2006-12-13 07:37:58 · 15 answers · asked by Julie B 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Dog and cat years are just a representation of what a cat or dog would age vs. how a human would age. There's no real basis to it - it's just an estimation.
Most scales are flawed, anyway. The whole "Dogs age 7 years to every 1 human year" isn't really true. Dogs mature at different times vs. humans, and the same for cats.
2006-12-13 07:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They say that for every human year a dog or cat has AGED 7 years. It's due to the fact that a dog or cat does not love as long as a human. I mean I doubt a year seems any longer to a cat or a dog then it does to a human but an animal is smaller and ages more rapidly then a human does.
2006-12-13 07:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by xxkittenluvxx143 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its a simple mathematical equation really.
While dogs live about 10 years on average, humans live around 70.
Therefore for every year a dog lives, it ages about the rate of 7 human years.
70/10=7
2006-12-13 08:03:01 · answer #3 · answered by sampsboy91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 years to 1 human years
2006-12-13 10:24:10 · answer #4 · answered by IDK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the way i have heard it defined: the first 365 days of a cat's life brings it to the equivalent of a snug human being - 25 years. After that, each 365 days of the cat's life is type of equivalent to 5 years of a human's life. subsequently, a ten-365 days-previous cat is an identical as twenty-5 + (10 - a million) x 5 = 70 human years.
2016-10-18 06:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I look at it this way, a dog hits puberty at 5 to 8 months so in human years thats about 11 to 14 years. A dog stops growing in hight at about 12 to 20 months, depending on the breed, so thats about 16 to 21 years for a human, depending on man or woman. But a dog stops growing in weight at about 18 months to 3 years depending on the breed. Most middle age dogs are about 5 to 8 years, so thats 35 to 45 years for a human. Most dogs die at around 10 to 16 years depending on the breed, so thats about 70 to 90 years for a human.
Most small breeds grow up fast and live long. Most large breeds grow up slow and live short, most average size breeds grow up at a medium pace and live an average life.
Hope this answers your question (=
2006-12-13 08:10:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 years of human years to every 1 dog year.
2006-12-13 07:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
usually approximately 7 dog/cat years equals 1 human years.
2006-12-13 07:39:18 · answer #8 · answered by Mary Smith 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about cats, but for dogs, one dog year equals 7 human years.
2006-12-13 07:40:06 · answer #9 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I recently asked my vet the same question. He agreed that it was 7 years for both cats and dogs.
2006-12-13 07:57:21 · answer #10 · answered by Parrot Head 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋