Senior Care

Is your pet a senior/geriatric… or, in other words a member of the “Over 50 Club”?

The age at which pets enter their senior or geriatric years is dependent on body weight. This table was developed to help you determine if your pet is senior or geriatric. On it you can find the relative age in “human years” of your pet. Please find your pets corresponding “human age”. For example, a 9 year old dog weighing 70 pounds is 61 in “people” years (senior) while a 14 year old cat is 72 (geriatric).

Adult size in pounds

Relative Age of Your Pet in Human Years

chart courtesy of courtesy Dr. Fred Metzger

AGE

 0-20 20-50 50-90 >90
5 36 38 40 42
6 40 42 45 49 ADULT
7 44 47 50 56 SENIOR
8 48 51 55 64 GERIATRIC
9 52 56 61 71
10 56 60 66 78
11 60 65 72 86
12 64 69 77 93
13 68 74 82 101
14 72 78 88 108
15 76 83 93 115
16 80 87 99 123
17 84 92 104
18 88 96 109
19 92 101 115
20 96 105 120

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