The oldest dog on record was an Australian Cattle Dog named Bluey. Bluey lived to be almost 30 years old. That figure is in human years.Dogs mature more rapidly than humans. According to dog age experts, a one-year-old dog is really about age 15 in human equivalent years. The average life expectancy of The Australian Cattle Dog is about 12-15 years.
Bluey was exceptional in that he outlived all the online life expectancy calculations. It may have been his diet or his genetics. The life expectancy of dogs increase dramatically because of better diets, better health care, and better living conditions.
Bluey was put to sleep on November 14, 1939 at the age of 29 years, 5 months. The official AKC breed name for Bluey is “Australian Cattle Dog”. Sometimes these
dogs are called “heelers” because they were developed in Australia for controlling cattle. The dogs were trained to herd cattle by nipping and biting at their heels.
Ancestors:
Bluey’s ancestors are Collies, Dalmatians, and the native Australian Dingo.Bluey was heavier and more muscular than his ancestor the Border Collie.
The ACD have been working on Australian ranches since early in this century.Bred to withstand extreme temperatures and the resourcefulness to forage to
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