Which dog breed can live the longest?

[JadedMoon]

I had a purebred standard dachshund that lived to be 29, just a couple months shy of 30. She probably would've made it to 30 if she hadn't fell in and drowned in our pool. She probably fell in from weak legs due to her age.

She was neutered very young in her life, around the age of 5. She ate only dry dog food from Pedigree. And she was a small breed of dog. I'm not sure if those factors helped with her longevity. She was a happy, healthy, and active dog until about a year before she drowned. Then she became tired, and only liked walking instead of running, as she usually liked to do.

I would think that my dog was the exception rather than the rule. But maybe how it is raised can give any dog, purebred or mixed, large or small, a few more years than what is considered the average lifespan of each breed of dog. Considering most people think that living up to 15 years is the most they can hope for for their dogs, there might be many more dogs like mine, that lived almost until they were 30, so no one knows for sure how long any particular breed will live.

I hope the next dog I get will be able to live as long, but I had no idea that it was uncommon for a dog to live as long as mine had. It makes me wary to get another dog, knowing that it might not be around as long.

[mcar]

As far as I am concern, askal dogs here can also live long.