Your Dogs Age?

[~whitecross whippets~]

apparently the new working out is this...

dog aged 1 = 15 human years

dog aged 2 = 25 human years

dog aged 3 = 28 human years

dog aged 4 = 31 human years...and so in 1 dog year = 3yr more human years

although i think the first few years are more accurate than the old 1 year for every 7 im not sure it makes much sense in later years...surely it depends on the breed and how long it lives?

what do you think?

anyway thats what the "experts" say! (w00t)

 

[jok]

I agree, doesn't make much sense in the later years. That would mean a 14 year old dog is the equivalent to a 61 yo human and i don't think that's right! The last one i heard was 15 yrs for first year, then 5 for every year after that. These 'experts' keep changing their minds!! :lol:

 

[kris]

what about the large breeds that are old at 6 and 7 and the small breeds that regularly live into double figures?either way no dog lives long enough in my opinion

 

[~whitecross whippets~]

:clown: yeah..i agree! bizarre....im sure they will change their mind soon

 

[TC]

I think that the 1 Year = 15 Years is spot on. Anyone at the Whippet Club this weekend will have seen my alleged teenager throwing a "this is soooo boring" mood at me. Still the judge must have kids of her own as she gave him 1st place in Puppy Dog :wub:

You have to love them no matter what the age, but it never ceases to amaze me that I would never, ever have had two teenage children but am totally bessotted with the 12 month (in 2 days) and 14 month old who are supposedly 15 :- "

Well said Kris, no dog ever lives long enough in my opinion either.