My dog is having a birthday, he is turning 8. For a whippet, based on previous ones I have had he is at half of his possible age.
By most standards he is a senior dog at 7
I don’t think of him as senior, I think if him as maybe 45
Well, dogs do age differently than people.
The first 15 years according to experts it equal to one human year
And the next 9 to another human year. After that experts say a dog will age between 3 and 5 years every calendar year. Wow, I know what that that feels like. This last six months feels like I am a mid size dog, and I have aged 2 years. I am glad though it does not work that way for humans.
So based on this I can calculate my dog as
15+9 = 24for 2 years
And for the next 6, I will take the middle ground since he is a mid size dog, and say 4, so that is 4 times 6= 24.
And that makes him 48
Well if I took it at 3.5 years instead of 4 he would be 3.5 times 6=21 plus 24= 45
Bingo
I have found the following references on age of dog
Age of Dog "Human" Years 5 months=10 years 8 months= 13 years 10 months=14 years 1 year=15 years 2 years = 24 years 3 years = 28 years 4 years = 32 years 5 years = 36 years 6 years = 40 years 7 years = 44 years 8 years = 48 years 9 years = 52 years 10 years = 56 years 11 years = 60 years 12 years = 64 years 13 years = 68 years 14 years = 72 years 15 years = 76 years 16 years = 80 years 17 years = 84 years
Source:
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/age.htm http://www.ehow.com/how_2088154_determin... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_in_do...
and from Pedigree
http://www.pedigree.com/all-things-dog/dog-age-calculator/default.aspx
8 year old whippet is 55
So then I wondered, what about some other dogs. I entered in my favourites, as well as one or two small and one very large dog to see what came up. Seems the pattern is
8 year old mid size dog= 55
8 year old larger dog= 61
8 year old really cute small dog= 48
An 8 year old greyhound is 61
An 8 year old Dalmatian is 55
An 8 year old GSP is 61
An 8 year old Shih Tzu is 48
Gordon setter 61
Great Dane 61
Lhasa Apso 48
Using another, a nice neat program written by Jimmy Raymond, AJ Design software.
I like this one the best.
http://www.ajdesigner.com/fl_dog_age/dog_age.php
AJ Design Software - By Jimmy Raymond
Whippet life expectancy of adult is 93. so that makes my 8 year old 60
If life expectancy of adult is 70, then he is only 48
If 85 then 5.8
So, based on this, if I think (hope) my life expectancy is 93 then, my dog is turning 60 this Saturday.
Happy Birthday to him