what is the longest that you have ever had a dog for?

3 years but i had to kill him as he got rabbies and got mad and started biting my mom

longest I have our famly dog was 13 years a yorkie. he was tiny and played hide and seek with the kids. took him alomot everywhere we went..He even tried to climb a tree, chased a cow which scared us for a moment until we seen her jump up in the air and take off. chased a german shepard. he thought he was bad stuff and yet so tiny. loved to take a bath and loved the kids and they loved him. He weighed between 3 an 4 lbs. once he fell asleep and we looked and looked and he was found in a coat pocket asleep. he lived of old age lost a few teeth . sweetest dog we knew. although now we have other sweet dogs but none will match this one..

Our pet Rexi lived to 8+ years while I was growing up. The others lived less as we did not have all those vaccinations in those days. Right I have five of them, the oldest is Trixy and she is 9+ years. I would like my pets to live as long as possible, but healthy and able to move around on their own.

My dog was just over 15 years old when we had to put her down. She was having trouble walking any more and kept falling down and had trouble getting back up, she was also developing cancer but still had a strong heart, but being that she had been a very active dog her whole life we had to do the right thing by her and put her down, which was one of the saddest moments of my life. But she did live to be 15 years old which is pretty old for a dog so we were fortunate that way. We believe she lived so long because she was very active, and never over fed, once she reached adult hood she stayed within 1 pound of her ideal weight. So likely your dog will live much longer if you keep her fit and keep her weight consistent. Also we did not feed her all that fancy expensive dog food. She was a Dog Chow dog from day one and that food did well for her. She did get occasional table scraps but I was very careful about what she got and how much she got.

I have this Labrador and thank GOD hes almost 8yrs old now. Hes still doing fine but hes getting a bet weak maybe because hes old.We look after hes good food he help me to guard my house and watch the whole area in the night time.Hes a big help to me.I very sad if i heared that hes not feeling good.Have a nice day maria120883 tnx my friend.

My Australian Shepherd lived for 15 years. He was a very difficult dog amd not very enjoyable. I am not speaking against the breed just the dog as I have had other Australian Shepherds that were just angels. SO my point is any breed can have good and bad apples. A good temperment test for choosing a puppy is to pick it up and turn it on its back in your arms. If it doesn't struggle and will stay on its back it has a good temperment. I have tried this since and it works. Good luck with your new puppy.

I have my dog for 12 years and she's still good. We treat her like a family member because that she is.

I had a dog when i was a child. I didn't have her at my home, because the landlord would not permit us to have pets. She lived with my grandparents, and when they moved away to another state, they gave her to a farmer in the country. i was allowed to visit her. when i did visit they had informed me my dog ran away. i know how you feel about the loss of your dog. this is normal to feel this way, even though you have a new dog. i wish you the best.

Often we have had dogs for about 12 to 14 years, it's always sad to loose them, but they have very good lives with us.

Our dog dillie is 8 years old now. She's still as cute as ever and she still gets into such trouble, but I noticed that her fur has thinned out a bit and she's not quite as energetic as before. She still likes to play around, but I remember before when she sees me she would really run at top speed towards me. Nowadays she would just trot over to me. Sometimes, I feel scared because I know one day I would lose her to old age. I think I will be devastated.

We've always had dogs. The first one that my family had passed away when I was six years old. Then we got another one, Fluffy. Fluffy lived from the time I was in first grade until I was a Sophomore in college, so he was fourteen years old when he passed away peacefully in his little spot in our storage space. Right now we have two dogs at our house and we left behind three at my mother's house when we moved out. The ages of these dogs are 11 (Sara, at my mom's house), 10 (Michela, my first baby), 3 and 3 (Zoe and Eeyore at my mother's house) and 1 (Jasmine, my daughter's dog).

maria she was a white pomerian 7 days old i fed him milk with my own hands gave her meal everyday she was my only partner of childhood i loved her a lot her name i kept rossi after my favourite valentino thats why i wanted that dog