The healthiest large dog breeds

Large breeds ranked by overall Breed Health Score.

1 Bracco Italianolarge 13.8 yr 86A 2 Belgian Tervurenlarge 13.8 yr 84A 3 Collielarge 13.3 yr 81A 4 Dalmatianlarge 13.2 yr 80A 5 German Shorthaired Pointerlarge 13.4 yr 80A 6 Vizslalarge 13.5 yr 80A 7 English Setterlarge 13.1 yr 79A 8 Labrador Retrieverlarge 13.1 yr 79A 9 Golden Retrieverlarge 13.2 yr 79A 10 German Wirehaired Pointerlarge 13.0 yr 78A 11 Salukilarge 13.3 yr 78A 12 Weimaranerlarge 12.8 yr 75A 13 Foxhoundlarge 13.0 yr 75A 14 Irish Setterlarge 12.9 yr 74B 15 Briardlarge 12.6 yr 73B 16 Curly Coated Retrieverlarge 12.2 yr 71B 17 Gordon Setterlarge 12.4 yr 70B 18 Old English Sheepdoglarge 12.1 yr 68B 19 Airedale Terrierlarge 12.0 yr 67B 20 Belgian Malinoislarge 12.0 yr 67B 21 Rhodesian Ridgebacklarge 12.0 yr 67B 22 Giant Schnauzerlarge 12.1 yr 67B 23 Flat Coated Retrieverlarge 11.7 yr 65B 24 Spinone Italianolarge 11.9 yr 65B 25 Akitalarge 11.4 yr 64B 26 Chesapeake Bay Retrieverlarge 11.6 yr 64B 27 Borzoilarge 12.0 yr 64B 28 Alaskan Malamutelarge 11.3 yr 63B 29 Afghan Houndlarge 11.1 yr 61C 30 Greyhoundlarge 11.5 yr 61C 31 Bouvier des Flandreslarge 11.3 yr 59C 32 German Shepherd Doglarge 11.3 yr 59C 33 Irish Water Spaniellarge 10.8 yr 58C 34 Doberman Pinscherlarge 11.2 yr 58C 35 Rottweilerlarge 10.6 yr 53C 36 Boxerlarge · flat-faced 11.3 yr 47D

Showing 36 breeds. Score is 65% longevity, 20% conformation and 15% hereditary burden (methodology). Lifespan: McMillan 2024, CC-BY. See the full directory or other leaderboards.