Tearisci
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Post by Tearisci on Sept 12, 2024 19:48:37 GMT
As a dog owner, I've always done the 7 years to each year conversion for my dog to figure out his human age. Apparently, that isn't very accurate and there is a new way to calculate age. According to this, my 4 year old is 34. How old is your dog? Dog aging calculator |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 12, 2024 19:55:27 GMT
very neat! I've heard that 7-year rule too, and used it for approximate...
calculating this way, our senior dog- he will be 14 on Sunday!) is 84, and the younger two are 4, so they would be 34. (if I did my math right, that is, which is always a question nowadays, lol.)
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naby64
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Post by naby64 on Sept 12, 2024 20:02:26 GMT
My youngest is 1.5 years old so I am going with 20 based on the 1 -2 years not being broken down. She acts like a 20 yr old girl.
My oldest is 51 in human years. He's 8.
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Post by melanell on Sept 12, 2024 20:15:31 GMT
Very interesting!
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Tearisci
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Post by Tearisci on Sept 12, 2024 20:17:52 GMT
The one thing that they mention in the article is that it doesn't take into consideration what size they are. As a general rule of thumb, larger dogs have a shorter life span but I thought it was a neat calculator.
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Post by lindas on Sept 12, 2024 20:26:15 GMT
No wonder my little girl is slowing down, she’s almost 90!
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Post by gryroagain on Sept 12, 2024 20:40:15 GMT
51, just like me!
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Sept 12, 2024 20:42:06 GMT
My poor boy is 64ish. (He’s a St Bernard, turning eight in a couple of months.)
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Post by peabay on Sept 12, 2024 20:55:57 GMT
My sweetie pup is 69. He's 12 in human years and 69 sounds just about right. He's slowing down, getting some fatty deposits and snores a lot. But he's not at all "elderly." He still can jump up on our bed, loves to run around in our yard and chase the squirrels.
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Post by Judy26 on Sept 12, 2024 21:06:08 GMT
My standard poodle is 88 (14) and still in excellent health. My doodle is 55 (8) and acts like a puppy. I have always thought that keeping our dog’s weight on the lower end of the healthy scale adds to both the quality and length of their lives. I’ll be heartbroken when it’s time for either of them to cross the rainbow bridge.
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Tearisci
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Post by Tearisci on Sept 12, 2024 21:10:20 GMT
My standard poodle is 88 (14) and still in excellent health. My doodle is 55 (8) and acts like a puppy. I have always thought that keeping our dog’s weight on the lower end of the healthy scale adds to both the quality and length of their lives. I’ll be heartbroken when it’s time for either of them to cross the rainbow bridge. I think that is really a key- keeping them at the right weight. My parents have 'loved' all their dogs to an early demise by letting them get obese. My dog only gets his food and some small rawhides as a 'nummy' and he's kept his weight low. |
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Post by mom on Sept 12, 2024 22:12:37 GMT
Aww. Scouty will be turning 64 tomorrow in human years! (We think...we base his birthday on his 'gotcha day' and add 2 because he was still a pup when we adopted him).
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The Birdhouse Lady
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Sept 12, 2024 22:26:06 GMT
Our granddog who comes to work with us every day is 61. That explains a lot.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 12, 2024 23:34:24 GMT
Using the old 7 year calculation, my boy is 56. Using the other way he is 51. All I know is that he is turning into a grumpy old man with little tolerance for the younger generation.  |
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Post by Zee on Sept 13, 2024 0:00:31 GMT
So my formerly 42 year old dog is now 44. Poor dear.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 13, 2024 0:05:10 GMT
Mine are 42 and 78. My older pup is hanging in there, but has really slowed down. He's just shy of 14.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2024 18:17:38 GMT
My seven is year old shih tzu/maltese? is 44 in human years.
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Post by gracieplusthree on Sept 13, 2024 18:32:49 GMT
He's 80. Turned 16 this past June
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Post by alsomsknit on Sept 14, 2024 13:59:32 GMT
Nico will be a year old on the 26th. So, almost 15.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 14, 2024 14:16:20 GMT
My toy poodle just turned 9 (so 52 by their scale) and our lab is 5 (so 36 by their scale).
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Post by artbabe on Sept 15, 2024 14:42:39 GMT
My dad's dog is 60-65 (he is on the dividing line of the weight groups- should be the lower weight but probably is the higher.} My dad is 85. So they are two grumpy old men.  |
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Post by deep on Sept 15, 2024 23:47:46 GMT
At 16 and 5 month and at the lower end of the 21-50 lb range I guess he is in his mid 80s. He has really slowed down this year and lost his Jack Russel "spring".
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Sept 17, 2024 3:09:12 GMT
That’s a cool article. My babies (chihuahuas) will be 56 in November.
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