Scientific Results
Scientific Results: Food motivation and owner feeding management practices are associated with overweight among Dog Aging Project participants.
Published on July 31, 2025This study looked at how food motivation and owner feeding practices were associated with overweight/obesity in dogs.
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Scientific Results: Rationale and design of the Dog Aging Project precision cohort: a multi-omic resource for longitudinal research in geroscience
Published on July 30, 2025This paper introduces our Precision Cohort, which collects important biological information from dogs in our study group.
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Scientific Results: The effects of resting time, centrifugation time, and technician training on plasma sample quantity and quality: Implications for the Dog Aging Project
Published on June 13, 2025Members of our Precision Cohort participate in an annual collection of routine samples like bloodwork (similar to an annual check-up), urine, feces, and hair collected by their primary care veterinarian.
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Scientific Results: Factors Associated With Missing Biological Samples in the Dog Aging Project
Published on May 6, 2025In scientific research that follows the same group of dogs over time – like the Dog Aging Project – each sample helps to tell an important part of each dog’s story.
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Scientific Results: Association Between Diet Type and Owner-Reported Health Conditions in dogs in the Dog Aging Project
Published on April 28, 2025We examined how different diet types might be linked to thirteen different categories of health conditions in dogs.
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Scientific Results: Dog Models of Aging
Published on October 18, 2024The key takeaway for families with dogs is that ongoing research into dog aging can lead to significant improvements in their pets’ health and longevity. By staying informed about new findings from the Dog Aging Project and working closely with their veterinarians, dog owners can help ensure their pets live happier, healthier lives.
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Scientific Results: How can we achieve more accurate reporting of average dog lifespan?
Published on October 11, 2024Available data do not support the claim that dogs’ lives are getting shorter.
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Scientific Results: Dog and owner demographics impact dietary choices in Dog Aging Project cohort
Published on October 4, 2024Dogs of different ages, locations, and owners may eat different diets! This research gives us a lens to reflect on previous diet comparison work, and a tool for future diet research
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Scientific Results: Cross-sectional survey of 43,517 dogs in the Dog Aging Project identifies owner-reported lifetime prevalence and characteristics of gastrointestinal disease
Published on September 27, 2024Dog owners in the US recruited from the general public reported a high prevalence of GI disorders in their dogs.
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Scientific Results: Silicone tags as an effective method of monitoring environmental contaminant exposures in a geographically diverse sample of dogs from the Dog Aging Project
Published on September 20, 2024Our goal was to determine whether silicone tags could be an easy, non-invasive way to track environmental exposures, and they are!
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