Estimated Age Dog.

The estimated life span of a dog is determined by many factors such as body size, lifestyle, weather and nutrients.

Body size, the larger the size of the dog's body so his age is getting shorter, the smaller the size, the age of the dog's body will become longer. For example, the Great Dane who has a very large size of the average can only survive until the age of 8, while the annual Chihuahua dog that has a very small size can survive until the age of 13 years.

The pattern of life, a dog whose life is always stressful because not housed or maintained according to its function, the age will be shorter. Beagle is intended for hunting, kept in a small house and always grounded it to the level-her-stress will be very high. If you want your dog to live long, keep it according to its function.

The weather, a lot of dogs that are kept in a climate that is not proper, such as the Siberian Husky dog has thick fur raised in a country with a tropical climate. Many cases of woolly dog dying because of the heat (Over heat) in a tropical country. Even if the dog could be saved, organs such as the brain must also have decreased function as a result of this over-heat attack. Therefore, even if you have thick shaggy dog ​​to adapt to the weather in the tropics, do not pay attention until it was placed in the heat.

Nutrition, dogs are not given enough nutrients properly and then of course his health will also decrease. Conversely, given the breed with excessive nutrients will also be short-lived because the organs are working very hard to digest excess nutrients provided. By the time the dog is still alive in the wild forest, shorter than the age of the dogs that are kept at home because they are living wild in the forests do not receive adequate nutrition and are also more susceptible to disease.

Here are the approximate average age of dogs by breed:

• Irish Wolfhound: 6.2 years
• Bulldog: 6.7 years
• Bernese Mountain Dog: 7 years
• Great Dane: 8.4 years
• Bullmastiff: 8.6 years
• Rhodesian Ridgeback: 9.1 years
• Flat-Coated Retriever: 9.5 years
• Rottweiler: 9.8 years
• Dobermann: 9.8 years
• Weimaraner: 10 years
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 10 years
• German Shepherd Dog (Herder): 10.3 years
• Boxer: 10.4 years
• King Charles Spaniel: 10.7 years
• Samoyed: 11 years
• English Setter: 11.2 years
• Corgi: 11.3 years
• Old English Sheepdog: 11.8 years
• Standard Poodle: 12 years
• Scottish Terrier: 12 years
• Golden Retriever: 12 years
• Afghan Hound: 12 years
• Collie: 12.2 years
• Dachshund (Tekel): 12.2 years
• German Pointer: 12.3 years
• Cocker Spaniel: 12.5 years
• Labrador Retriever: 12.6 years
• Yorkshire Terrier: 12.8 years
• West Highland White Terrier: 12.8 years
• Basset Hound: 12.8 years
• Bull Terrier: 12.9 years
• Fox Terrier: 13 years
• Dalmatian: 13 years
• Chihuahua: 13 years
• Shetland Sheepdog: 13.3 years
• Pekingese: 13.3 years
• Beagle: 13.4 years
• Shih Tzu: 13.4 years
• Chow Chow: 13.4 years
• Toy & Miniature Poodle: 14.7 years

Approximate age of the dog is taken based on an average of the survey, it would not mean that this age estimate is certainly due to many reported dog can survive longer than the age mentioned previously.