I'm blessed to be with dogs #5 & #6. All pitbull girls. One died at 10. The other 3 all died at 13. If you can swing it, please have at least 2 dogs. They need the canine companionship. How weird my 10 year old, Sabreen, had cancer when my brother Darryl had cancer. Sabreen passed on a Friday, my brother, the following Wed, in April 2018.