The shortest-living dog breeds

The breeds with the shortest median lifespan in the data: overwhelmingly giant breeds and flat-faced breeds.

1 Caucasian Shepherd Dog 5.4 yr 30E 2 Presa Canario 7.7 yr 27E 3 Cane Corsogiant 8.1 yr 29E 4 Mastiffgiant 9.0 yr 37D 5 Affenpinschertoy · flat-faced 9.3 yr 35D 6 Bloodhoundgiant 9.3 yr 40D 7 Neapolitan Mastiffgiant · flat-faced 9.3 yr 31E 8 St Bernardgiant 9.3 yr 38D 9 Bulldogmedium · flat-faced 9.8 yr 38D 10 French Bulldogsmall · flat-faced 9.8 yr 38D 11 Irish Wolfhoundgiant 9.9 yr 41D 12 Leonbergergiant 10.0 yr 45D 13 Pharaoh Houndmedium 10.0 yr 51C 14 Anatolian Shepherdgiant 10.1 yr 47D 15 Bernese Mountain Doggiant 10.1 yr 44D 16 Bullmastiffgiant · flat-faced 10.2 yr 38D 17 Scottish Deerhoundgiant 10.5 yr 48C 18 Chinese Shar Peimedium · flat-faced 10.6 yr 47D 19 Great Danegiant 10.6 yr 47D 20 Rottweilerlarge 10.6 yr 53C 21 Irish Water Spaniellarge 10.8 yr 58C 22 Black Russian Terriergiant 10.9 yr 55C 23 Great Pyreneesgiant 10.9 yr 53C 24 Newfoundlandgiant 11.0 yr 54C 25 Afghan Houndlarge 11.1 yr 61C 26 Brittanymedium 11.1 yr 59C 27 Dogue de Bordeauxgiant · flat-faced 11.1 yr 46D 28 Doberman Pinscherlarge 11.2 yr 58C 29 Alaskan Malamutelarge 11.3 yr 63B 30 American Eskimo Dogsmall 11.3 yr 63B

Showing 30 breeds. Score is 65% longevity, 20% conformation and 15% hereditary burden (methodology). Lifespan: McMillan 2024, CC-BY. See the full directory or other leaderboards.