	10 yr	$34,200
255	Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	Giant	9.5 yr	$39,300
256	Newfoundland	Giant	9.5 yr	$40,400
257	Rottweiler	Large	9.5 yr	$36,500
258	Scottish Deerhound	Giant	9.5 yr	$37,100
259	Broholmer	Giant	9 yr	$37,700
260	Bulldog (English)	Medium	9 yr	$26,000
261	Flat-Coated Retriever	Large	9 yr	$29,900
262	Leonberger	Giant	9 yr	$41,700
263	Saint Bernard	Giant	9 yr	$40,500
264	Bernese Mountain Dog	Giant	8.5 yr	$34,900
265	German Shepherd	Large	8.5 yr	$30,200
266	German Shepherd Dog	Large	8.5 yr	$28,800
267	Great Dane	Giant	8.5 yr	$37,500
268	Bullmastiff	Giant	8 yr	$33,500
269	Mastiff	Giant	8 yr	$37,700
270	Neapolitan Mastiff	Giant	8 yr	$34,900
271	Irish Wolfhound	Giant	7 yr	$29,800
272	Dogue de Bordeaux	Giant	6.5 yr	$27,100

Ranked from our sortable database. Food = vet RER/MER calorie formula; insurance = NAPHIA US average × breed health-risk tier; lifespan from breed standards. US planning estimates.

Compiled by the PawCosts data team from breed standards, NAPHIA averages and AAFCO/vet nutrition formulas.

Frequently asked questions

Which dog breed lives longest?

Smaller breeds generally live longest.

How is this ranking calculated?

From our sortable cost database: food via the vet RER/MER calorie formula, insurance from NAPHIA US averages by breed health-risk tier, and lifespan from published breed standards.

What is the typical avg lifespan for dogs?

The median across 272 breeds is about 13.

Are these exact prices?

No — they are modelled US planning estimates; your real cost varies by region, provider and the individual animal.

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