Sentences with phrase «tc dog»

She is a frequent contributor to the Chronicle of the Dog, TC Dog and will be published in JAAWS (Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Sciences) in 2005.

We found that TC dogs were generally shyer (more fearful) and less aggressive towards humans (exhibited as barking, growling, or biting), and this was also true when only the extreme cases and controls were included.

Our TC dogs exhibited other stereotypic behaviours such as snapping at invisible flies or lights, trance - like freezing, licking and repetitive pacing.

Nevertheless, it would be interesting to give vitamin B6 and Mg supplement (and possible vitamins C, B5 and B12) to all TC dogs and see if any therapeutic help could be gained from them.

Almost half of the TC dogs showed lowered responsiveness during bouts and displayed also other types of compulsions more often than the controls.

Although questionnaire data do not provide further resolution for this possibility, the seizure hypothesis for TC has been previously proposed based on clinical case studies showing a positive response to anti-epileptics and the presence of EEG abnormalities in TC dogs [25].

Not exact matches

The parents in the new case claimed a credit for costs of their daughter attending a dog grooming school (Martin, TC Sum.

Last year TC had given me a smartphone for Christmas with a built - in camera, and I'd used it all year long to snap photos of her dog.

In addition to being a mom to a beautiful daughter, Erica has two cats, Rusty and TC, and a dog named Canaan.

Along the way I passed the TC (temperament certification) and also became certified with Therapy Dogs International (TDI).

The Houston Dog Park Association is hosting the TC Jester Dog Park Grand Opening Party this Saturday, April 24th from 2 til 4 pm at TC Jester Dog Park located @ 4201 TC Jester Boulevard (Near Northwest Houston).

He was also OFA Hips and Elbows (clear of hip & elbow dysplasia), Thyroid & DM clear and was awarded a «Health Award of Merit» by the German Shepherd Dog Club of America «Strider» was officially known as DAE * Grand Champion & International Champion Rohan's Reward ROM ** TC CGC HT RE CDX NW1 «Strider» My heart dog and once - in - a-life time dog left me just before he turned 12 following a back injury from slipping on wet grass while we were playing with his Jolly BaDog Club of America «Strider» was officially known as DAE * Grand Champion & International Champion Rohan's Reward ROM ** TC CGC HT RE CDX NW1 «Strider» My heart dog and once - in - a-life time dog left me just before he turned 12 following a back injury from slipping on wet grass while we were playing with his Jolly Badog and once - in - a-life time dog left me just before he turned 12 following a back injury from slipping on wet grass while we were playing with his Jolly Badog left me just before he turned 12 following a back injury from slipping on wet grass while we were playing with his Jolly Ball.

Over the next few years, he obtained his CD, CDX, TC, (Temperament Certified), HT (Herding Tested), RE (Rally Excellent) and CGC (Canine Good Citizen), and also became the # 5 GSD in the country based on defeating other GSDs and other herding dogs at AKC shows.

Altogether 61 % of the owners were able to stop their dogs» TC, while approximately one third (34 %) reported difficulties in stopping the behaviour (Fig. 3c).

The same authors examined this slc1a2 polymorphism in shiba inu and found dogs with the genotype CC were significantly less aggressive to strangers than those with a genotype TC.

However, our questionnaire covered a large spectrum of important issues of dog's daily routines, which did not associate with either dietary supplements or TC.

In addition to using the variable TCindex in the data analysis as a response variable, we also used a binary case - control set up (control = no history of TC and case = TC observed from «few time during the dog's life» to «multiple times per day» (TCindex ≥ 1) in the analysis.

Although females and males did not seem to differ in their relationship with neutering and TC, when including only individuals with TCindex = 0 and TCindex = 2 — 12 (leaving out dogs with TCindex = 1), the effect of the neutering was significant only among females (all breeds pooled, Chi - square test: females χ21, 153 = 4.46, p = 0.035; males χ21, 151 = 0.056, p = ns), suggesting that neutering in females may have a controlling effect on TC behaviour.

Alternatively, the owners in these «busier» homes (with several dogs or children) may not have had sufficient time to observe the dogs» behaviour, causing a bias in the TC frequency.

In summary, we describe here the first large - scale questionnaire study of TC in a pet population sample including four different dog breeds.

Most owners (76 %) reported their dogs to have been in normal mental and physical states after the TC (Fig. 4b).

Tail chasing (TC) is a classic compulsive behaviour in dogs.

Dog started the TC behavior at the age of 9 weeks.

Dog performs TC multiple times per day, and no clear reason for the behavior can be seen.

Although most owners (72 %) reported that TC did not affect the dogs» daily activities, the majority of them had tried to stop the behaviour (89 %, Fig. 3a and b).

In relation to the number of returned questionnaires per breed, the least TC (TCindex = 1 — 12) dogs were reported in GS (54/180), and the most in BT (83/122)(Kruskal - Wallis Test χ22, 366 = 35.1, p < 0.001).

The effect of dietary nutrients was also observed in the analysis including only tail chasers: dogs that had received dietary nutrients had less TC compared to dogs receiving no dietary nutrients (Table 2).

In addition, the data set including only tail chasers showed lower TC activity for dogs receiving dietary nutrients (in BT and SBT), further supporting an effect of dietary nutrients on TC behaviour.

Three dogs were reported with the age of onset > 3 years (one SBT and one GS were bought at the age of 2 years and one GS started TC after the arrival of another male dog into the same household).

TC often occurs in bouts and might include episodes in which the dog stares at its tail quietly for a while before resuming chasing.

We found that sterilized individuals, especially females, had less TC compared to intact dogs in a pooled analysis of all breeds.

Some of the dogs had only few episodes during their lifetime, while the most severe cases were engaged in TC several times a day (Fig. 2).

Dog has a TCindex 7, and the owner reports that the dog may start TC when nobody pays attention to the dDog has a TCindex 7, and the owner reports that the dog may start TC when nobody pays attention to the ddog may start TC when nobody pays attention to the dogdog.

I have to say TC, you mention dogs eating bones, feathers and all kinds of stuff in the wild and then you say but they should be clean and disease free, how does that happen in the wild?

«Bored» dogs chased their tails significantly more (Kruskal - Wallis Test x21, 164 = 21.48, p < 0.001) than dogs, whose owners had indicated some other option as the trigger for TC.

The category «something else» was explained in more detail in 17 answers; most frequently TC was associated with the dog's excitement or happiness (5/17), with food (2/17) or with frustration (2/17).

The medication had markedly reduced TC, but the dog still suffers from occasional hallucinatory fly - catching compulsions.

No other differences were observed between the dogs that had different triggers for TC.

Those dogs that received (sometimes or regularly) dietary nutrients had less TC compared to the dogs not receiving any.

The more the dog chased its tail, the more difficult it was for the owner to stop the behaviour (Spearman correlation coefficient; N = 83, r = 0.38, p < 0.001) and the less it reacted to the owners» calls (Spearman correlation coefficient; N = 89, r = 0.27, p = 0.009), indicating that the severity of the TC affects the dog's awareness.

Only one dog in our study (MBT, male) was reported to be on medication for TC (fluoxetine).

Summary of the answers to the following questions a) does TC interfere with dog's daily activities?

We performed a questionnaire survey to investigate the characteristics of compulsive (TC) and its possible associations with environmental correlates and personality in a pet population of 368 dogs from four dog breeds.

Dogs inside a dotted line have some other stereotype than TC; (a) compulsive licking, d) compulsive drinking.

It is also possible that owners who give their dogs dietary supplements handle their pets differently in other respects that could also have a preventing effect on TC.