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Have we accidentally bred some dogs for obesity? (arstechnica.com)
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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 month ago

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/20/golden-retriever-lifespan-17-years/

I fell into a rabbit hole about claims that golden retriever lifespan has halved since the 1970s, sadly I can't find data to support the theory other then citations in older books.

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