Everyone knows that dogs and humans do not have the same life expectancy. And that’s why we are always tempted to convert our dogs’ ages to human ages. We often hear that by multiplying by seven. But it’s not that simple.
To extrapolate your dog’s age to that of a human, it is not enough to resort to the good old grandmother’s method. Because if we simply multiply our animal’s age by seven, we risk only getting a vague approximation. The relationship between the ages of dogs and humans is not really linear.
Let us also remember that theLife expectancy of dogs depends on their breed. And maybe even more on their size. The bigger the dog, the less Life expectancyLife expectancy is high. We therefore suspect that depending on the size of the dog, a different calculation rule must be used to determine its human age.
Especially since other amazing factThere speedspeed The development of dogs also depends on their size. So at six months, a small dog is considered to be about fifteen years old. A large dog still behaves like a child under ten years old. But whatever it is, childhood andyouthyouth of a dog pass much faster than those of a human.
A not so simple calculation
So ultimately there is no mathematical formula Easily calculate your dog’s human age and rate it agingTo get an idea, you can easily find it online – but also in your local area vetvet most frequently — converter Age of dog/age of human. Or even correspondence tables according to the size of your dog.
Here are some examples:
- At 6 months a dog under 15 kgkg will have the human equivalent of 15 years; at 1 year, that of 20 years; at 5 years, that of 40 years; at age 10, at age 60; and at age 15, at age 80.
- At 6 months of age, a dog whose weight – in terms of body shape, excluding “excess” kilos – is between 15 and 45 kg, has the human equivalent of 10 years; at 1 year of age, that of 18 years; at 5 years of age, that of 45 years; at 10 years of age, that of 75 years; and at 15 years of age, that of 102 years.
- At 6 months, a dog weighing more than 45 kg has the equivalent of 8 years in humans, at 1 year; that of 16 years at 5 years; that of 49 years at 10 years; that of 96 years and at 15 years of age – if he reaches it – that of 141 years.
Note that for the sake of precision, some divide dogs into four main size categories.