Sentences with phrase «adult dog involves»

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Adult dogs are often debarked, which involves ramming a steel rod down their throats to rupture their vocal cords.

Some puppies or adult dogs have harmonic play bark involving growls, and it is a noisy bark.

Although the majority of community members who support the shelter are retirees and other adults, more kids are getting involved in assisting the orphaned dogs and cats at 333 Wire Road.

The treatment of adult heartworms (if an older puppy or dog has developed the full - blown disease) involves medication and rest and can be long, uncomfortable and potentially dangerous.

While a moderate heartworm infection in a dog would involve 25 - 50 adult heartworms, infected cats typically have less than six adult worms.

If you feel that you can not handle your dog, or if you are fearful of him, then let a professional handle any situation involving an adult dog.

Treating canine heartworm disease involves killing the adult worms that live in the heart and pulmonary arteries, as well as those in the larval stages (called microfilaria) that circulate in the bloodstream of the dog.

For the safety of our dogs and everyone involved, teenagers 14 - 15 years old must have an adult present while volunteering at the rescue center.

Active adult dogs such as those who work stock, or those involved in police or customs work, will also sleep more than a sedentary dog.

December 1875, Adams County, MS «Jane Doe» James Fagan, Adult Fatal dog attack involving bulldog (pit bull - type)

If you simply want a pet for your family, and don't have the time or inclination to take your dog running or hiking or biking or swimming, or to get involved in hunting, or agility (obstacle course) classes, or advanced obedience, I do not recommend this breed (unless you adopt an older adult with a mellow temperament).

It's life cycle involves an egg which develops into larval stage (6 weeks feeds on rodents and birds), then nymph (8 weeks this is believed to be the cause of Lyme disease in people also feeds on other mammals), then adult tick (current belief is that this is the cause of Lyme in the dog and feeds on other mammals).

Whether you use a head halter, a clicker or verbal command, or cookie power, the major part of training involves teaching the puppy or adult dog to want to comply.

By working the register, stocking shelves, greeting customers, assisting with dog grooming and caring for our adoptable pets, young adults involved in the program learn confidence, responsibility, and life lessons that they will carry with them into adulthood.

The whole family should be involved in choosing the new dog, but an adult needs to be the one who makes sure the dog is properly cared for.

Lori has been involved with purebred Bernese Mountain Dogs almost all of her adult life and has served the breed in many volunteer capacities including as President of the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America.

Adult dogs may be hesitant to try new behaviors, especially if their previous training involved punishment, whereas puppies will try anything.

Furthermore, MLV vaccination has been associated with the development of transient seizures in puppies and adult dogs of breeds or cross-breeds susceptible to immune - mediated diseases especially those involving hematologic or endocrine tissues (e.g. AIHA, ITP, autoimmune thyroiditis).

Studies have shown that 75 % of adult dogs and cats over the age of 5 have some degree of periodontal disease, which involves bone loss around tooth roots.

As mentioned above, puppies have small bladders and less control over their bodily functions than an adult dog, so making him wait too long will have negative consequences for all involved.

Every breeder who strives to improve their breed of choice will be happy to show you the results from test screenings that their adult dogs have gone through as well as the care and prevention involving these conditions.

The portion of the capsule that is involved in this reaction is present in young dogs but not in adult dogs.

It involves pleasant experiences with unknown dogs, surfaces, places, anything that puppy might come across as an adult.

It is a self limiting, mild condition, but in chronic cases the disease may progress to a fatal bronchopneumonia (Inflammation involving the lungs and bronchus) in young dogs to severe bronchitis (Inflammation of Bronchi) in adult dogs or aged dogs.

This involves adult supervision when the baby and dog are within reach of each other.

According to Magnusson's blog, estimating a dog's adult weight involves some minor calculations:

We encourage children to be involved in all parts of training classes, but for everyone's safety an adult must be present and maintain control of the dog at all times.

Ask about the most common behavioral problems: housetraining problems, inappropriate chewing, jumping up on people, submissive urination, dog aggression, human aggression (find out whether it involved children, adults, or both).

And only allow them to start getting involved once your dog has shown solid progress with you and other adults.

As a member of the Breeders» Referral List, I acknowledge that when dealing with persons, whether or not they were referred to me by this list, involving the sale or exchange of puppies or adult dogs, I will comply with the following requirements.

6) The most common interaction to involve a threat is a senior dog toward a puppy, followed by a senior dog toward an adult dog, then, adult dog toward puppy.

Follows up on all puppies and adults after the sale to insure their continued care and to encourage the owners to become involved in pure - bred dog activities.

Because puppy mills involve two different groups of dogs — the adult breeding dogs confined in the facilities and the puppies that come from puppy mills to be sold to consumers — I want to clarify that the puppy mill dogs we are referring to here are the adult breeding dogs.

Puppies are more work than adults and involve more intensive care, time and energy... although adult dogs generally stay in foster care longer than puppies.

(Keep in mind that house training a puppy involves different techniques from those used to train an adult dog.)

In San Bernardino County, although we have seen a number of recent dog attacks involving children, it is important to remember that adults are equally vulnerable.

Attorney Boulton has successfully handled a large variety of dog bite injury cases, including those involving children, adults and the elderly.