| Acutally, the dog year = 7 human years thing isn't exactly correct.
When a dog is one year old, it is about equal to a teenager. From
there the ages change at different rates each year. The same is true
for cats.
A cat at six months is about the same as a young teenager (capable of
reprodcution but you wouldn't want them out there having sex :^D). At a
year old they are about equal to a 24 year old human. At 2 they are
about equivalent with the late 20's. At 3 they are around 30. At
four they are around 40. and so on. When they are 15, I would say they
are around 90!
Jo
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| Our vet said all the times business is a lot of hokum.!!
Since animals have certain life spans vs humans you don't multiply
anything.
You know when to get their shots, spay/neuter, etc by their size
and actions. As an animal ages, keeping an eye on it and making
sure the animal's comfortable with it's food and surroundings and
activities and hope it goes without pain or suffering. All the time
between these two stages it the time to take lots of pictures mentally
and real ones.
I always like his down to earth advice. Can you tell he's been
practicing for years?
Barbara and the 3M's
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