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Feb 25, 2025 58 min

Discussing The Dog Aging Project with Dr. Jake Ryave

from The Alternative Dog Moms

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Alternative Dog Moms - a podcast about what's happening in the fresh food community and the pet industry. Kimberly Gauthier is the blogger behind Keep the Tail Wagging, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast. CHAPTERS: How Dr. Jake Ryave got involved with the Dog Aging Project (0:55) What is the Dog Aging Project and its goals? (3:20) Surprising data trends in the Dog Aging Project (6:05) Is it true that dogs are living shorter lives than they used to? (13:00) Why do larger dogs have shorter life spans? (17:45) How environmental factors affect longevity (19:37) What the data shows about the health of purebred dogs versus mutts (26:02) TRIAD, the rapamycin longevity drug trial being conducted by the Dog Aging Project (27:43) How scientists determine how many dogs to have in a study and how to interpret those numbers and translate to the larger dog population (33:55) Is the Dog Aging Project looking at the connection between diet and DCM prevalence? (45:51) The effect of corporate and pharmaceutical industry interests in scientific research (48:35) How any and all of us can access the Dog Aging Project's data - and how we name our dogs (51:54) How to sign up your dog to be a part of the Dog Aging Project (55:52) LINKS DISCUSSED: Join the Dog Aging Project with your dog (https://redcap.dogagingproject.org/surveys/?s=DYYDHK8HAP) Learn about TRIAD - the rapamycin study (https://dogagingproject.org/triad) Studies published by the Dog Aging Project (https://dogagingproject.org/publications) Acces the Dog Aging Project's data (https://dogagingproject.org/data-access) DAP's study about environmental contaminants (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1394061/full) OUR BLOG/PODCASTS... Kimberly: Keep the Tail Wagging, KeepTheTailWagging.com Erin Scott: Believe in Dog podcast, BelieveInDogPodcast.com FACEBOOK... Keep the Tail Wagging, Facebook.com/KeepTheTailWagging Believe in Dog Podcast, Facebook.com/BelieveInDogPodcast INSTAGRAM... Keep the Tail Wagging, Instagram.com/RawFeederLife Believe in Dog Podcast, Instagram.com/Erin_The_Dog_Mom Thanks for listening to our podcast. You can learn more about Erin Scott's first podcast at BelieveInDogPodcast.com. And you can learn more about raw feeding, raising dogs naturally, and Kimberly's dogs at KeepTheTailWagging.com. And don't forget to subscribe to The Alternative Dog Moms.

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Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Alternative Dog Moms - a podcast about what's happening in the fresh food community and the pet industry. Kimberly Gauthier is the blogger behind Keep the Tail Wagging, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast. CHAPTERS: How Dr. Jake Ryave got involved with the Dog Aging Project (0:55)What is the Dog Aging Project and its goals? (3:20)Surprising data trends in the Dog Aging Project (6:05)Is it true that dogs are living shorter lives than they used to? ...

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Discussing The Dog Aging Project with Dr. Jake Ryave

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Chapters

  1. 0:00 Introduction
  2. 0:55 How Dr. Jake Ryave got involved with the Dog Aging Project
  3. 3:20 What is the Dog Aging Project and its goals?
  4. 6:05 Surprising data trends in the Dog Aging Project
  5. 13:00 Is it true that dogs are living shorter lives than they used to?
  6. 17:45 Why do larger dogs have shorter life spans?
  7. 19:37 How environmental factors affect longevity
  8. 26:02 What the data shows about the health of purebred dogs versus mutts
  9. 27:43 TRIAD, the rapamycin longevity drug trial being conducted by the Dog Aging Project
  10. 33:55 How scientists determine how many dogs to have in a study and how to interpret those numbers and translate to the larger dog population
  11. 45:51 Is the Dog Aging Project looking at the connection between diet and DCM prevalence?
  12. 48:35 The effect of corporate and pharmaceutical industry interests in scientific research
  13. 51:54 How any and all of us can access the Dog Aging Project's data - and how we name our dogs
  14. 55:52 How to sign up your dog to be a part of the Dog Aging Project

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