How to Determine a Dog's Age in Human Years

Video Transcript

"Let's discuss how to determine your pet's age in human years. It was always thought for a long time that a dog's age in one year would equal seven years of a human's life. And we know that now not to be true. Many food companies, big food companies have developed charts on their online sites that you can look at to determine exactly or roughly how old your pet is in human years, but what we know is that larger breeds age faster than smaller breeds. It's pretty well known that a one year old dog of any size is going to be about fifteen years of age in human years. A two year old dog is going to be about twenty-four and so on. When you reach about your sixth in a small, medium or large breed dog, that's when they diverge and larger breed dogs start accumulating years faster. We know that to be true. But look online. There are lots of charts that are helpful. And to put that in perspective for you."