Talk:Dog years
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Maybe dog years is a unit of measurement of distance. If a light year is how far light travels in a vacuum in one year, a dog year might be how far a dog travels in a vacuum in a year. Think about it. --huwr 07:16, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Terminology
The article is misleading with reference to the term. A 'dog year', should surely be a year in the life of a dog, and the age in 'human years' should surely be the equivalent in the life of a human. As in, "I have a dog who is 12 in dog years, which would make him about 70 in human years." In the article both this terminology (as in the chart) and the counter-point (as in the first few sentences) are used, but I believe this one is more logical. If anyone has any comments, please mention them here, otherwise I will change it in a few days. Redfoxtx 11:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I maintain the opposite viewpoint. It is actually the first usage (which appears in the first several sentences) that is encountered in common speech (e.g. 'My dog is 12, which is 70 in dog years'). This usage is favorable, since it allows the unit 'human years' to remain consistant, whether you are talking about dogs or humans (i.e. a human year is equal to the time required for the Earth to orbit the sun, regardless of whether or not I am using my dog or my younger brother as the subject of my sentance), while 'dog years' is understood to be a unique unit which applies only to dogs. My suggestion is wait to edit the article until an authoritative source can be cited. Thewookie55 20:56, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
merge with Aging in dogs ?
