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07-26-2008, 10:49 PM | #1 |
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| a dogs age? Is a dog birthday every year like ours and then u just calculate how many dog years it is? I was reading sumthing on a website that I didn't understand |
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07-26-2008, 10:53 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 7000 Club Member | Yes basically. A dog's age (like 1, 2, 3, 4) is just like ours. But the dog years (if I remember correctly) are the times 7 years that are more representative of their state of health than of their age. That's what I've heard, anway! I could be wrong, though.
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07-26-2008, 11:25 PM | #3 |
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| 1 Human Birthday = 7 Dog Years ...... if I am correct .....
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07-26-2008, 11:40 PM | #4 |
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| I've been told the same thing, 1 year to us is x7 for them
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07-27-2008, 12:00 AM | #5 |
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| I always wondered how to calculate a dog's age after watching Animal Prescient on the Animal Channel. On the show, a woman though she had an old dog. The agent told the women that the dog was not old and that one dog year equals seven human years was a myth. I just decided to research this for myself and find out that the first two dog years equals 10.5. Then add four dog years for each year following the dog's second birthday. A three year old dog is 25 years old (10.5+10.5=21and 21+4=25). I just found a website that will calculate your dog's age for you and it is Online Conversion - Dog Years Calculator. This calculation of a dog's age is not an exact science, because large and small dogs age differently. Wikipedia shows a chart that shows a difference in how dogs' age based on size (Aging in dogs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). I am glad you asked this question. I always wanted to research this for myself. Last edited by Lovely05; 07-27-2008 at 12:04 AM. |
07-27-2008, 05:16 AM | #6 |
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| Thanks for those references. My daughter has a Bernese Mountain Dog. The reference gives 7 yrs. so her Nellie must be a good healthy one at 9yrs now. But I kind of makes you sad (but grateful at the same time) to have to think about loosing them.
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07-28-2008, 10:27 PM | #7 |
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| I thought that I had read somewhere that a yorkie is 15 human years at their 1st birthday, and then it calculates at 7 years for every human year after that. I don't remember when I read that though.
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