Can Your Dog Live to 25 w/ Dr. Gary Richter
About this episode
Dr. Gary Richter discusses the potential for dogs to live to 25 years and the key factors influencing pet longevity.
What If Your Dog Could Live to 25 w/ Dr. Gary Richter Your dog's cells are aging right now, and by the time you notice the stiffness, the slowing down, the gray around the muzzle, it has already been happening for years. Dr. Gary Richter has spent over 25 years in integrative veterinary medicine asking what else is possible. He is the author of Longevity for Dogs and Longevity for Cats, founder of Ultimate Pet Nutrition, and right now he is building PetMetrics, a wearable biometric monitor for pets that works like an Apple Watch crossed with veterinary medicine. This conversation goes places I did not expect. We start with the three things that matter more than any supplement or technology for your pet's longevity, and they are free. Then we get into what is available right now that most pet parents have never heard of: UC-II collagen, Adequan, plasmalogens, and peptides like BPC-157. And then Dr. Richter walks me through gene therapy research that can literally instruct aging cells to go backwards. He said something that stuck with me. It is not at all out of the realm of possibility that pets living well over 20 is going to become the norm. After this conversation, I believe…
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