Last summer my neighbour out in croatia had her sister come over from OZ for the first time in 25 years, while we were sat talking the neighbours maingey mutt came over on the scrounge as usual, and she commented on how supprised she was to see that it was still alive, as it was a young pup when she left all those years ago, it has subsiquently passed away at the ripe old age of 27 according to my neighbour.

Now i had no idea a dog could live this long, and the oldest i know of was around 16, so just wondered whats the record as surely this must be close to it.

 

That sounds very, very suspicious to me

Dogs just don't last that long.

Our own little darling Cavalier is 14 and that is a quite good age. Wolf Hounds, apparently, live for around 6 or 7 years only

I'd be intereted to know what the record books show though

dl

 

Katie Price is around mid thirties now I think....

 

i have three staffies (three generation's)
old lady 14 years old
her son 12 years old
his daughter 7 years old.

 

Oldest ever was over 29 years of age.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...00/oldest-dog/

Does depend on the breed and it does seem that those that have been tampered with by the Kennel Club etc. the least seem to live the longest e.g. collies typically reach 15-16 years old.

 

pat butcher ?

 

Joan Collins

 

Well then it seems it is possible, these two old dears have no reason to lie so i'm inclined to believe them now that the record seems to be longer, and the theory of the dog not being tampered with holds water.

This dog had what i thought was the worst case of mainge (sp) i have ever seen, but was obviously due to old age.

It was a heinz 57 and conceived in the mountains and lived it's whole life here, so that may be the reason it lived so long, it was also small and i believe small dogs tend to live longer.

 

31, my mate's German Shepherd

 

Was it an Australian Cattle Dog...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_dogs

 

Lol, you sure

Thanks for the info as well, i went for a samsung y as it only cost £1 and does everything i need and not too big, and the mrs will get samsung tablet for her birthday i recon.

 

Jackie Stallone

 

Yep he's called 31 and is 11 years old... that's the oldest dog I know

Nice one

 

pluto ?

 

my mates mum is 47.. shes a right dog..

 

My dogs 4
And if he ****'s in the kitchen again, he aint gonna make 5

 

Lol, sounds like someone fed him something they shouldn't have at the wrong time, mine never do that.

 

Toss up between Your mum or gran - both can and do remove their false teeth to avoid and nasty nips which is always a bonus!

 

Our good old black cat lasted for 22 years, even if it was a different breed.

Les

 

A cat is a breed of dog? Les have you been having a tipple at lunchtime?

 

My parents' Border Collie cross was a couple of months of making it to 20 when she died

She was deaf as a post and mad as a box of frogs for the last few years

 

My staff X billy, lived to 19. He still known as the king

 

EFA

 

Our Lhasso Apso(sp?) is 18just now, blind and deaf but has an extraordinary sense of smell

 

What a very poor effort!

Les