Average Dog Life Spans by Breed.

Average Dog Life Spans by Breed.

This table lists dog breed by ascending life span. These are of course averages and your dog may (with luck) live considerably longer.

Breed Average Lifespan (years)
Caucasian Shepherd Dog 5.4
Presa Canario 7.7
Cane Corso 8.1
Mastiff 9
Affenpinscher 9.3
Bloodhound 9.3
Neapolitan Mastiff 9.3
Saint Bernard 9.3
Bulldog 9.8
French Bulldog 9.8
Irish Wolfhound 9.9
Leonberger 10
Pharaoh Hound 10
Anatolian Shepherd 10.1
Bernese Mountain Dog 10.1
Bullmastiff 10.2
Scottish Deerhound 10.5
Chinese Shar-Pei 10.6
Great Dane 10.6
Rottweiler 10.6
Irish Water Spaniel 10.8
Black Russian Terrier 10.9
Great Pyrenees 10.9
Newfoundland 11
Afghan Hound 11.1
Brittany 11.1
Dogue de Bordeaux 11.1
Doberman Pinscher 11.2
Alaskan Malamute 11.3
American Eskimo Dog 11.3
Bouvier des Flandres 11.3
Boxer 11.3
German Shepherd Dog 11.3
Akita 11.4
Greyhound 11.5
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 11.6
Pug 11.6
Flat-Coated Retriever 11.7
Boston Terrier 11.8
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 11.8
Chihuahua 11.8
Siberian Husky 11.9
Spinone Italiano 11.9
Airedale Terrier 12
Belgian Malinois 12
Borzoi 12
Bull Terrier 12
Canaan Dog 12
Crossbreed 12
Kelpie 12
Rhodesian Ridgeback 12
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 12
Basenji 12.1
Chow Chow 12.1
Giant Schnauzer 12.1
Glen Of Imaal Terrier 12.1
Old English Sheepdog 12.1
Curly-Coated Retriever 12.2
Miniature Bull Terrier 12.2
Pomeranian 12.2
Clumber Spaniel 12.3
Keeshond 12.3
Gordon Setter 12.4
Kerry Blue Terrier 12.4
Skye Terrier 12.4
American Staffordshire Terrier 12.5
Basset Hound 12.5
Beagle 12.5
Bichon Frise 12.5
Japanese Chin 12.5
Briard 12.6
Scottish Terrier 12.7
Dandie Dinmont Terrier 12.8
Shih Tzu 12.8
Weimaraner 12.8
Irish Setter 12.9
Toy Fox Terrier 12.9
Foxhound 13
German Wirehaired Pointer 13
Japanese Spitz 13
Norwegian Elkhound 13
Portuguese Water Dog 13
Standard Schnauzer 13
Toy Manchester Terrier 13
Border Collie 13.1
Cardigan Welsh Corgi 13.1
English Setter 13.1
Field Spaniel 13.1
Labrador Retriever 13.1
Maltese 13.1
Samoyed 13.1
Sealyham Terrier 13.1
Dachshund 13.2
Dalmatian 13.2
Golden Retriever 13.2
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever 13.2
Pembroke Welsh Corgi 13.2
Polish Lowland Sheepdog 13.2
American Cocker Spaniel 13.3
Brussels Griffon 13.3
Collie 13.3
English Cocker Spaniel 13.3
Jack Russell Terrier 13.3
Miniature Schnauzer 13.3
Pekingese 13.3
Puli 13.3
Saluki 13.3
Silky Terrier 13.3
Tibetan Mastiff 13.3
Yorkshire Terrier 13.3
Chinese Crested 13.4
German Shorthaired Pointer 13.4
Shetland Sheepdog 13.4
West Highland White Terrier 13.4
Whippet 13.4
English Springer Spaniel 13.5
Irish Terrier 13.5
Norfolk Terrier 13.5
Sussex Spaniel 13.5
Vizsla 13.5
Wire Fox Terrier 13.5
Australian Shepherd 13.7
Bedlington Terrier 13.7
Miniature Pinscher 13.7
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen 13.7
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 13.7
Spanish Water Dog 13.7
Belgian Tervuren 13.8
Bracco Italiano 13.8
Finnish Lapphund 13.8
Parson Russell Terrier 13.8
Tibetan Terrier 13.8
Welsh Terrier 13.8
Bearded Collie 13.9
Lowchen 13.9
Australian Cattle Dog 14
Cairn Terrier 14
German Spitz Mittel 14
Italian Greyhound 14
Lhasa Apso 14
Miniature Dachshund 14
Norwich Terrier 14
Poodle 14
Swedish Vallhund 14
Welsh Springer Spaniel 14
Large Munsterlander 14.1
Border Terrier 14.2
Coton de Tulear 14.2
Lakeland Terrier 14.2
Schipperke 14.2
Havanese 14.5
Papillon 14.5
Shiba Inu 14.6
Bolognese 14.9
Tibetan Spaniel 15.2
Lancashire Heeler 15.4