{"id":3608,"date":"2011-10-10T18:06:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T00:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2011-10-10T18:19:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T00:19:42","slug":"ever-wonder-why-your-dog-is-so-happy-to-see-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3608","title":{"rendered":"Ever wonder why your dog is so happy to see you when you get home?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered why your dog is always so very happy<\/strong> to see you when you come home? Assuming you work 8 am to 5 pm, it may be because you have been gone for 56 hours in their timeframe!<\/p>\n

Assuming the idea that one human year is seven dog years, every hour to us works out to 7 hours for a dog.<\/p>\n

Here’s my math…<\/p>\n

There’s 8,765.81277 hours in a year
\n168 hours in a week
\nAnd 1 year = 52.177457 weeks<\/p>\n

So a dog year would be 7 * 8,765.81277 hours a year = 61,360.68939 hours to a dog
\n61,360.68939 dog hours \/ 24 hours = 2,556.69539125 dog days a year
\n2,556.69539125 dog days a year \/ 365 = 7.004644907534247<\/p>\n

1 day for us, 24 hours of human time, is 7 days in dog time.<\/p>\n

Breaking that down a little more, 24 hours human time = 168 hours dog time (7 * 24)<\/p>\n

So 168 \/ 24 = 7 dog hours for every human hour.<\/p>\n

Going backwards…<\/p>\n

7 hours * 24 = 168 dog hours a day<\/p>\n

168 dog hours a day * 365 days in a year = 61,320 dog hours a year<\/p>\n

61,320 dog hours a year \/ 8,765.81277 hours in a human year as comparison = 6.99 dog years for every human year (rounded)<\/p>\n

Yikes.<\/p>\n

The whole seven years to every human year is really a guideline more than a rule, and the lifespan of dogs vary greatly from breed to breed, but regardless I think I’ll take my dogs out to run and play catch a little more this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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