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Weekend at Barkies
One of the articles says the owner attributes the longevity to a low stress life where he could roam around the forrest leashless for most of his life. Low stress has to account for a fair bit of it.
Gonna start telling my dog "don't worry about it" more often
He's been bloody lucky if that's the case as there's caterpillars that are lethal to dogs in those forests every spring.
Haven't seen that, but I have seen a lot of ticks that like to jump onto dogs.
https://blog.almonature.com/en-gb/pine-processionary-caterpillars-dogs-how-to-deal
I saw a presentation on the topic of human longevity not that long ago. The conclusion was the with the current medicine available, even if we forced every living human to live the optimal life for longevity, the average life expectancy wouldn't be much higher than 90 years. Once you reach that age it's pure genetic luck going forward. And for more than 90% of people, living long past 90 years is simply impossible.
Enjoy your ban
Interesting. I just read David Sinclair's book "Lifespan", where he talks about ageing itself being a disease that can be mitigated (but obviously never defeated) to where humans should be able to live much longer. His basic premise is that ageing is the loss of epigenetic information due to entropy, which can be significantly modulated through diet/lifestyle/stress reduction. He believes the first human who will live to 150 is already alive today.
17 is impressive. What kind of food do you feed her ? Standard dog food or something else ?
Tag them you coward.
Interesting. My experience has been primarily with Labs, several of which developed forms of cancer once they hit double digits. I always suspected it was something related to the processed nature of dog food (as opposed to dog owners who actually cook real food for their dogs), and wondered if modulating their diet with healthier choices may significantly prolong their lives, just as it would if humans at healthy instead of fast food etc.
Seeing as altodevil is a coward and didn't tag you, @Penna , I thought I'd let you know about this disgusting slur
What type of bread does your dog like most?
This!
But then they still have to deal with you...
Your quality of life will have fallen off a cliff by the time you’re 90 anyway. Can’t see the appeal of living another 50-60 years. The most important thing to focus on is healthy aging, not obsessing about breaking longevity records (which is something I notice a lot of American longevity experts seem to get caught up in)
Well my Dad would argue about that, he's not 90 yet but he's in pretty good shape at 86, he doesn't need assistance to get around or do anything, has better eyesight than I do, only thing wrong is his hearing and that has as much to do with his military service as age (he gets a Navy pension because of it)
Thanks, I don't know what I did to deserve this from @altodevil.
Sinclair actually claims that we can live in a very good health on extremely old ages. While he never explicitly mentions immortality, he does not see death (from old age) as inevitable.
You’re sure making him sound like one!
is it a Goodfella?
I think the name of the game for humans is to add another 10-15 years of quality life at the end, which if one is afflicted with diseases is obviously not going to happen, so there is something to be said for lifestyle choices at younger ages before the confluence of age and disease has a chance to become a factor.
I like to slice up his dog food with a razor blade
