What is his human age?

 

Often people wonder if one can make correspondences between the age of a dog and the human age. There are some tables which give us such information. A factor take the weight into an account, because it seems that can have an influence on the given datas.
We content here with giving correspondence table in years for the dogs of less than 15 kg (so the Coton de Tuléar), without asserting or invalidating t supplied information.
Real age of the Coton
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Human equivalent
20
28
32
36
40
44
48
52
56
60
64
68
72
76
80
84
88
94
100
110

 

It exists according to the way of life of the animal, the medical follow-up an average threshold said "threshold of ageing". The average age is for the cotton the age of 11 years (64 years in human equivalent). When your Coton exceeded this threshold, it is important to be watchful and to contact your veterinarian if you notice one or some of the following signs (naturally if these signs appear before, it will be necessary hurry to visit too the veterinarian) :

        • Opaque shadow on eyes
        • Tiredness
        • Asthenia
        • Falling energy
        • Problem of hearing
        • Problem of incontinence
        • Sleep disrupt
        • Loss of marks
        • Grumpy
        • Lack of dynamism

 

 

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