Oldest Dog Breed

Oldest Dog Breed. The greatest reliable age recorded for a dog is 29 years 5 months for an Australian cattle-dog named Bluey owned by Les Hall of Rochester Victoria Australia. It says that the dog dates as far back to 329 BC in ancient Egypt.

The reason why it is called singing dog is because it has unique form of vocalization. Through DNA evidence Salukis are one of 14 breeds shown to be the least divergent from wolves. It says that the dog dates as far back to 329 BC in ancient Egypt.

This means that it is able to vary its howling pitch which sounds like singing.

Male dogs breed upto a particular age after which they stop producing sperm or say healthy sperm. There are several breeds that can reasonably make a claim to being the oldest native dog breed of Britain but according to the research of Julian Calder and Alastair Bruce whose book is a compilation of the oldest of everything throughout the British Isles the Welsh Terrier is the winner. This old breed dog called New Guinea Singing Dog is one of the oldest dog breed from the New Guinea. Salukis are sighthounds that were typically used by nomadic tribes for hunting and were bred for their speed strength and endurance.