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Re:The evolution of dog breeds by frozenport on Thursday April 09, 2015 @02:32AM (#9346054)
Its hard to tie the longevity of dogs to perceived aesthetic deformation. For example, the miniature poodle (14.8 years) lives almost twice as long as a Great Dane (8.4 years). [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_in_dogs

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Re:The evolution of dog breeds by ethbro on Thursday April 09, 2015 @08:06AM (#9346939)
I heard from several vets I talked to that the older "giant" breeds typically have some genetic artifacts associated with increasing their size. Hip dyplasia, for example ( http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_dysplasia_(canine) ).

It's amazing more breeds don't have congenital issues, given up until recently the breeding process was performed entirely without genetic testing.

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