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Calculate Your Dog’s Age

One dog year is not equivalent to seven human years, despite widespread use of the ratio for calculating the age of canine companions. Presumably, the ratio is based on the average lifespan of dogs being 10 years and humans being 70 years, it’s not quite so simple. The formula is not based on any real science and it was debunked by veterinarians years ago.

But geneticists digging into the mysteries of aging have developed a new calculation to understand how our canine companions' ages correspond to our own.

Click here for more, including the calculator.
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