The oldest dogs – Top 10

The longest living dogs – Top 10

The life expectancy of dogs is on average seven times shorter than human life. The average length of a dog’s life is 10-11 years, while the average human life expectancy exceeds 70 years. Among people, we can find long-lived people, who live 30 or even 40 years longer than the average inhabitant of the Earth – the longest-living person was 122.5 years old. Similarly, among the dogs, we can find long-lived individuals. In today’s article, we present a summary of longest living dogs, whose data have been officially confirmed.

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The age of the dog compared to man’s age

Dog Man

6 m 10 years
10 m 14 years
12 m 15 years
18 m 20 years
2 years 24 years
3 years 28 years
4 years 32 years
5 years 36 years
6 years 40 years
7 years 44 years
8 years 48 years
9 years 52 years
10 years 56 years
11 years 60 years
12 years 64 years
13 years 68 years
14 years 72 years
15 years 76 years
16 years 80 years
17 years 84 years
18 years 88 years
19 years 92 years
20 years 96 years

The oldest dogs in the world – TOP 10

RANK	NAME	AGE	BREED	COUNTRY
1	Bobi*	31 years, 165 days	Rafeiro do Alentejo	Portugal
2	Bluey	29 years, 160 days	Australian Cattle Dog	Australia
3	Butch	28 years	Beagle	United States
4	Taffy	27 years, 317 days	Welsh Collie	United Kingdom
5	Bramble	27 years, 211 days	Border Collie	United Kingdom
6	Adjutant	27 years, 98 days	Labrador Retriever	United Kingdom
7	Pusuke	26 years, 248 days	Shiba Inu	Japan
8	Buksi	26 years	Mutt	Hungary
9	Sugar	24 years, 360 days	unknown	United States
10	Piccolo	23 years, 86 days	Mutt	Italy
11	Kathy T. Dog	22 years, 29 days	Mutt	United States
12	Mister	21 years, 332 days	Shepherd	United States
13	Chanel	21 years, 114 days	Dachshund	United States
14	Otto	20 years, 334 days	Dachshund-Terrier	United Kingdom
15	Seamus	20 years, 298 days	Toy Poodle	United States
16	Sotirakis	20 years, 280 days	Stray	Greece
17	Megabyte	20 years, 265 days	Chihuahua	United States
18	Winston Rha	20 years, 154 days	Schnoodle	United States
19	Willie	20 years, 106 days	Jack Russell terrier	United Kingdom
20	Scolly	20 years, 33 days	Dachshund	Mexico
21	Buster	20 years, 5 days	Jack Russell terrier	United States
22	Kittsy	19 years, 331 days	White Bichon Frise	United States

*Bobi has been removed from the Guinness Book of Records. There was no irrefutable evidence that the dog had actually reached the age of 31. That’s why Bluey still holds the record.