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No Bad Dogs Podcast

E332- The Science of Dog Longevity: How to Help Your Dog Live Longer & Healthier (w/ Dr. Matt Kaeberlein PhD)

No Bad Dogs Podcast

Tom Davis

Kids & Family, How To, Education, Pets & Animals

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, is one of the world’s leading aging researchers and co-founder of the Dog Aging Project. In this episode, we dive into what truly impacts a dog’s longevity, common misconceptions, and how everyday choices shape long-term health in dogs.

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:19.5

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0:22.6

visit Wayfair.com or the Wayfair app to win the season. But again, it's not a competition. Wayfair, every style, every home. Dr. Matt Capeline, I have a little intro here. I'm going to tell the people of the No Bed Dogs podcast. A little bit about who you are. but you are one of the leading scientists in world study on how dogs age

0:40.7

and how we can help them live longer, healthier, happier lives.

0:44.5

You also co-founded the Dog Aging Project,

0:47.2

and it's one of the largest studies ever done on dogs,

0:50.0

tracking tens of thousands of dogs across their lifetime to learn

0:54.0

what truly affects their

0:55.6

lifespan and health span. And your research looks at diet, exercise, stress, environment,

1:03.9

genetics, and even medication, like rapamycin. Say it for me. Rapamycin. Rappermycin.

1:13.8

That extends dogs healthier years.

1:15.6

May extend dogs healthier years.

1:24.4

So you do a lot of stuff.

1:26.0

I was reading about you.

1:28.6

I did my research last night and I was listening to some of your stuff this morning.

1:40.4

You are quite the scholar. You have a lot of different degrees. You've won awards. You work. Do you work for college currently or you worked?

1:49.4

Yeah, so I have an affiliate appointment at the University of Washington still. I've left my full-time position there to start a company called Optuspan, which is very much about trying to apply many of the same lessons that we learned when I was in academia in the real

1:56.2

world for human health.

1:57.6

So I really focus these days on practical, pragmatic ways to enhance health span

2:04.8

for both companion animals and for people.

2:07.7

Yeah, I was reading some of your, I was gone on your Instagram,

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