My Chocolatd lab is 15.5
I got my dog for a gentleman who was going away to war back in 2001 when the world trade centers went down. I got him at 6 months old, he climbed up in my truck and had the look that said, "YOU ARE MY MASTER, I am going with you", since then, He has stood by me thick and thin. A divorce. A new raltionship of 8 years and now singe. He is a very motivating for me to get up and stay busy as I am 50. He's has only been to his normal scheduled vet appts for shots and tick control. I had one emergency that was a false positive for BLOAT. In which he was just constipated.
Long story short, I let mt Disabled Brother, who went out of the navy at 19.5 years on Disability. He has been wtih my brother for the past year as I traveled 100%. He is now 15 and 1/2, still eats apples, blueberries, cranberries, peanut butter, almonds and 1/2 of quality holistic food two times a day. I am very proud to say that his diet has contributed to his health, as well as keeping him as a house dog and not over exercising him.
He is an english style (shorter leg, and smalle) than a traditional lab, which in my opinion have been over breed. Anyway, I have attached some recent photos. Good luck to all you lab owners out there, feed them good food and small exercise a couple of times a day seems to be the trick.
Got to be one of the best breeds around to have as a pet, with children around, single or even a family. Gets long with everyone. I have attached some pics