The Truth About Dog Years (Your Pupper Is Older Than You Think!)

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You might have heard that one year in a dog’s life is equivalent to seven in a human’s. But it turns out that the real ratio is both higher AND lower—depending on your dog’s current age.

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Sources:
https://doi.org/10.4267/2042/69084
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2020.06.006
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11333864/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31767039/

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