DEAR ABBY: A few years ago you printed the way to determine a dog's age. Would you please send me that column, or print it again? -- GLINN IN RENO, NEV.
DEAR GLINN: I'm pleased to oblige. The first year of a dog's life is equal to 15 in a human's. The second year is the equivalent of nine more years of human age, making the dog 24 years old. After that, each year equals four more years of human life. Interestingly, the smaller the dog, the longer its life. So when a pup has been with its owner for 16 years, its age would be equivalent to an 80-year-old human.