Did you shelter an adult dog or took from the street of a puppy? To understand how it is correct to look after and feed the new member of household, it is necessary to learn his age, first of all.
Instruction
1. Before beginning to determine the age of a dog, it is necessary to know that most intensively these animals develop up to two years. Further every year it is equated by five years of human life at little doggies, to six at average breeds, and at large - by seven years.
2. The main tool for determination of age at dogs are teeth. At puppies the cutters and canines of the upper jaw begin to be cut through for 20-25 day. By a month each healthy puppy has to have a complete set from milk teeth.
3. By 4-5 months the dairy cutters drop out, and in 5-6 canines begin to be cut through. By 12 months the young dog has to possess a complete set of molars.
4. Further the age of a dog can be determined on deleting of a tooth alignment. By one and a half years, hooks of the lower jaw begin to be erased, to 2.5 scrapes have average cutters of the lower jaw. At this age the teeth of a dog begin to grow dull. By three years the deleting begins at hooks on the upper jaw. In four years, average hooks of the top row also join them. Canines begin to be erased by five years. Closer to six teeth turn yellow, on them there can be such unpleasant disease as a scale.
5. Keep in mind that the dental health depends not only on age, but also from a way of life and food - all by analogy with people.
6. Pay attention and to wool. The dog is more senior, the she is more rude. By seven years many dogs have a gray hair on a muzzle.
7. When determining age consider that life expectancy of a dog depends also on breed. The dog is larger, the shorter her a century - so the average duration of giants of the world dog is 10-12 years, average and tiny breeds are more resistant to an old age - their average age of life fluctuates from 15 to 18 years.
8. If you doubt correctness of the age calculations, then address the veterinary expert who will help to establish age of your pet more precisely.