Pet Age Calculator — Dog & Cat Years

How old is your dog or cat in human years? Pick dog or cat, enter the age in years (decimals like 1.5 are fine), and for dogs choose a size. The tool gives you an estimate in human years using the modern rule of thumb.

Pet Age Calculator

How this estimate works

The old “multiply by seven” rule doesn’t match how pets actually age. Dogs and cats grow up fast: the common modern estimate counts a pet’s first year as about 15 human years and the second year as about 9 more. After that, each year adds about 4 human years for a cat. For dogs it depends on size — about 4 years for small dogs, 5 for medium dogs, and 6 to 7 for large dogs, because bigger dogs tend to age faster. It’s an estimate, not a medical measure of your pet’s health.

General information only — not veterinary advice. If your pet is struggling to breathe, bleeding, bloated, unable to urinate, or has eaten something toxic, that is an emergency: go to a vet now.

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