Sentences with phrase «ancestors of these dogs»

As the wild ancestors of dogs consumed their prey, they ate the plants still contained in the stomach and intestines.

All of these breeds showed the closest genetic relationship to the wolf ancestors of dogs, said the researchers.

Although humans first began to domesticate early ancestors of dogs about thirty thousand years ago, it wasn't until the 1880s that the first flea and tick treatments were developed at about the same time as the rabies vaccine, allowing dogs to move closer to our human packs.

Dewclaws are extra toes — vestigial remnants of the ancient ancestors of dogs that had six toes instead of four.

The Grey Wolf is the one, the one that is the direct ancestor of our dogs, all of them, from teacup Chihuahuas to Great Danes, from Alaskan Malamutes to Arabian Salukis.

They showed that the ancestors of dogs, the wolves, are at least as attentive to members of their species and to humans as dogs are.

[8] Other researchers believe that because this comparison is based on the gray wolf, which is not the ancestor of the dog, that this comparison is invalid.

The ancestors of the dog called commonly a pit bull were bred to be an all - round farm dog first and foremost.

One rationale for using crates is that dogs are «denning animals», that is, the ancestors of dogs (wolves) lived in dens, therefore, dogs are comfortable staying in crates for long periods of time.

The Ancestors of our dogs do mean something.

Some think that the ancestors of these dogs trace all the way back to light hounds that were found in the area of Britain well before the Roman Empire formed.

The ancestors of these dogs were crosses of several native dogs found in central and northern Germany.

This diet epitomizes what the ancestors of our dogs would feed on when they go hunting and foraging in the wild.

In the wild, the ancestors of dogs used to walk an average of 10 hours a day hunting and stalking prey.

DNA evidence shows that the Lhasa apso is an ancient line closely related to the wolf that is the ancestor of all dogs.

Wolves, which are thought to be the ancestors of dogs, rarely bark, although they will howl and make other sounds.

There are important nutritional differences between the prey animals that ancestors of our dogs and cats would have eaten in the wild and the farm - raised commercial animals used in a modern raw food diet.