December 15, 2021

Hello and welcome to the Loyal blog

Since starting Loyal in 2019, we’ve gone from just an ambitious idea to a team of 60+, two canine aging drugs readying for the clinic, our first clinical study successfully completed, and now, at last…a blog!

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Obesity and epigenetics

One of the most important health problems in veterinary medicine today is the epidemic of obesity in our pets.

Introducing X-Thousand Dogs

The largest study of its kind, aimed at better understanding how dogs age—and how we might help them live longer, healthier lives

Healthspan: the healthy prime of life

Lifespan is the amount of time lived. Healthspan is the time lived with vigor and good health. Which do you think is more important?

Should you zoom call your dog?

There are now lots of devices that let us call our dogs and say “Hi!” when we aren’t at home. But are these really for our dogs, or just for us?

Yes, dogs really can read facial expressions

Sometimes our dogs seem to read us like an open book! How do they know just how we are feeling? It turns out, our faces are a clear window into our emotions for our canine friends.

Talking to your dog?

Dogs are exceptionally good at understanding humans; better than any animal outside our own species. But when we talk to them, we give a lot of information besides just words.

Dogs are great models for aging biology

Dogs age a lot like humans, though sadly much faster. Helping us to better understand our own aging is just one of the many gifts our canine best friends give us.

Is aging inevitable?

Like death and taxes, aging has long been seen as unavoidable. Science is now showing us that this may not be true.

Can your dog catch your yawn?

Humans are not the only animals to yawn. Fish, birds and mammals all yawn too. And, of course, so do our favorite animals here at Loyal!

Why do dogs age?

There are many theories about how aging works. Lat’s take a brief look at two: Wear & Tear and the Rate of Living.