The Dog Aging Institute champions and invests in innovative aging research in companion dogs.
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Check out the Dog Aging Institute! 🐾 We're a nonprofit focused on research to help dogs live longer, healthier lives – insights that could benefit humans too. Your donation makes a big difference, so please contribute today at dogaginginstitute.org/donate…. Thank you!
For the dogs beside us and those forever in our hearts. ❤️
Our new Dog Dedication Wall is live! Add your dog’s photo and tribute with a $100+ gift to support Dog Aging Project research—and a healthier future for all dogs.
Meet the dogs & add yours: dogaginginstitute.org/dedica…
Could a blood test someday help estimate a dog’s biological age or mortality risk? 🩸🐾
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein and Dr. Ben Harrison explore what blood metabolites can tell us about canine aging in the latest Longevity for Dogs.
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🦟 One mosquito bite. One tiny parasite. And a journey through your dog’s body that can eventually reach the heart and lungs.
The newest Pawsitively Science breaks down the heartworm life cycle, what happens inside an infected dog’s body, and why prevention matters.
Can we slow biological aging in dogs? 🐕⏳
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein breaks down rapamycin, what earlier studies in dogs have found, and how the TRIAD clinical trial is putting this promising longevity research to the test.
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The Dog Aging Institute is proud to sponsor the @AnimalLongSum this October 1-2 in Toronto, Canada, featuring presentations by our co-founder, Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, and Dog Aging Project researcher Dr. Noah Snyder-Mackler.
🐾 Learn more at animallongevitysummit.com
Introducing Pawsitively Science! 🐾🔬
Our short video series breaks down canine health science into information dog lovers can actually use.
First up: Lyme disease—how dogs get it, what to watch for, and how to help prevent it.
What’s hiding in your dog’s environment? And could it affect how they age? 🐕🌎
Dr. Janice O’Brien joins Longevity for Dogs to explore contaminants in water and the home, how they may affect health and aging, and how dog owners can reduce exposure.
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One health condition can change a dog's aging trajectory. What happens when several occur together?
Dr. Jessica Hoffman joins Longevity for Dogs to explore multi-morbidity—and what disease clusters can teach us about healthy aging. 🐾
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Every dog is trying to tell us something—but are we interpreting it correctly? 🤔
Dr. Courtney Sexton joins us to explore dog domestication, communication, grief, head tilts, pandemic puppies, and the biggest mistake people make when reading their dogs. youtu.be/x6OJWZGp-vU?si=clS2…
Does a wagging tail always mean a happy dog? 🐕
Dr. Courtney Sexton says it's one of the biggest misconceptions people have about reading canine body language.
Check out this preview from our upcoming Longevity for Dogs podcast episode on the human-canine bond. 🐾
Why do larger dogs age faster? 🐕
Dr. Blaise Mariner joins us on Longevity for Dogs to explain epigenetic clocks, biological aging, DNA methylation, and what these discoveries could mean for the future of canine health.
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Could when you feed your dog affect brain health? 🧠🐶
Dr. Emily Bray joins us to discuss groundbreaking research on feeding frequency, cognitive aging, and how everyday choices may help dogs live longer, healthier, happier lives.
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🎙️ Sneak peek of our next podcast episode! Don't miss Dr. Emily Bray discussing the groundbreaking research on feeding frequency that contradicts everything you thought you knew! 🐶🥩
🐶 When it comes to nutrition, what actually helps dogs live longer, happier, healthier lives?
In our new podcast, Dr. Audrey Ruple discusses what the Dog Aging Project has learned about diet, healthy weight, supplements & more.
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🎙️🎉 We've launched a brand-new podcast series!
Episode 1: Longevity for Dogs: From the Beginning youtu.be/6-v5942Wir8?si=FHMG…
Tune in as we share how the Dog Aging Project began, explain the TRIAD clinical trial, and why The Dog Aging Institute was founded to drive change.
"If we had one more year together, my service dog Abby and I would take more flights! In the decade that she's been my balance and mobility assistance dog, we've taken 90 @HawaiianAir flights! With another year, we could reach 100 flights!"
For longer, healthier, happier lives.
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🎉Congratulations to Dr. Kate Creevy for earning the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Career Achievement Award in Canine Research! 🎉
🐾Together, we can help dogs live longer, healthier lives. Learn more at dogagingproject.org
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ALT A person in scrubs sits cross-legged on a hallway floor next to a black and white dog.
Meet Max. 🐾 Rescued on his first birthday—and now the one doing the rescuing.
We’re advancing the research to help dogs live longer, healthier, happier lives. 🐶❤️
The Dog Aging Project feature on @60Minutes is a powerful look at how dogs are not only our best friend, but may also be our best hope for understanding age-related disease: youtu.be/qF3WdqJBQNE?si=z0Wc…
We're proud to fund research that will give us more years with those we love!
