Dog Ageing Guides

Affenpinscher

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Afghan Hound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Airedale Terrier

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Akita

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Alaskan Malamute

LARGEsenior from 5 years

American Cocker Spaniel

SMALLsenior from 10 years

American Water Spaniel

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Anatolian Shepherd Dog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Australian Cattle Dog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Australian Shepherd

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Australian Silky Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Australian Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Azawakh

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Barbet

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Basenji

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Basset Bleu de Gascogne

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Basset Fauve de Bretagne

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Bavarian Mountain Hound

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Basset Hound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bearded Collie

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Beauceron

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bedlington Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois)

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren)

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bergamasco

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bernese Mountain Dog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Black & Tan Coonhound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bloodhound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bolognese

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Border Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Borzoi

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bouvier Des Flandres

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bracco Italiano

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Braque D'Auvergne

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Briard

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Brittany

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Bull Terrier

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Bull Terrier (Miniature)

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Bullmastiff

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Cairn Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Canaan Dog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Canadian Eskimo Dog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Catalan Sheepdog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Cesky Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Chinese Crested

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Chow Chow

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Cirneco Dell'Etna

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Clumber Spaniel

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Coton De Tulear

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Curly Coated Retriever

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Dandie Dinmont Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Deerhound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Dobermann

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Dogue de Bordeaux

GIANTsenior from 5 years

English Setter

LARGEsenior from 5 years

English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Estrela Mountain Dog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Eurasier

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Field Spaniel

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Finnish Lapphund

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Finnish Spitz

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Flat Coated Retriever

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Foxhound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

German Longhaired Pointer

LARGEsenior from 5 years

German Pinscher

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

German Shorthaired Pointer

LARGEsenior from 5 years

German Spitz (Klein)

SMALLsenior from 10 years

German Spitz (Mittel)

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

German Wirehaired Pointer

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Giant Schnauzer

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Glen Of Imaal Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Gordon Setter

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Grand Bleu De Gascogne

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Great Swiss Mountain Dog

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Greenland Dog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Greyhound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Griffon Bruxellois

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Griffon Fauve De Bretagne

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Hamiltonstovare

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Harrier

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Havanese

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Hovawart

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Hungarian Kuvasz

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Hungarian Mudi

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Hungarian Puli

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Hungarian Pumi

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Hungarian Vizsla

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Ibizan Hound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Icelandic Sheepdog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Irish Red & White Setter

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Irish Setter

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Irish Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Irish Water Spaniel

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Irish Wolfhound

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Italian Greyhound

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Italian Spinone

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Japanese Akita Inu

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Japanese Chin

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Japanese Shiba Inu

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Japanese Spitz

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Keeshond

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Kerry Blue Terrier

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

King Charles Spaniel

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Komondor

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Kooikerhondje

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Korean Jindo

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Korthals Griffon

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Lagotto Romagnolo

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Lakeland Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Lancashire Heeler

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Large Munsterlander

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Leonberger

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Lhasa Apso

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Lowchen (Little Lion Dog)

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Manchester Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Maremma Sheepdog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Mastiff

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Miniature American Shepherd

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Miniature Pinscher

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Neapolitan Mastiff

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Norfolk Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Norwegian Buhund

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Norwegian Elkhound

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Norwich Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Old English Sheepdog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Otterhound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Papillon

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Parson Russell Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Pekingese

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Pharaoh Hound

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Picardy Sheepdog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Pointer

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Polish Hunting Dog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Polish Lowland Sheepdog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Portuguese Podengo

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Portuguese Pointer

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Portuguese Water Dog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Pyrenean Mastiff

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Pyrenean Mountain Dog

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Pyrenean Sheepdog (Long Haired)

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Pyrenean Sheepdog (Smooth Faced)

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Rhodesian Ridgeback

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Rough Collie

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Russian Black Terrier

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Russian Toy

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Saluki

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Samoyed

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Schipperke

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Schnauzer

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Scottish Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Sealyham Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Shar Pei

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Shetland Sheepdog

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Skye Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Sloughi

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Small Munsterlander

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Smooth Collie

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Smooth Fox Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Spanish Water Dog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

St. Bernard

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Sussex Spaniel

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Swedish Lapphund

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Swedish Vallhund

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Tibetan Mastiff

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Tibetan Spaniel

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Tibetan Terrier

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Turkish Kangal Dog

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Weimaraner

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Welsh Springer Spaniel

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Welsh Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

White Swiss Shepherd Dog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Wire Fox Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Xoloitzcuintle (Mexican Hairless) Intermediate

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Xoloitzcuintle (Mexican Hairless) Miniature

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Xoloitzcuintle (Mexican Hairless) Standard

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Yakutian Laika

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Beagle

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Bichon Frise

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Border Collie

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Boston Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Boxer

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Bulldog

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Chihuahua

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Cocker Spaniel

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Dachshund

MEDIUMSMALLstandard & miniature

Dalmatian

LARGEsenior from 5 years

English Springer Spaniel

MEDIUMsenior from 7 years

French Bulldog

SMALLsenior from 10 years

German Shepherd Dog

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Golden Retriever

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Great Dane

GIANTsenior from 5 years

Jack Russell Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Labrador Retriever

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Maltese

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Miniature Schnauzer

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Newfoundland

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Poodle

MEDIUMSMALLStandard, Miniature & Toy

Pomeranian

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Pug

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Rottweiler

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Shih Tzu

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Siberian Husky

LARGEsenior from 5 years

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

SMALLsenior from 10 years

West Highland White Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Whippet

SMALLsenior from 10 years

Yorkshire Terrier

SMALLsenior from 10 years

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Pet Insurance for Older Dogs

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Flea, Tick and Worm Treatment

UK guide, for dogs of every age