Good luck King and Shannon! May you and your Doberman have many long years still together! I really believe you will.

So sorry to hear this Vikki! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family! Wow, 21 years old?! I would love to talk to you further about her! Please reach out to me on the contact page of this website.

I’ve owned 5 Dobermans and one male lived to 15 years and 11 months and another male lived to 14 years. The other two males lived to 12 years and 6 months (DCM) and last male passed away last July from primary lung cancer at 9 years 9 months. My only female is currently 7 years old we think because she was rescued from people who left her in a cage 15 hours a day.

I certainly plan to get another Doberman. There is certainly some scary information about longevity lately. I think I will be putting emphasis on finding a breeder with a good track record of long-living Dobermans. This hasn’t discouraged me, no. I feel like I would never have the same passion for another breed as I do the Doberman.

Sorry, it should have read… “He passed due to Lung Lobe Torsion”

Very interesting article. I wrote you several months ago about losing a 7 month old Euro Doberman pup around the time you lost yours. He passed dye to LLT Lung Load Torsion. I am curious about your thoughts of raising or adopting a dob after researching your longevity study. I’ve had many dogs in my life and was really enamored by my pup. So much so that I may raise another. But I have heard much along the lines of what your study confirms. I frankly am not so sure I want to deal with another loss if the odds are so strong for such a short life in the breed. The breed is amazing though. I had wrestled between choosing a Euro Dob and a Giant Schnauzer before. So I am curious that as much as you love the Dob will you pursue another one or invest in another alternative breed. By investing I mean the heart more so than the money. A Tough consideration I know but I value your opinion.

I just had to put my 21 year old girl to sleep because of stomach bloat……my heart is broken

Hi, we just had to put our 21 year old Doberman girl asleep on October 21, 2019. My girls stomach flipped…….. Jasmine was well known on Facebook, we had sent her DNA out to Universities who were studying trying to find Doberman longevity gene, everyone told us she was extinct

Nice to hear your story, My big baby Kheops is turning 10 yo this month and has also big tumors but the vet said its harmless … He has liver cancer tho, which we can’t to anything about and an a bleeding ass tumor (I’m using fresh aloe vera on it everyday, seems to help) and doing my best to make him feel comfortable till this end …