Why do cocker spaniels die young?

Answer 1

The smaller breed of dog you have the longer it lives most of the time. We may think that a dog dies so soon but for them they are really old. Dog years are a lot shorter than human years so they die sooner

Answer 2

It depends on the dog, I had a female that lived to 16 years, a buff male lived to 8 years and died of congestive heart failure. My last male, died at almost 11 of kidney failure.