⚡MINI: Would You Give Your Dog An Anti-Aging Drug?

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
I heard podcasts here more mix one or two point
three podcasts, playlists and listen live on the free iHeart
app where dog people on this show deal with it.
Sorry if that's a problem for you. Hailey's got two dogs,
two boxes, Peggy March. Yeah, I've got Morris, who's a grudle,
so we've both got big dogs. There is a new
drug that is being tested at the moment that we

(00:32):
hope comes out soon because it can extend your dog's life. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
These are the two things growing up that I wanted
to cure. I wanted to make dogs live longer or forever,
and I wanted to cure cancer. And if only they
could exist, And it looks like one of them can.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
So they're testing this drug overseas in the US at
the moment. It specifically targets bigger breeds, great great US.
It works by targeting their metabolism. So as you, as
a human gets old, or it's a dog gets OLDI
metabolism gets worse and that can lead to a whole
bunch of other health problems, which is what kills a
lot of these big dogs.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
And they don't live anywhere near it long. It wasn't
little ones.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
You often see like a little dog going around with
no hair, the tongues hanging out, the eyes are blind,
and you're going.

Speaker 4 (01:17):
Oh, darling, you should have gone a while ago.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
And it's like a twenty two year old chihuahuah.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
Yeah, but we hang on to them because we love
them so much.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
This drug in theory early stages can add a year
to the life of the dog. They're hoping, and they
are hoping that this is maybe a gateway too in future,
adding years to the life of humans.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Isn't it so I don't care about humans. I care
about the dogs. But isn't I often drive along just
thinking about this. Isn't it so sad that dogs who
we love so much, they're so loyal, and they're so just,
they give us so much joy, are only around for
an average about nine or ten years.

Speaker 4 (01:53):
Like what, that's so sad?

Speaker 3 (01:56):
A lifetime of memories though, Hale, You haven't.

Speaker 4 (01:59):
You haven't grown up with the dogs.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
You've never lost a dog, and I know how much
you love Morris it is. Do you ever think, I
know you're not as morbid as I am, But do
you ever think about how awful that's going to be?

Speaker 3 (02:10):
The day that happens my wife does all the time, does.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
I will not be here just so you know I
won't be here for at least a month.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
If one of your dogs does. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Really, Oh, I remember the last when I lost my
first dog, Sally.

Speaker 4 (02:24):
I remember sitting with her.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
I was in year four and we gave her a
full chicken and a full block of chocolate the night before.
They were putting her down because she was unwell, and
I remember sitting with her and just pat.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
Now, I'm going to get sad. How long ago that
was in year four, and I remember going, I'm going
to remember this moment for the rest of my life.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
I love you so much, And it's like, it's the
most awful thing that they go so young.

Speaker 4 (02:45):
Why do we do it to ourselves? Do you ever
think that too?

Speaker 3 (02:47):
You know it's the highs of the ten years you
get with you.

Speaker 4 (02:50):
No, I know we love them so much, but the
hurt is so full long.

Speaker 5 (02:53):
It's better to have loved and lost than have never
loved it. So you'd give this injection, But what about
if they're at the end of their life and they're
so unwell, are you just going to be dragging them
through that last year.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
No, because I love them so much that you wouldn't
want them to be in any pain and with their
tongue hanging out and blind and all that kind of stuff.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
The drug is targeted when they're sort of around seven
eight years old and they're just starting to get to
that point where the metabolism falls off, so you give
it to them then before they are.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
Completely decrepit and need a dog walking frame.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
Oh, and you see those little dogs with a wheelchairs
and they're so cute, they're so happy. Still, I just
wish dogs have forever.

Speaker 3 (03:32):
It's so sad.

Speaker 4 (03:33):
Why are you laughing at me?

Speaker 3 (03:36):
I don't know