Dog breeds: find the best dogs for seniors
Discover our list of dog breeds that are great for senior owners. These dogs are affectionate and are happy with a more sedentary lifestyle.
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Affenpinscher
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Airedale Terrier
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Akita Inu
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American Akita
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American Bulldog
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American Cocker Spaniel
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American Water Spaniel
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Anatolian Shepherd
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Appenzell Cattle Dog
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Ariege Pointing Dog
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Ariegeois
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Artois Hound
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Australian Kelpie
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Australian Silky Terrier
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Australian Terrier
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Austrian Black and Tan Hound
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Austrian Pinscher
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Auvergne Pointer
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Basset Fauve de Bretagne
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Basset Hound
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Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
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Beagle
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Bedlington Terrier
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Bergamasco Shepherd Dog
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Bichon Frise
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Billy
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Blue Picardy Spaniel
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Boerboel
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Bolognese
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Borador
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Boston Terrier
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Bourbonnais Pointing Dog
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Bouvier des Flandres
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Boxer
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Briquet Griffon Vendeen
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Broholmer
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Bulldog
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Cairn Terrier
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Canaan Dog
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Castro Laboreiro Dog
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Catalan Sheepdog
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Caucasian Shepherd Dog
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Cavachon
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Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
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Central Asia Shepherd Dog
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Cesky Terrier
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Chesapeake Bay Retriever
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Chi-Chi
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Chihuahua
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Chihuahua à poils court
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Chinese Crested Dog
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Chow Chow
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Clumber Spaniel
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Coarse-haired Styrian Hound
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Cocker Spaniel
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Collie Smooth
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Coton de Tulear
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Croatian Shepherd Dog
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Curly-Coated Retriever
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Dachshund
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Dandie Dinmont Terrier
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Deerhound
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Dorkie
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Drentsche Partridge Dog
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Drever
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Dunker
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Dutch Shepherd
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Dutch Smoushond
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English Foxhound
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English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)
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Estrela Mountain Dog
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Eurasier
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Fawn Brittany Griffon
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Field Spaniel
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Finnish Lapponian Dog
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Fox Terrier
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French Bulldog
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French Pointing Dog
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French Spaniel
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French Water Dog
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Gascon Saintongeois
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German Shorthaired Pointer
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German Spaniel
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German Wirehaired Pointing Dog
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Goberian
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Goldador
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Golden Retriever
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Gordon Setter
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Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
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Great Anglo-French Tricolour Hound
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Great Anglo-French White & Orange Hound
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Greek Harehound
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Greyhound
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Griffon Belge
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Griffon Bruxellois
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Griffon Nivernais
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Hanoverian Scent Hound
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Harrier
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Havanese
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Hungarian Greyhound
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Hungarian Hound - Transylvanian Scent Hound
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Ibizan Podenco
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Icelandic Sheepdog
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Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier
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Irish Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier
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Irish Terrier
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Irish Water Spaniel
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Irish Wolfhound
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Italian Sighthound
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Italian Volpino
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Japanese Chin
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Japanese Spitz
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Japanese Terrier
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Kai Ken
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Kerry Blue Terrier
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King Charles Spaniel
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Kleiner Münsterländer
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Kromfohrländer
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Labradoodle
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Lapponian Herder
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Large Munsterlander
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Leonberger
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Lhasa Apso
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Little Lion Dog
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Lurcher
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Majorca Mastiff
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Maltese
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Manchester Terrier
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Maremma and the Abruzzes Sheepdog
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Morkie
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Nederlandse Kooikerhondje
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Newfoundland
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Norfolk Terrier and Norwich Terrier
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Norwegian Buhund
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Norwegian Lundehund
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Old Danish Pointing Dog
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Papillon (Continental Toy Spaniel)
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Pekingese
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Peruvian Hairless Dog
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Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
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Petit Brabançon
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Pharaoh Hound
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Picardy Spaniel
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Pinscher
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Poitevin
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Polish Greyhound
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Polish Hunting Dog
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Polish Lowland Sheepdog
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Pomchi
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Pomeranian or miniature Spitz
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Pomsky
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Pont-Audemer Spaniel
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Poodle
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Portuguese Sheepdog
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Portuguese Water Dog
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Posavatz Hound
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Presa Canario (Canary Mastiff)
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Pug
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Puggle
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Puli
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Pumi
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Pyrenean Mastiff
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Rough Collie
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Russian Toy
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Saint Germain Pointer
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Saluki
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Schipperke
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Schnauzer
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Schnoodle
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Scottish Terrier
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Sealyham Terrier
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Serbian Hound
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Sheepadoodle
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Shetland Sheepdog
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Shih Tzu
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Skye Terrier
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Small Gascon Saintongeois
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South Russian Shepherd Dog
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Spanish Greyhound
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Stabijhoun
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Sussex Spaniel
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Swedish Vallhund
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Taiwan Dog
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Tibetan Spaniel
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Tibetan Terrier
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Welsh Corgi
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West Highland White Terrier
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Westphalian Dachsbracke
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Whippet
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White Swiss Shepherd Dog
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Wirehaired Slovakian Pointer
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Xoloitzcuintle
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Yorkshire Terrier
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Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog