If you found a puppy on the street and want to know his age, then it is quite easy to do it. Any PSA eventually appears characteristic features of mature or aging, as in humans. To determine their most easily with large breeds of dogs, everything is much more complicated with small, since deviations from the norm are too often. Among the veterinarians is the truthful way to determine the age of the dog in the teeth. In fair man to do it will be a little more difficult, but it is quite possible. In this article, you will learn not only to recognize the age of pets, but also to determine it for other features.
How to find out the age of dogs on the teeth
As you know, dogs live from eleven to seventeen years, sometimes this term reaches twenty years. A puppy any dog \u200b\u200bis formally considered to be eighteen months, after which it becomes an adult individual. Try to determine the age of such regularity:
- Find the cutters from the dog - these are the most front teeth and, as a rule, their six on the top and bottom. Only twelve pieces. It is the cutters point to the age of a dog after the year of life: they begin to turn yellow and wear out. If your PSA has smooth white teeth, and the cutters are closed with each other, then he is still a puppy of a one-year-old age.
- When the cutters are yellow and not closed, as if a little erased, the age of the dog can be installed as a two-year.
- At the age of three to five years, the cutters are noticeably wear out and everyone acquires yellow.
- After six - seven years, the dog remains only "hemp" from the cutters. They become very short, a large space is visible between them.
The age of puppies can also be determined by teeth too:
- The dog's indigenous teeth grows to seven months, and under five months they are all milk.
- As a rule, milks teeth can be determined: they are very bright, small and strolling.
You can pay attention to both fangs. They reach their maximum size to two years, after which they are stupid and become worst.
External age-related signs in dogs
Of course, the appearance of the PSA also changes with time:
- Sedina appears for six years. At the same time, the first hairs are in the withers. Make a dog against wool, you can notice the gray-haired undercoat;
- Sedina on the face appears only for eight years;
- Dog eyes pale to old age. She may have cataracts, or just age changes;
- Lay the jumping joints on the paws. If a dog is more than three years old, then coarse corners are formed on them. The older the dog, the more coarse becoming the wear.
- Muscular tone is lost to seven years: the back becomes softer, and the stomach is lowered.
In general, you can say in appearance: It is facing you a puppy or an adult.
How to accurately determine the age of the dog
Unfortunately, just to say the age of PSA can only veterinarian. If this question is very careful, then it is better to turn to the doctor. Very often, veterinarians have special cards that show the age of PSA with an accuracy of the week.
The sooner you begin to determine the age of the dog, the more accurate you recognize it. The thing is that to track the active changes in the PSA body is much easier when it is small. With age, all processes become slow. Take care of your pet and find out his age immediately.
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