Discussing The Dog Aging Project with Dr. Jake Ryave

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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)

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