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Oh man, that just made me realize my 9 year old dog doesn't have a lot of time left probably. It's weird, she doesn't seem to behave any differently than say 4-
by dvirsky 12y ago
Oh man, that just made me realize my 9 year old dog doesn't have a lot of time left probably. It's weird, she doesn't seem to behave any differently than say 4-5 years ago, and still has lots of energy and zero health issues. So I just don't think of her as being old. According to these charts she's 55-60 in human years.
- jedberg 12y agoIt's only a rule of thumb. Our Huskies (large dog) generally lived to be 15 to 17 years old. That's about 100 in human years according to the chart at the bottom of the article.
- electromagnetic 12y agoDepends on the dog, depends on the breed, depends on their health. The problem with average life expectancy is that most dogs don't die of natural causes, they get put down. We would have a shorter average life span if we allowed people assisted suicide for those with terminal conditions, especially ones that drag on for years or decades. Think ALS, Alzheimers and Parkinson's, they can last twenty or thirty years. Often long past when a person would want to die for the benefit of themselves but also everyone around them. We make that choice for our dogs. My in-laws put their dog down, he likely could have got another year but he was suffering and you don't torture things you love with forcing them to stay alive.