Tips on Guessing Your Dog’s Age

It's not uncommon for someone to adopt a dog and not be sure how old he is. Once dogs are adults they are difficult to age. Factors that can help age a dog include:

All of the factors above have limitations. Many times, aging an adult dog will be based on a combination of the all of the above factors combined with experience of seeing lots of dogs of which you know the ages.

If you want to know your dogs age, ask someone with lots of animal experience such as your veterinarian.