Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Determining Dog Life Expectancy

Popular myth suggests that "one human year equals seven dog years". This is inaccurate on two scores, since dogs grow rapidly the first two years; the first year or two years represent some 18-25 years and 4 years per human year after that. This ratio varies with size and breed.

No one formula for dog to human age conversion is scientifically agreed. Here is a rough approximation:

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