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re: dog lovers: how come dogs dont go by human years for their age?
Posted on 7/11/14 at 8:58 am to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 7/11/14 at 8:58 am to JumpingTheShark
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Dogs age 7 times faster than humans. Multiply 1 year by 7.
And that's not even remotely true - the first year is about 12 years, but many dogs live to 13, 14, 15 - a much greater percentage than humans live to 90s, etc, so, it's probably roughly accurate for dogs 3 to 9 years old, but I would only add about 3 to 5, depending on the dog, above 9 or 10.
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Posted on 7/11/14 at 9:00 am to Napoleon
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Yeah, it is more of an approximation than an exact science.
It's like a sliding scale. There's milestones that adjust the year ratio. Things like adolescence and sexual maturity. After sexual maturity, the cellular aging is more consistent.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 9:03 am to Ace Midnight
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that's not even remotely true
Okay.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 9:03 am to cleeveclever
Posted on 7/11/14 at 9:10 am to LSUvegasbombed
This is just something stupid parents tell their kids to make them feel like sparky had a rich and fulfilling life, plain and simple.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 9:12 am to LSUvegasbombed
No one with any sense uses dog years. Dogs just don't live as long. 12 - 15 year old dog = old arse dog
Posted on 7/11/14 at 9:16 am to TigerMeister
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I've never heard anyone actually do this.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 9:22 am to JumpingTheShark
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Dogs age 7 times faster than humans. Multiply 1 year by 7.
You oversimplified the math..... Dog age calculator
Posted on 7/11/14 at 4:36 pm to LSUvegasbombed
My dog is about 2 years old. Still a puppy
Posted on 7/11/14 at 4:45 pm to LSUTygerFan
It's all relative to the expected life span of the breed
Posted on 7/11/14 at 4:46 pm to LSUvegasbombed
Does everything that is not human have "blahblah-years"?
"My pet rat is 342 years old. It's 3 in human years."
Monkey-years?
Tortoise years? Those might be longer than human years.
"My pet rat is 342 years old. It's 3 in human years."
Monkey-years?
Tortoise years? Those might be longer than human years.
This post was edited on 7/11/14 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 7/11/14 at 5:17 pm to LSUvegasbombed
It's not exactly Xs 7, it goes on some scale, but ends up being close.
My dog is 16, He looks about 100, lol
My dog is 16, He looks about 100, lol
Posted on 7/11/14 at 5:18 pm to LSUvegasbombed
Really?
Posted on 7/11/14 at 5:22 pm to LSUvegasbombed
I had to put Brandi to sleep this morning. She was 81 years old...sucks.
This post was edited on 7/11/14 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 7/11/14 at 5:25 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Yeah, it is more of an approximation than an exact science.
Yea this little graph is closer and also pretty cool
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