Ben Carter
speaker
694 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2013
last heard Aug 2018
Ben Carter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So we might conclude that big dogs age more quickly than small dogs, but...
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Actually, there's a twist in the tale.
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Yes, as Dr Kate Creevey explains.
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She's another dog expert, also at the University of Georgia, and she points out another reason the seven-year rule is only a very rough guide.
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So dogs don't age at a constant rate relative to humans?
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No, they don't, and it's different for different breeds.
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So small dogs reach adulthood earlier than big dogs and spend a lot of their years in the so-called prime of life.
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Which is nice for them.
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Small breeds of dog are roughly 25 human years when they are two.
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Medium dogs are around 21 and large dogs are 18.
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And what about Meg?
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Well, West Highland Terriers are classified as small dogs for the purposes of the calculator.
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Dogulator.
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So when she was two, she was 25 years old.
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Now, the life expectancy of a Westie is 12.8 years.
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Human life expectancy is 78.5 years.
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So after the age of two, the next 10.8 years of the average Westie's life accounts for 53.58 human years.
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And that works out at 4.96 human years for every dog year.
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Not 135 years old, but 109 years old.
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Well, that's still a fine age.
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