Comments on: Is 13 Old for a Golden Retriever? What Is the Average Golden Retriever Lifespan?

By: Jeff l Farnham

Jeff l Farnham — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:46:03 +0000

Blessed to have a beautiful female Golden Retriever. Lucky just turned 16 years old, February 8th, 2024. Still has that puppy spirit!

By: Veronica Foresman

Veronica Foresman — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 15:39:07 +0000

My golden retriever Chloe just passed away at 15. She was a bigger golden who was around 85 pounds but that looked good on her. She loved fruits and vegetables in her kibble and I did not use fertilizer or weed control in her backyard.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:01:43 +0000

I have Two Daisy is 11 will be 12 July 1 23 Brody will be two December 27, 2022.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:38:04 +0000

Bonnie will be 9, February 28. We play fetch for a while each day when I return from work. She could probably lose 10 pounds. I feed her supplements for joint health. Her main diet is 4Health. It has taken a while to find something that agrees with her stomach. I fed her science diet, blue buffalo and others before. She loves being groomed and even vacuumed with the Kirby. Her big sister is a 14 year old JRT.

By: Vicki Moore

Vicki Moore — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:20:58 +0000

Our Molly is 14 and 3 months and doing very well right now. She is on a kidney friendly dog food diet, prescription shampoo for yeast, Proviable (probiotic) for anxiety, and has been treated for bladder infection twice in the last 4 months. We are beyond grateful we have been blessed with the fact she is in her 3rd bonus year (as her vet tells us).

By: Sonja

Sonja — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:57:24 +0000

In reply to Brenda Willoughby. Our dear Dora, who is also 15, has similar symptoms. She still has more good days than bad. I got her a stroller, which has really seemed to help. She gets out in the world again.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 02:21:34 +0000

I have a soon to be 14 year old Golden retriever Sally. She’s been the best family pet. Always loving and kind to all.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:41:34 +0000

We lost our boy Bunker in April of 2019. He was just shy of 14 years old. He had an enlarged prostate due to us not neutering him. His prostate swelled enough that he couldn’t urinate, or empty his colon. We made the decision to euthanize him. Worst day of my life at that point. It took 2 years before we got another. Since Bunker passed, we named our new puppy Archie Bunker. He’s about to turn 3. We will never have any other breed than a Golden Retriever.

By: Brenda Willoughby

Brenda Willoughby — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:58:14 +0000

My Golden Boy, Cedar, just turned 15 on Sept. 6. He’s not been in the best of health for the past year, but he has really slowed down the past couple weeks. He doesn’t seem to be in pain and is still eating good. But he’s having trouble standing up without help and in the last week, seems to be falling. I don’t want him to break something, so will probably be making that horrible call to the vets soon. I’ve been told that 15 for an 85 lb dog is not normal, so I’ve taken good care of him. But he was my late husband’s Christmas present in 2007 and has helped me grieve these last 10 years. So he is extra special to me and it’s very hard to let him go.

By: Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:13:11 +0000

Just lost our beautiful Abbey this week; four months prior to her 12th birthday. The definition of an angel, Abbey will be sorely missed, not only by her family but by the entire neighborhood who came to know and live Abbey so much.
I am curious as to why this wonderful breed’s average lifespan has plummeted so dramatically over the past few decades, as stated in your article. Ten to twelve years vs 15 to 17 years a few decades ago. This is a cut of one-third. That’s a dramatic reduction in lifespan. Given medical advances in veterinary science, I would have hoped for the opposite where goldens could now expect to live 20 years or more!