How old is our oldest doodle?

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

I know this has been asked before, but can we do an update on how old everyone's doodles are? Does anyone know how old they get to be and what the most common health issues are with their aging?

[F, Calla & Luca]

My two labradoodle a are 4 and 5 and overall have been very healthy.

[Elaine Allen]

Sue, Iam glad you asked that question as i am new to the site and groups so it was nice to see the different ages. Iam feeling even more grateful than i was about how healthy mattie has been the last 9 yrs and is today!!! I have to say she has had ear issues over the last yr. but i feel very lucky;-)))))

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Update on Ned and Clancy who both turned 5 on March 17th.  Neither has had any serious health issues. It is hard to believe they are that old.  Ned  fractured a back molar and has does some face scratching, but hasn't created a sore in about 3 years. Clancy has had about one ear infection a year since we got him at age 2.

[Lynne and Riley]

Riley is a ALD with very few health problem he will turn 8 years old this year. He has been an angel,smart and won't leave your side, he loves all he meets.
I just rescued an older Labradoodle from a shelter he will be 11 years old on September 19th. He has had skin problems, according to his health record he has had several Lipoma's removed. His name is Goku he still has the energy of a puppy and listens like an deaf un-ruley puppy. We are off to obedience class I sure hope we can teach an old dog new tricks. He is an escape artist and a runner.

[Laurie, Wally & Charlotte]

Wally will be seven in May and has been very healthy, despite being diagnosed with mild hip dysplasia around his first birthday.  We keep him lean and he sees a chiropractor twice a month.  Hopefully, he will never be troubled with symptoms, besides having a bit of a Marilyn-Monroe sway in his walk.  He had years of issues with chronic ear infections, which disappeared when we switched him over to a raw diet.  He fractured one molar last year and had a benign lump on his gum removed a while back.  Otherwise, he's been wonderfully healthy.  

Charlotte will be a year old in early June.  She, too, has been a picture of good health.  Her only issue is the result of being given Rymadyl during her spay surgery four months ago.  She had an allergic reaction to the pain medication, and has since had periodic trouble with her tummy, which causes seemingly unprovoked loose stools.  Switching to a raw diet and the addition of probiotics, pumpkin and slippery elm, has helped, tremendously.

We have a friend with a goldendoodle who is 11 and is doing very well, except for some fatty tumors and mild dysplasia in her hips.  

[1pdnu70huzi5r]

My Abby is a standard size labradoodle and was 12 years old last October. She has cataracts and achy joints at times. For the last several years, I've kept her off all grains except for rice, she eats cooked lamb or turkey and veggies over a little bit of rice, coconut or olive oil and ester c as a supplement. Sometimes scrambled eggs with zuchinni in the am. Eats twice a day, would eat all day if we let her! She gets real tired on a walk, can only go a block and back. Has several lipomas. We are dreading the day she leaves us, but it does not seem soon. Had bad hip problems before we started the ester c. It really helps. What they eat is everything in determining how long they live.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

It is so good to hear that Abby is over 12 years old. We don't seem to be aware of too many doodles that age. I'd love to hear from more people. Since I started this post 3 years ago, we certainly should have some older doodles now. Mine are 6 and 4 1/2. Great health, and yes, I do firmly believe that food has a major affect on their longterm health, but a lot is in the genetics and good breeding as well. Thanks for sharing.

[Wendy and Myla]

So great that Abby is 12 years old and doing so well!  Are there any older doodles on DK?

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Since asking this question almost 6 years ago, I have still not found the "average old age" of our doodles. I realize there are lots of variables, size, breed of doodle mix, health issues, accidents etc, that play into their aging, but I still ask, how old is our oldest doodle?  My two are now 9 (Murphy) and 7 (Bella). Both enjoy perfect health thus far with the exception of a few seizures in 2016 and a newly found lipoma on Murphy just this week.  But the past few months of sad news we've all experienced has me even more aware of the inevitable. 

Laurie's Blog last week was so poignant and thought provoking, as her's usually are, and I find myself both in dread of their passing and saying with certainty that we will never have any more dogs after these two have left us because of the pain I know we are going to experience and in anticipation of that, I just can't imagine going through it, voluntarily, again. 

Murphy and Bella are my husband's and my first dogs in our whole lives, as many of you on here know.  Not a dog between us for the first 50+ years of our lives.  So we have not had to bear the pain and loss yet, but then we have never felt the joy and comfort and warmth in our lives before that these precious doodles have brought into our lives. I can only imagine it, and mentally prepare for it, but I have no real actual experience of the sense of loss and grief it will bring.  

So with that, and in preparation for the inevitable, how old are our doodles now? 6 years later, I still need to hear that we have some, if not many, over 7, 9, 11, 12 even 13 years old. Thank you all in advance, and Happy New Year to all. Hug those doodles!!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

My two are 8 and nine and generally healthy. Luca has at least four lipomas. Happy New Year to all.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Thanks F. Yeah Calla and Luca!

[Olga S.]

Sherry turn 13 in May, Mona celebrated her 6-th B-Day this month.