Physical and Mental DevelopmentA 10- to 12-year-old dog, depending on his size and individual variation, is roughly the equivalent of a 60- to 90-year-old person. By now, you’ve likely realized that your dog is slowing down. He may still enjoy a long walk, but he is not quite as zippy as he used to be. You might even notice that he sleeps more or takes a bit longer to rouse or respond to commands. Regular veterinary visits can help determine whether those changes are normal aging or signs of illness. Though your dog is no longer a young dog, he still needs a good dose of activity to stay healthy, both physically and mentally. Play a game of hide-and-seek with a treat to help keep him on his paws.
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Dog Years to Human Years Converter
| Dogs Age | Human Years |
|---|---|
| years | years |
Enter your dogs age (from 1 to 16) to get the human years equivalent. The calculation is made for a “medium” dog (21 to 50 pounds) using the AKC recommendation. Body
How old is your dog in human years? We used to simply multiply a dog’s age by seven. However, this calculation isn’t so cut-and-dried. See our dog age calculator and chart to discover your dog’s age.
At 11 years old, your beloved pet is enjoying the later years of life. Even though they have changed from a spry pup to a more dignified dog, your pooch still has the same woofderful personality and loving heart. They may not be able to do the things they used to, like hike for miles, swim in a mountain lake, or play tug of war for hours. So take time to discover what new activity makes your dog’s tail wag. A stroll around the block. A ride in the car. Or just hanging out on the front porch. Here is some pawsome infurmation about your senior canine companion.
Reasons why my 11 year old dog is amazing #cutedogs
Since the 1950s, the popular calculation of how old a dog was “in human years” has been that 1 dog year is the equivalent of 7 human ones. Even though this formula has been around for a surprisingly long time, the reality is not so cut-and-dried. That doesn’t stop many people from defaulting to this traditional calculation. “You can’t really kill the seven-year rule,” says Kelly M. Cassidy, a curator of the Charles R. Connor Museum at Washington State University, who compiles studies about longevity in dogs.
One explanation for how this formula got started is that the 7:1 ratio seems to have been based on the statistic that people lived to about 70, and dogs to about 10.
“My guess is it was a marketing ploy,” says William Fortney, a veterinarian at Kansas State University. He tells the Wall Street Journal that it was “a way to educate the public on how fast a dog ages compared to a human, predominantly from a health standpoint. It was a way to encourage owners to bring in their pets at least once a year.”