It is peculiar with all the cross breeding that humans have subjected dogs to, there never seems to have been any effort to breed for longevity.
And now that it has been discovered that the mutated version of the common animal gene called “Foxp2”, that to some extent gives humans the ability for speech, I am shocked that no geneticist, yet, has given it to dogs. If they did, and dogs could vocalize just a few words, it would be worth millions of dollars. They geneticist could likely patent the new breed and start a corporation selling “speaking dogs”.
I don’t want my dog yakking all day! :)