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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

#	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 formula; insurance = NAPHIA average × breed health-risk tier. US estimates.

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