2007-11-02 08:49:32 · 15 answers · asked by Bitsy 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Yes
It is said dogs age at a rate of 7 years to one human year and has been used as a guideline for years to try and figure out a dogs lifespan.
The Breed of the dog, how and where it lives, what it eats also have to be taken into consideration.
Here(link below) is some good information that may interest you...
2007-11-02 08:53:02 · answer #1 · answered by Helpfulhannah 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-27 02:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the breed. Large and giant breeds generally have a shorter life span than most small breeds. It's not uncommon for a chihuahua to live to be 20 years old (if that is 7 years for every one human year the dog would be the equivalent of a 140 year old person). The average life span of a Great Dane is only 8 years (going by the 7 year "rule", that's only equivalent to a 56 year old person). It's certainly not a rule of thumb I go by.
2007-11-02 09:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by kblaix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I heard that the first year of a dog's life is equivilant to 12 human years, and then it's 7 after that.
2007-11-02 08:56:41 · answer #4 · answered by daniel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.. it actually isn't true. It actual changes from year to year. Here's a good example of approximate dog aging compared to humans. There are also variable based on breeds and size of dog, etc.
1 year dog = 15 human
2 years dog = 25 human
4 years dog = 32 human
7 years dog = 45 human
10 years dog = 56 human
15 years dog = 76 human
20 years dog = 98 human
2007-11-02 09:11:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In relative terms this is true.
ie. A good age for am average dog would be say 12 years which would equate too 84 in human years.
2007-11-02 08:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's kind of true. Their body ages at a rate 7 times that of humans.
2007-11-02 08:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by ©2009 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is this being asked in the Cooking and Recipes section?
It is only true for the first couple of years of life then the rate is about 3:1.
2007-11-02 08:56:26 · answer #8 · answered by Wedge - The Envy of all Corellia 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why is this question in the cooking&recipes section cooking and dogs don't mix, yuck!
2007-11-02 09:26:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there can be slight variations but that is true for the most part.
2007-11-02 08:55:06 · answer #10 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋