Longevity for dogs

For the past months I've been deep diving into the topic of longevity for dogs to understand how can we help our best friends live longer and healthier lives. To figure that out, I intended to answer five fundamental questions:

1. How long do dogs live?
2. How age-related diseases manifest across dogs' lifespan?
3. How dogs' behaviour changes as they age?
4. How can we assess longevity interventions for dogs?
5. What longevity interventions have been studied for dogs?

The amount of information out there can be daunting so my primary goal was to put together a comprehensive and simplified guide about longevity for dogs. My secondary goal was to create a digestible bibliography that any newcomer to the dog longevity topic could study to get started.

This endeavour was more like a one-person journal club than anything else. The final result are five posts answering these fundamental questions:

Longevity for dogs: how long do they live?

An overview of veterinary studies looking at lifespan for different populations in different countries

StaneteDavid Stanete

Longevity for dogs: how age-related diseases manifest across their lifespan?

An overview of veterinary studies looking at mortality, morbidities and patters of disease across dogs’ lifespan

StaneteDavid Stanete

Longevity for dogs: how their behaviour changes as they age?

An overview of veterinary studies looking at behaviour problems, personality changes and cognitive aging

StaneteDavid Stanete