Nowadays, more and more people keep pets, but pets may not necessarily have a clear understanding of their dog’s age, except when purchasing. Learning to distinguish the age of a dog can help you feed and take care of puppies in the future. I will teach you a few methods below.

1, teeth

The very simple, convenient and most accurate way is to observe the total number of teeth and changes of dogs. A freshly born puppy has no teeth and will gradually grow baby teeth in about 20 days.

Generally, there are 28 teeth in a young dog and 42 teeth in an adult dog. It is the best way to distinguish adult dogs from young dogs.

2. Hair

In addition to the natural white hair of puppies, puppies aged 6-7 can see a very small number of white hair around their mouths, which will increase significantly after the age of 8. After the age of 10, there will be a lot of black hair on the forehead, face, and top of the head of puppies, indicating that the puppies are gradually entering the aging stage.

As time goes by, the black hair gradually widens, the larger the amount of white hair, the older the dog is, the older the dog's hair will change.

3, body shape

The puppy of 1-5 years old is light and flexible, with agile footsteps. The puppy of 7-10 years old is steady and has unhappy speed. After the age of 10, it is called an elderly dog. Its posture will be slow and will continue to bend. Their physical functions will be reduced to a certain extent. They are also afraid of trying risky postures. Their impulse to exercise is not great, and the owner can Feed some high-protein milk powder to strengthen the human skeleton.

4. Eyes

The young dog has a hint of youthful vitality, which is clear and bright. For puppies entering the aging stage, their eyes will dry out, tears will appear at the ends of the two eyes, and their eyes will look more turbid and deep.