When you look at the current research on spaying and neutering, the AGE at which it's done turns out to be vitally important to your dog's future health. For example, your female dog should NOT be spayed at 6 months old.
Life Expectancy of Dogs and Cats. We hope our pets will be a part of our lives for many, many years but the fact is that the average life expectancy is 10-12 years for dogs and 10-14 years for cats. Older pets have very specific needs and are particularly susceptible in later years to cancer, arthritis, and dental disease.
Cats that spend time indoors only, will have a longer life. Indoor cats are less exposed to bacteria, diseases, traffic accidents or the danger of chewing on toxic plants. Indoor cats may live between 12 and 15 years of average. However, the record age of an indoors cat is 25.This is the official record cat age that appears in the Guinness book of records, however, unofficially, some say that the record age is close to 36 years.y the time the cat is 3 years old, his age is the equivalent of a 32 year old human. The following years will each count as 4 human years. So, a cat that lives to be 12 (which is the average cat life span), is like a 64 year old human.