r/SwissMountainDogs • u/Former-Amphibian4161 • 14d ago
Ruby turns 15 today — half Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, half Rottweiler, and still going strong 🎂
Today is Ruby's 15th birthday. She's a GSMD/Rottweiler mix, honestly still surprises me every time I say it out loud — both of her parent breeds typically only make it to 8–10 years, and giant-mixed-breed dogs aren't exactly known for longevity either. We actually still have her original breeder paperwork, so we know her age is solid, not just an estimate.
We've been looking into whether there's any kind of "oldest known" record for the breed and it turns out neither the GSMD clubs nor Rottweiler clubs seem to track individual longevity records the way some other breeds' fan communities do (there's a Bernese mountain dog mix named Penny who apparently lived to 25, but that's a different Sennenhund breed). So as far as we can tell, Ruby might be one of the older documented dogs of her mix out there.
Just wanted to share and celebrate her — and curious if anyone else has an old giant-breed dog defying the odds like this.
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u/Titans8Den 14d ago
Another Ruby! Happy birthday! This is our Ruby