When dogs age: which breed keeps youth and health the longest

Aging and health problems mostly depend on the breed of the dog.

Age changes cannot be avoided not only by humans. Dogs, who become loyal friends and companions to people, also age, and with age come health problems. What depends on how long your pet will stay young and healthy, British scientists found out.

The results of their work were published by the magazine “Practice of treatment of small animals”.

At what age do dogs get old?

Scientists studied the veterinary records of 832 dogs who were patients of British clinics to find out at what age they begin to age and lose health. So, according to statistics, the aging process in dogs began at the age of 12.3 years on average, most dogs aged 12.9 years were recognized by veterinarians as old, and at 13.9 years old – very old.

At the same time, it was clearly followed…