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    CAN OWNING A DOG EXTEND YOUR LIFE?

    Jun 25, 2020 1 minute

    Some of the best evidence that having a dog in your home can help you live longer comes from research published in 2019owning a dog extends your life though. Just that statistically it does, or appears to at least. The researchers suggest a large part of a dog’s life-lengthening effects may simply be that dog owners get more exercise, by virtue of all those ‘walkies’. But the researchers say that interpreting the results is not straightforward. Part of the difference may simply be down to dog owners tending to be people who are fitter with healthier lifestyles.

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