Do Lean Dogs Live Longer? What a Lifelong Labrador Study Found

Do Lean Dogs Live Longer? What a Lifelong Labrador Study Found

By Director of Education, Tannisha Duncan
Same breed. Same food. Nearly two more years. What if the difference between 11 and 13 years was already in the bowl? Most conversations about dog weight and lifespan start with an obviously heavy dog. This one starts with 48 Labrador Retriever puppies. In a lifelong feeding study, the puppies were paired, and one dog in each pair was fed 25% less food than its pair-mate, from 8 weeks of age until...