Nope, every dog year isn't equal to 7 human years, researchers now say

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New research debunks the popular method that says you should multiply the dog's age by 7 to compute how old a dog is in 'human years.' Dogs and humans don't age at the same rate, the scientists behind the new study say.

How do you compare a dog's age to that of a person? A popular method says you should multiply the dog's age by 7 to compute how old Fido is in"human years."

But new research published Thursday in the Cell Systems journal debunks that method. And that's because the scientists behind a new study say dogs and humans don't age at the same rate. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new formula that takes into account that variance.

 

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Oh I kept deviding my age by 7 to tell ppl how old I was. In Dog years. Drat!

All they need is love & respect!✌️

Yeah, but they age at some rate right? That's the whole point of the dog-years thing. So is it five years? 8 years?

New research debunks the popular method that says you should multiply the dog's age by 7 to compute how old a dog is in 'human years.' Dogs and humans don't age at the same rate, the scientists behind the tumblr post say.

Finally, I can sleep at night.

A bunch of mumbo jumbo that has pages, and pages, and pages, and pages, did I say pages?, of data that basically comes down to 10 dog years is human 70. Hope our tax dollars are paying for this garbage.

glad that they got that straightened out ... whew

This was obvious even before. My dog died a couple of months ago and he was 18 and 1/2 years old.

We can all sleep better knowing this,

Well considering a dog has an avg life span of 11 years and a human , 79.. I thing the 7 year thing is a fair equivalency. Yes each animal has different cycles for example, we know a human fully matures at around the age of 24/25 whereas with a dog would be closer to a year.

Isn’t that the point of multiplying a dog’s age by 7 years?

Remember that a dogs years in age do not match human intelligence levels. Most dogs at maturity in human intelligence levels are that of a 3--4 year old child.

I believe it’s just a rough calculation. I doubt it necessary for people to study cynology and work algebra to figure their dogs age as related to humans.

Stupid news for stupid people..

The average American family has 2.5 children. Can you debunk this please? I swear I want discuss this with my 1/2 brother!

Dogs just don’t live as long as humans. It’s that simple

I thought everyone knew already that it depends on the breed of the dog.🤷🏻‍♂️

Joe Biden is 120 in human years.

.....well duh....it’s an artificial thing bc most dogs live to 10-15 and most humans live 70-100....did this study seriously need to be done

I need the researchers job that discovered this.

No shit. I've known this for a long time.

Lets make her famous... Pass it on...

I love it

So cute

No one believes anything you say.

Everyone month of 2020 feels like a year

Anyone else only follow to keep track of what nonsense they are spouting?

Wait. I was taught this years ago. And now they were told? Science is something to be withheld it seems.

How is this new information? Everyone I know knew this years ago...We is understand dogs age 7 then 5, 5 then 4....(between 4-7 years)then exponentially 10 to 20 then (n) then death. everyone wants simplification and that is never he answer.

This is stupid. The 7 year rule isn’t, nor has it ever been grounded in scientific data. It’s a good number to attribute to every dog year because dogs’s lifespan isn’t long. Average dog life is 11 years * 7 = 77. It gives comfort knowing the dog lived a good life.

JoeBiden Biden’s cognitive ability is aging at the same rate as a dog.

After all these years they are just now changing how a dog ages? Must b something Trump did wrong...lmao

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