your longest living GSD? - Page 2

He was well-known as the oldest GSD on our Veterinarian University. He was mixture bloodline and I can find old pictures and scan and mail you if you are interested. He was known military dog retired on eight years and he lived together with me and my family in my flat. We live in Europe and climate is continental but over summer he spent few months on Adriatic coast where is Mediterranean climate and he enjoying swimming. He travel everywhere with me in car. Actually he lived and breath only for me - extraordinary attached dog. When I was absent from home I had a problem because he do not want to eat and everything what he do in that period was only officially but when he looked me he made specific "smile" and start to express his happiness . All his life he was fit, extremely muscled and movable and I start to believe that he will live forever. He had problems with pano few times in unspecific dog life period ( after 10 years) and we must twice extract teeth over narcoses over 13 and 15 years. He eat dehydrate dog food usually mixed with olive oil and I give him natural algae and some other natural products. He had great working capabilities unless in his last few months of living. He deserved for a lot of people to become legend.

amir he sounds like he was a wonderful wonderful dog and you were extremely lucky to have him for such a long time. I'm sure he made your life full and complete and gave you much pleasure and happiness. I'm thinking of switching my oil to olive oil. It's supposed to be great for humans, maybe for dogs too.

I had a very nice male who was 15 years old and pretty healthy. He moved slower and sadly he was out during feeding time and someone pulled some hay bales off a large stack and dropped them on him. I still cry thinking of this as I am typing now. We took him to the vet as he couldn't move. We didn't take xrays or anything but it was my father's decision to just put him to sleep due to his age. The vet did some neuraloligical test and he didn't respond that was the final decision. I think he would have lived longer and least in my heart I thought that. Now I never allow anyone to throw bales without someone watching below. I'm not the boss but my dad backs me up on this as even a person could be hurt. Hard lessoned learned. Arrakis

I had a small mixed breed that lived to be 23. She ate Purina Dog Chow and canned Cadillac her entire life LOL. My longest lived large breed dog was 14 1/2. He developed a doggie dementia and acted similar to EchoMeadow's dog mentioned above. He ate a dog food milled locally. It contained the dreaded corn. I think Amir's 18 year old GSD has got to be a breeder record.

My longest living GSD was a long coated American lines male out of Covy Tucker Hill lines that my parents had when I was younger. He was 14 or so, and was a little slow, but still pretty healthy. We believe that he only died because he had to be boarded while finding a home in Georgia, and they required he be "fully vaccinated" by them with everything prior to allowing board. We'd never heard of older dogs dying from vaccination complications at that time. He passed away due to complications of that vaccination. Pretty sad. :(

I had a German show lines female that lived to be 14 and a half and died only two weeks after her litter-mate sister.

My own was Onyx at 12.5. He was a4, but never took a back step despite working 3-6 times a week for his first 9.5 yrs., but did get a little arthritic towards the end. He died of a fast-growing tumor on his spleen. Jana vom Maineiche, Hugo Mahr's super producer, found in most of the Maineiche "greats'" pedigrees, was still following Frau Mahr around the garden at 15. I believe Blue Scipio made it to 14, as did Delphi Haus Anja. SS

14+ for me too.

Blitzen: "I had a small mixed breed that lived to be 23." OMG Does that mean my two obnoxious and aggravating little Shih Tzu's will live that long? They are only six and demanding as hell, also put the run on my two GSDs. Just kidding! We love them too. I hope they live a good long life, and I'm sure they will, LOL.

Well, yeah they just might LOL. After she died I added up the time I had her and couldn't believe it was almost 23 years. She was a stray picked up on the streets and given to me represented as a GSD.....not!! Turned out to be mostly dachshund - black and tan LOL.