Showing posts with label dog years. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog years. Show all posts

Monday, August 24, 2009

Dog Age Article from Dogster.com

"A popular misconception is that dogs age 7 years for each calendar year. In fact, canine aging is much more rapid during the first 2 years of a dog’s life. After the first 2 years the ratio settles down to 5 to 1 for small and medium breeds. For large breeds the rate is 6 to 1, and for giant breeds the rate is 7 to 1. Thus, at 10 years of age a Great Dane would be 80 years old while a pug would only be 64." This Dog Age Chart above from Dogster illustrates the theory.

I found this awesome article and chart on calculating a dog's age from a website called www.dogster.com. For more information on this subject visit the Dogster website!