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Not for a Jack Russell - you'd generally expect them to get into their mid to late teens.
Wild wolves have an average life expectancy if about 6 pr 7 years - up to 16 or 17 in captivity.
A dog breed with a life expectancy of 12 upwards is not a horror - a dog bred to a life expectancy of 6 or 7 years is cruel.
As beautiful as they, I have never understood why anyone would have a Great Dane or one of the other giant breed. They call the Great Dane the Heartbreak Breed - you lose them all so young.
Carrot's 5 now - and I feel like he's really growing into himself, becoming a beautiful adult dog. The idea of this already being his twilight years - not because of some unforeseen health problem, but because it was built into his breed from the start is a horrible thought.
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