[NAGDU] Dog years

[Andy B.]

Cats are similar, but I think their age composition is somewhat different. I
believe they mature at a much faster rate than dogs. Before having to put my
older cat down a few years ago, the vet told me in human years, he ranged
somewhere between 105 and 150. My mother's guide dog is estimated to be
somewhere around 70 or 80 human years old. Poor thing is about to retire. He
can't even help her up a flight of stairs because the arthritis in his hips
is so bad that he has a difficult time keeping his back end standing up.


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Subject: [NAGDU] Dog years

I just read an interesting bit about dog years vs human years.  According to
AVMA, the veterinary association, the first year in a medium-sized dog is
about 15 human years, the 2nd dog year is about 9 human years, and the rest
are about 5 years.

So, if a guide dog goes out around 18 months, I guess that's about like a
19-year-old human.  Though I think different breeds, and probably
individuals, mature at different rates.  I'd say Krokus, the golden-lab
cross,  was more like a 16-year-old when I got him.  Ben, on the other hand,
was nearly 2, and was born an old soul, so was much more mature when I got
him.

Tracy

 

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