After watching the video, it does make a lot of sense. Very large animals usually take a long time to grow. Meanwhile dogs reach maturity at roughly the same age, regardless of size. People have found that you can improve the lifespan and health of larger dogs by making sure they grow more slowly. (Basically by not overfeeding them.) The lifespan increase isn't by much, but it does show that growth rate has some impact on lifespan.
Thanks to Jenna Marbles for making some of her Chihuahua videos Creative Commons – https://www.youtube.com/user/JennaMar...
So that's why we got ozzy the havanese 🙂
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing…
That makes a lot of sense as to why little dogs live longer. I just wish that they could live as long as we do.
After watching the video, it does make a lot of sense. Very large animals usually take a long time to grow. Meanwhile dogs reach maturity at roughly the same age, regardless of size. People have found that you can improve the lifespan and health of larger dogs by making sure they grow more slowly. (Basically by not overfeeding them.) The lifespan increase isn't by much, but it does show that growth rate has some impact on lifespan.
Thank you. cuz I have two little dog's?
I have wondered about that! Thanks for this video