7 Years In Dog Years

7 Years In Dog Years. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association. Popular myth It is popularly believed that one dog year equals seven human years.

Dogs age at different rates compared to humans but the simple rule of 7 dog years to 1 human year. In general a dog is considered old when he or she has reached three-quarters of his. The actual dog years or months for a human who is 10 years is 8 months in dog years.

According to the well-known rule of paw one dog year is the equivalent of 7 years.

Then by 7 years old the dogs aging slows the researchers said. And a 2-year-old dog is 49. No one knows where the dog years rule came from though virtually all dog owners know it. Now in a study published July 2 in the journal Cell Systems scientists say its wrong.