The old rule of thumb for calculating a pet’s age in “human years” is simple: Just multiply by 7. By that common guideline, a 3-year-old cat is a young adult, equivalent to a human 21-year-old. And a ...

Knowing your dog's age helps to ensure correct care, nutrition, and health choices. Adoption papers and vet guesses are useful, but one of the best physical clues of age is your dog's teeth. Discover ...

It's an old trick: To tell how old your dog is in human years, simply multiply the pup's age by seven. However, new research suggests the popular dog-age-calculating method isn't actually all that ...

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 ...

Smaller dogs can live up to twice as long as their larger counterparts, research from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary shows. And yet, this longevity is accompanied by an increased rate of canine ...

Working out your pet's age in "dog years" simply by multiplying it by seven is actually a myth. This doesn't stop people from estimating the equivalent human age of their beloved pets though, so a ...

If there's one myth that has persisted through the years without much evidence, it's this: multiply your dog's age by seven to calculate how old they are in "human years." In other words, the old ...

So how old is your dog in terms of human years? If you ask that question to your acquaintances I am sure that the vast majority of them will simply take their dog's age and multiply it by 7. Thus a ...

Embark's Dog Age Test promises to provide a canine's age — accurate within a six-month time frame — and offer an estimated birthdate for the participating pooch Update: Since the publication of this ...

The old way to think about your dog's "human age" — the age in actual years times seven — is wrong. And researchers now have a new formula they think will calculate your dog's age more accurately.