Hi everyone. I was just wondering how old was the oldest lab you've known? One of my work colleagues had a lovely old girl who was three months shy of her 17th birthday when they had to let her go.
Re: Old labs Hope mine don't go on that long as they will outlive me and I will worry about them from the grave......
Re: Old labs Gus a Golden Retriever in our village was 18 years old when he passed away :'(, I personally have never known of any dog older than that x
Re: Old labs Blimey 18, that really is a good age. Meg is 14 next month and I'm just praying that I'll have her until she's at least 16 or older. Jen xx
Re: Old labs My Bones just passed his 14th birthday, and Billy was almost 16 when I had to let him go.
Re: Old labs My boy Nicolae was 14 and I felt lucky to have had him for that long. 16 is amazing and 18 is even more so.
Re: Old labs Wow, I thought my colleagues dog was old, but seems about average now... I know Penny isn't likely to see anywhere near that age, we'll be lucky if she gets to double figures with her hips I would have thought.
Re: Old labs No, I think that 17 for a large dog is a very long innings The generally quoted lifespan of a Labrador is about 12 years (that's what I seem to read...).
