Is A 'Dog Year' Really 7 Years?
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2016
- You may have heard that dogs age differently than humans. But is it true? Get the facts on your pooch without having that ever-awkward “so… how old are you really?” conversation.
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You may have heard that dogs age differently from people - it’s the old notion of a “dog year,” right? The idea that one year for humans equals about seven years for a pooch. But is this true, or just some tall tale - a shaggy dog story, if you will?
Well, yes and no. Mainly, no. First, let’s talk about aging. Age isn’t just some hard-and-fast measurement of chronology. It’s also a measurement of how time affects our bodies. Animals all age, but at different rates. By way of example, let’s look at this seven-year myth.
By that logic, a 15 year old dog would be, in equivalent years, a 105 year old person. But why do so many dogs live to or past 15 years old, and so few people live to 105? It doesn’t add up.
And this is because we can’t make a simple one-to-one comparison. First, dogs don’t all have the same life expectancy, and they don’t age at the same rate, either.
Think about it this way: a Chihuahua can live to be over 15 people years old (yipping at us the entire time). However, a larger breed, like a Great Dane, has a shorter life span, on the order of 7-8 years.
The size of a dog affects its life expectancy, as does its breed and expected adult weight. Generally we can make a good guess at a dog’s age range based on these factors.
Back to the rate of aging. So, dogs undergo a maturation process, just like people. A puppy’s first year on the planet equals about more than a decade of people years, but this rule doesn’t apply for every year of a dog’s life afterward.
After about two years on Earth, a puppy is officially mature, able to sexually reproduce and, if it were a person, heck, it could buy booze, vote and register for the draft.
In biological terms, dogs also fall victim to the ravages of age, just like humans. As a pooch ages she or he may begin to develop arthritis, poor hearing or vision, and other ailments common in elderly humans. And they appear to age more quickly in the early years, while their aging slows in later years.
But, if you’d like to gauge your dog’s age and life expectancy, never fear! While it’s true that there’s no simple multiplication exercise applying to all dogs, you can use handy estimation charts like this one to make an educated guess about your pup’s lifespan.
Interesting side note - if this whole “7 years” thing is a myth (and it is!) then where did it come from? In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, veterinarian William Fortney speculated that this may have originated as a “marketing ploy,” meant to encourage pet owners to bring their dogs in for check-ups once a year.
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"...the handy estimation chart" *points to nothing*
+Amalie Gao The link is in the description box -- UA-cam doesn't allow linking to external sites within its videos. Here you go: pets.webmd.com/dogs/how-to-calculate-your-dogs-age
the funniest part is that I was just watching a video before this about screw-ups on video game boxes and this is similar
Amalie Gao 😂
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks What about merch stores and patreon?
My dog slowed down some after age 10 but was very active until she was nearly 15 years old and continued the run around the yard until she was nearly 15 years old but stopped running around the yard about six months before we had to have her put to sleep my dog had a seizure 4 months before she was put sleep two weeks before we had her put to sleep she had a stroke then the event that lead to her being put to sleep was her digestive track began to fail and her nerves began to fail and food would go straight through her and started loosing weight do to this she was 15 years old when we had to have are dog put to sleep that was back in April.
Sry for your dog dude
For anyone looking for that handy age-estimation chart, here you go: pets.webmd.com/dogs/how-to-calculate-your-dogs-age (Apologies for the confusion -- when we were filming, we'd forgotten that UA-cam doesn't allow links to external websites within its videos.)
Thanks. UA-cam is dumb like that.
Maybe we fucked up their natural cycles with all the genetic modifications and stuff...just a thought.
Nope
you ever seen a 90 year old wolf? nah
No
There was never some simple cycle it goes through
handy chart is not there in mobile phone. is it there on regular browser?
+TheTechiemoses It's in the description box! Here you go: pets.webmd.com/dogs/how-to-calculate-your-dogs-age
Dogs are people's bestfriends
Wow. Um. Animal abuse?!
Maybe for some, but for the majority, PEOPLE are people's best friends.
They're not mine
A year is the time taken by a planet to make a full revolution around the sun.
Where does "dog years" come in?
KillerMafia26 yeah, so I gues a 1 day fly turns 80 at the end of the day... If a dog dies at 23 years he was 23 years old. So if a turtle can be older than 100 years, then we should be younger right? lel. This is just madeup
Dude, it's a way for dog lovers to give themsleves comfort in saying their dog died at 80 rather than, say, 10. It compares to life expectancy which would be a sad thing if a human dies at 10 years old.
yeah, but why the f...urry is the moon the only planet sized object out there that doesn't rotate around it's axis? Doesn't make sense, unless you are a million years old alien race that want to spy on us. 👽😉
Can you pleaseeee do a video on how do people get nightmare or why does your computer gets dark when your watching something
I wrote in my yt 7 years cuz i wanted listen Lucas Graham song and i saw this video and i got interesed xD sry for english
I need help on finding dog years with an algebraic expression
I just wanted to know how many months is in a dog year?
nice video thx ^^
"like this one" *points at nothing*
I think what would be interesting to compare is age to sexual maturity as one marker. If it takes dogs two years and humans 12-14 then the 6-7 years seems fine as an average. The next marker would be comparing age to chronic diseases. If significant arthritis, for instance, something that was bad enough to cause a change in gate, happened at age 10 on average for dogs and age 70 on average for humans then again, the 7 years rule could hold true. Lastly, death or life expectancy could be used a third market, except it gets more confusing at that point. Death for humans is very much extended. We have medications to offset heart arrhythmias like a-fib. We have surgeries like stents during heart caths to open vessels that could stop a heart. We take cholesterol medicine, blood pressure medicine. We have chemo and radiation for cancers. We have diagnostic tools to catch diseases before they kill, and we can do organ transplants or do cabbages on the heart to artificially extend life. Dogs, not so much, so the actual average age of human death, when we don't consider trauma or preventable diseases from vaccines, might be closer to 55. In that case dogs live much longer than humans do, past the average age of chronic debilitation, if we use the 7 year rule.
My dog lived to be 14 years old. He just died a couple days ago. ;(
Im so sorry. I hope it gets better.
Trevor Phillips thanks
SargantSkwiglez bro it's just a dog
Tim Gerbel lol it's a fact people cry about animal deaths then human deaths idk why
dogs don't run around claiming tax and starting wars. :) if humans were all perfect we would all cry lol
"Hopefully You are you"
naw im not feeling myself today
I have a headlight that shines very bright, and when i shine light through my hand/fingers i can see some of my veins and no bones. i can't even see the shadow of my bones. Why can i only see some of my veins, and why can i not see my bones?
What if you gave the dog blood transfer of younger dog every year
it happened before with this one www.google.co.uk/search?q=ugly+dogs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBh5_3x6PXAhWG2RoKHTjIArAQ_AUICigB&biw=1360&bih=662#imgrc=lMqD7fgU3c4z_M:
Thats myth
If it's true then if your in school for 6 hours then that means they are waiting for you for 48 hours!?!?!
Uhhhhhhhh, where was the chart?
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Gray Wolf
So umm i still don't get how old a dog would be after 1 year.......
+Splish Splash It depends on the dog. Here's the calculator we mentioned: goo.gl/oTca
Like 10 to 15 years...much more.mentally.mature than a human baby.
Oh lol thought it said Brian Stuff
The title is wrong, it should be, Is a year really 7 'Dog Years'
wouldn't have thought that the size matters. ^^
Hayflick limits?
I love my eyesight, I love my vision and I love my sense of sight! I thank Jesus Christ, God and my Heavenly Father sometimes! I love my dog! No sarcasm intended!
The concept of dog years are pretty dumb, a dog lives as long as they can
Its 4 years actually 4 = 1 human year
do a vid on cat years
Mostly couple weeks than they drown somewhere in a bag
they’re living in 14,133
Isnt this guy from "stuff they dont want you to know " ???
+MrNameco12 Yes!
Well, if a dog might age 7 years in one year's time, that stinks! That dog probably got only one birthday celebration treat, when it should have got seven.
0:52 well, dogs exercise a lot and they don't smoke drink, eat fastfood, burn out, or have absurdly dangerous hobbys. ;)
Can you Make a Video on what behaviors cost os most of our life years? :)
You're stupid because humans and dogs are completely different creatures which means what applies on humans don't apply on dogs.
Is there a chart for dogs going to heaven? My understanding is that they all do but I'd like to check my facts.
If that's what you believe then of course they do! :)
you were getting "derailed"?
+iamlight1 It's a metaphor -- his train of thought was getting derailed. Meaning he was getting off-track. Meaning he had gone on a conversational tangent and wanted to return to the original conversation.
ah, people usually say: "getting side-tracked" and use getting derailed to mean sabotaged. Thanks for explaining this way :)
Dog = God
Why they’re so old
*Doggo is god*
Dumb comment
Doggo
Hello, you are you hopefully and if not please contact your system programmer or Al overlord.
idgaf what anyone sys animals do not age any different dude even a dog that big acts like a kid get real 💯
The title is wrong..... just saying
I'm confused. My dog had puppies at 11 months
Honestly, it's total nonsense and just human beings trying to feel special. A year is a year.
Now do one for cats! 😎
I wish I could be a dog so I can be president besides OH GOD TRUMP