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I tried to use the Pedigree dog-to-human age calculator but it doesn't go up to 31 so your guess is as good as mine..

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Ok since BBC didn't want to say I will since the information is available. The oldest living dog is a Chihuahua mix in the US named Spike at 23 years and 327 days old. Your welcome

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I used a different calculator and it said 202 years!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most charts stop at 16, which shows how remarkable this is. As it's a curve not a straight line it's unclear if you can keep extrapolating but over 16 dogs seem to largely fall into the equivalent of people in their 80s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This suggests 16 * ln(31) + 31 which gives 86 and doesn't seem old enough for the oldest dog ever.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1233459

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rest in peace sweet Bobi