Interesting article on longevity I found.

[Lord Goliath]

The article is about a long-term (14-year) study that investigated the benefit of feeding to ideal body type on lifespan in dogs.

http://www.purina.com/institute/news.asp?article=421

[wondermutts]

since we got the puppies, rylee (who is has started to act and look younger.

when i took him to the vet last week we found he had lost 6 pounds since arnie & fred's arrival (due to the extra activity -- ie: being woken up by fred sitting on his head! -- one of her fav. activities for some reason...).

our vet (who is a bulldog specialist) agreed that he looked better than usual-- and told us rylee has the body of a much younger dog - and part of that is his lower weight.  she said we could start feeding him more, but i'm inclined to not do so now.  i can't imagine life without rylee!