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    If my count is correct…

    The site is now three years old. At the age of three, a human should be able to ride a tricycle, walk up and down stairs, have a few-hundred word vocabulary, but struggle with tantrums. OTOH, a cheetah is a very skilled and efficient hunter, can run as fast at 70 mph, and his cubs by the age of three. Not sure what three is in forum-years.
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    At age 3? A forum is lucky to be alive but still struggles with tantrums.

    Happy birthday BTF! And kudos to you Norm for keeping the tantrums to a minimum

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    How many years in dog years is that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MJGolf View Post
    How many years in dog years is that?
    That is 25% of the first dog year. People like to use 7 years as a dog year but in fact the first dog year is 12 years and the rest of them are 4 years. 7 years is somewhat of a lame average of the two figures. Year by year the average changes: 12 years, 8 years, 6.67 years, 6 years, 5.6 years, 5.33 years, 5.15 years, 5 years etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tthree View Post
    That is 25% of the first dog year. People like to use 7 years as a dog year but in fact the first dog year is 12 years and the rest of them are 4 years. 7 years is somewhat of a lame average of the two figures. Year by year the average changes: 12 years, 8 years, 6.67 years, 6 years, 5.6 years, 5.33 years, 5.15 years, 5 years etc.

    OK, Tthree, I'll bite!!

    Why is the first dog year equivalent to 12 human years; and the rest, 4 years? Is it comparing to human capabilities? mammalian capabilities? Just curious.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Math Demon View Post
    OK, Tthree, I'll bite!!

    Why is the first dog year equivalent to 12 human years; and the rest, 4 years? Is it comparing to human capabilities? mammalian capabilities? Just curious.
    You may be barking up the wrong tree.

    I always assumed it had to do with reaching physical young adulthood.

    WebMD:
    1st year = 15 years
    2nd year = 9 years
    3rd+ years = 4 years for small dogs but accelerate aging in late years for medium and large breeds (5.5 years).

    To answer your query it is based on the rate of maturity for humans vs dogs at hitting various points where parallel changes are expected. Sorry about the inaccurate memory. It has been decades since I read tis. I thought it interesting enough to remember but didn't get the details quite right.

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    True calculation formula for dog years only TThree could love

    Just so we can all be on the same page but MAN this makes this "dog" of a site, OLD...............Just kidding, Norm!

    Link: puppytoob.com/doggy-tips/how-to-truly-determine-a-dogs-age-in-human-years/

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    I counted 28 ads on the main page.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    I counted 28 ads on the main page.
    I don't look at that crap and close the page after reading the article. Internet ads unless they make the page so slow it's unreadable, I tend to ignore. So I apologize. Here is "meat" or "pet food" of the article........LOL (Sans ads)


    Dogs age more rapidly than humans, with an average lifespan of about 14 years, depending on the dog’s size, health and lifestyle. While many people calculate a dog’s age in human years by multiplying their actual age in years by seven, this isn’t correct because a dog ages more rapidly in his early years than his later ones. Most breeds age at the same pace for the first five years of life, but smaller ones age more slowly than larger ones after this age and can live almost twice as long in some cases.. Here are five steps in determining a dog’s age….

    Step 1
    Estimate your dog’s age if you don’t know exactly when your dog was born. A dog’s age usually can be determined by the state of his teeth. A puppy gets all of his baby teeth by 8 weeks of age and permanent ones by 7 months, according to WebMD. A dog 1 to 2 years old has little tartar buildup, and a dog up to 5 years old has some wear and yellowing of the teeth. Dogs over 5 years old may have serious tartar buildup and dental disease. Senior dogs, over 10, may also show signs of graying fur, cataracts and joint disease.
    Step 2
    Determine if your dog’s size is considered small, medium or large. Small dogs weigh less than 20 pounds, medium dogs range between 21 and 50 pounds and large dogs are over 50 pounds in size. While most dogs age at the same rate until they reach 5 years old, after this age, larger breeds age more rapidly than smaller ones, affecting the calculation of the dog’s age in human years.
    Step 3
    Calculate the approximate human age of your puppy by multiplying the age in months by 2 for puppies up to 5 months old. Puppies age very rapidly during their first year of life, especially during these first 5 months, a rate of growth which decreases as the dog approaches his first year of life.
    Multiply the age in months by 1.5 for puppies from 6 months old to 8 months old to account for the decreased rate of aging.
    Multiply the age in months by 1.25 for puppies from 9 months old to 1 year old. A 1-year-old dog’s age in human years is approximately 15 years old, and the dog ages 3/4 of a human year for each month after that until the dog reaches 2 years old, or approximately 24 years old in human years. This figure is the same for all sizes and breeds.
    Step 4
    Subtract 2 from the dog’s age in years and multiply the remainder by 4 for dogs over 2 years old and under 5 years old. Add 24 to this number to determine the age in human years. This figure is the same for all sizes and breeds up to 5 years old.
    For example, to determine the human age of a 4-year-old dog, you would subtract 2 from 4, which would leave you with 2 as the remainder. Multiply this number by 4, which would give you 8. Add 24 to 8 to get 32, which is a 4-year-old dog’s age in human years.
    Step 5
    Subtract 5 from the dog’s age in years for dogs over 5 years old. For small breeds of dogs, multiply the remainder by 4 and add it to 36. For medium-sized breeds, multiply the remainder by 5 and add it to 36.
    For large breeds, multiply the remainder by 6 and add it to 36. Note that large breeds of dogs over 15 years old age about 27 human years between 15 and 16 years old in dog years due to their larger bone structure, which can lead to joint and other health issues.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MJGolf View Post
    I don't look at that crap and close the page after reading the article. Internet ads unless they make the page so slow it's unreadable, I tend to ignore. So I apologize. Here is "meat" or "pet food" of the article........LOL (Sans ads)


    Dogs age more rapidly than humans, with an average lifespan of about 14 years, depending on the dog’s size, health and lifestyle. While many people calculate a dog’s age in human years by multiplying their actual age in years by seven, this isn’t correct because a dog ages more rapidly in his early years than his later ones. Most breeds age at the same pace for the first five years of life, but smaller ones age more slowly than larger ones after this age and can live almost twice as long in some cases.. Here are five steps in determining a dog’s age….

    Step 1
    Estimate your dog’s age if you don’t know exactly when your dog was born. A dog’s age usually can be determined by the state of his teeth. A puppy gets all of his baby teeth by 8 weeks of age and permanent ones by 7 months, according to WebMD. A dog 1 to 2 years old has little tartar buildup, and a dog up to 5 years old has some wear and yellowing of the teeth. Dogs over 5 years old may have serious tartar buildup and dental disease. Senior dogs, over 10, may also show signs of graying fur, cataracts and joint disease.
    Step 2
    Determine if your dog’s size is considered small, medium or large. Small dogs weigh less than 20 pounds, medium dogs range between 21 and 50 pounds and large dogs are over 50 pounds in size. While most dogs age at the same rate until they reach 5 years old, after this age, larger breeds age more rapidly than smaller ones, affecting the calculation of the dog’s age in human years.
    Step 3
    Calculate the approximate human age of your puppy by multiplying the age in months by 2 for puppies up to 5 months old. Puppies age very rapidly during their first year of life, especially during these first 5 months, a rate of growth which decreases as the dog approaches his first year of life.
    Multiply the age in months by 1.5 for puppies from 6 months old to 8 months old to account for the decreased rate of aging.
    Multiply the age in months by 1.25 for puppies from 9 months old to 1 year old. A 1-year-old dog’s age in human years is approximately 15 years old, and the dog ages 3/4 of a human year for each month after that until the dog reaches 2 years old, or approximately 24 years old in human years. This figure is the same for all sizes and breeds.
    Step 4
    Subtract 2 from the dog’s age in years and multiply the remainder by 4 for dogs over 2 years old and under 5 years old. Add 24 to this number to determine the age in human years. This figure is the same for all sizes and breeds up to 5 years old.
    For example, to determine the human age of a 4-year-old dog, you would subtract 2 from 4, which would leave you with 2 as the remainder. Multiply this number by 4, which would give you 8. Add 24 to 8 to get 32, which is a 4-year-old dog’s age in human years.
    Step 5
    Subtract 5 from the dog’s age in years for dogs over 5 years old. For small breeds of dogs, multiply the remainder by 4 and add it to 36. For medium-sized breeds, multiply the remainder by 5 and add it to 36.
    For large breeds, multiply the remainder by 6 and add it to 36. Note that large breeds of dogs over 15 years old age about 27 human years between 15 and 16 years old in dog years due to their larger bone structure, which can lead to joint and other health issues.

    Really?? I didn't even read that thing.


    This thread had gone to the dogs! LOL.
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    Handicapping is EXTREMELY hard! All statistical evidence (and game insights) may indicate strongly a specific outcome, winner, or continuing trend; but a turn-over, a missed field goal, an erroneous call, a key injury, etc. can easily change the outcome, the margins, and/or the totals. Division rivalry games and games with playoff implications are highly unpredictable.

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    Cat Years Human Years
    1......................15
    2......................24
    3......................28

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    So what this boils down to Norm, 3 years on the forum is the equivalent of 28 years (dog or cat) so you WONDER why it seems so long!!

    Cheers in ANY event!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    I counted 28 ads on the main page.
    I didn't see a single ad. Must be my ad-block plus and script blocker.
    Play within your bankroll, pick your games with care and learn everything you can about the game. The winning will come. It has to. It's in the cards. -- Bryce Carlson

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