They are searching for a dog age calculator, or
dog age chart, to show them what stage of life their dog is at by our human standards.
Not exact matches
According to an
age comparison
chart - the old standard of every
dog year equaling seven human years is not actually accurate - a
dog the size of my dear Dalmatian, Monte, for example, would have been somewhere around the equivalent of 95 years of
age when he passed away at
age 15 years, seven months.
You'll have to follow the
charts to
dog weight at different
ages and for
dogs of different sizes.
The following
charts are intended to give insight into how cats and
dogs age relevant to human years:
Plus, once you've seen the
chart, you can tell right away what your
dog's
age in human years is.
It might not be a simple equation you can do in your head, but this
chart is a much more accurate way of converting your
dog's
age into human years.
These days, the average life span of all
dog breeds is 13 years (see
age analogy
chart), and cats have been known to live well into their twenties.
This
chart is taken from page 27 of the IPSOS Marketing study commissioned in 2009 and 2011 by Petsmart Charities and entitled: There is confusion among owners as to the appropriate
age to have
dogs / cats spayed or neutered, with 17 % indicating «Do Not Know.»
The
chart below shows how canine vision naturally changes as
dogs age.
For very young
dogs or
dogs who aren't yet used to being alone, it's a good idea to start off with very brief confinement sessions and gradually increase the time until you're at the appropriate length of time for your
dog's
age (shown on the
chart below).
Determining a
dog's healthy weight is not as easy as looking at a
chart of average
age and breed weights (though that can give you a place to start).
We've looked at some
charts which give you rough guides to weight at different
ages, for
dogs of different sizes.