Sentences with phrase «animal as a guard dog»

Naturally enough it's great size allows some to use the animal as a guard dog.

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Qualified expenses for legitimate working animals «like a junkyard dog or a guard dog» can be deductible as a business expense, Steber said.

For the most part, he manages to keep his demons at bay, even calling the cops on himself after a bar fight, but every so often, as when he sets his dog on the animal that guards the local whorehouse, we see the man he works so hard to bury.

With sibling aggression, they lash out at other animals within the home, and food aggression occurs when a dog begins guarding resources, such as food and water.

The American Heritage Dictionary defines Working Dog as: (n.) Any of various breeds of dogs developed or trained to do useful work, such as herding animals, pulling wagons or sleds, or guarding property.

PETA, the so - called People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, supports the ban: They claim they have rescued many pit bulls from abusive homes where they were badly hurt, kicked, and beaten to the point of aggression for dog fights, or they chain them up on a short chain to make aggressive guard dogs, or drug dealers use them as weapons.

Originally used for guarding livestock, this dog tends to be a pack animal and needs to recognize one of his owners as the pack leader.

The German shepherd is a very loving and lovable animal, which makes it a great choice as a pet and a wonderful guard dog for families with children.

Originating in England, the Airedale Terrier is a working class dog that was bred for the hunting of small animals and as guard dogs.

Most of our dog breeds have some form of aggression in them, since they needed different forms of aggression to do their work: terriers are often aggressive towards other dogs and animals — they were and are fighters, the man working dogs imprint humans as being of their same species so they show the same kind of aggression that they show towards other dogs, the sight hounds were bred to be killers of game and sometimes other canines, the mastiffs were bred to take down large game and guard property, the flock guards were bred to be aggressive towards canines, the hounds were bred to be aggressive towards furred animals, some of the pointers were bred to be able to guard the hunter's game, etc., etc..

These small hardy dogs are friendly and easy to train but can often experience behavioral problems such as guarding behavior and problems with other animals.

Beagles will be placed with adults to be kept as companion animals, not as guard or hunting dogs.

Now, a Brevard County animal control officer has ruled correctly that the animals must be destroyed or used as guard dogs in a prison.The fact that the dogs never attacked anyone before May 24 is not a strong defense for allowing them to return to a residential neighborhood, as the owner requested.How many times must such a vicious assault be repeated before the animals are destroyed or removed?

Humans used this as the basis for turning this instinct to their advantage, and the results were domesticated dogs bred specifically to not only guard a herd of domesticated animals, but also learn to find the strays and bring them back.

Three pit bull dogs, two of which mauled a 9 - year - old Port St. John girl last month, should be used as guard dogs in a prison or destroyed, a Brevard animal control official decided Wednesday.Xan Rawls, director of animal control, made her decision after an emotional hearing before the Animal Control Advisory Board, during which Marilyn Lanthorne described her daughter's attack by «vicious animals» and the owner of the dogs described her pets as «loanimal control official decided Wednesday.Xan Rawls, director of animal control, made her decision after an emotional hearing before the Animal Control Advisory Board, during which Marilyn Lanthorne described her daughter's attack by «vicious animals» and the owner of the dogs described her pets as «loanimal control, made her decision after an emotional hearing before the Animal Control Advisory Board, during which Marilyn Lanthorne described her daughter's attack by «vicious animals» and the owner of the dogs described her pets as «loAnimal Control Advisory Board, during which Marilyn Lanthorne described her daughter's attack by «vicious animals» and the owner of the dogs described her pets as «lovable.

ROCKLEDGE — Three pit bull dogs, two of which mauled a 9 - year - old Port St. John girl last month, should be used as guard dogs in a prison or destroyed, a Brevard animal control official decided Wednesday.

Dogs have been used as guards, hunters, draught animals, drug and explosive detectors, and even as weapons.

Of course, as with every animal, there are exceptions; you can find the occasional «guard dog» Shih Tzu or «Lazy Lucy» in a litter.

For centuries, the dogs served as guards and dispatchers of large, dangerous animals.

It was later discovered and brought back to France where it was primarily used as a guard dog for flock animals.

SWAT Airedales are adopted as family members and companions only, not as outside animals or guard dogs.

Dogs are the most faithful of animals and funny at the same time as a guard house.

Dogs often guard these items or places from animals as well as humans.

There are people who are in the business of acquiring animals for research and others who acquire large dogs who are then cruelly trained for sale as guard or attack dogs.

Whether they are guarding you or the territory they have claimed as their own, resource guarding is a serious behaviour and if allowed to continue can lead to serious problems including dog bites or fighting with other animals in the house.

Historically dogs lived in close proximity to humans and were used as working animals to herd livestock, hunt, and guard the home, and it is only recently that dogs have made the shift towards companion animals.

Animals are not just our companions, they are our heroes — guarding our homes, working as service dogs, and even...

Punishment via Dominance «Dominance» has become the go - to diagnosis for all kinds of problem behaviors, such as pulling on the leash, jumping up, running through the door first, inappropriate elimination, destruction, barking, attention seeking, resource guarding, failure to respond to a command, and aggression toward animals, other dogs, family members, guests, and strangers.

Although territorial instincts vary from breed to breed, and from dog to dog, in general we can say that 1) males tend to be more territorial than females; 2) breeds that are traditionally used as guard dogs are more territorial than others; 3) territorial behavior is more prevalent in animals that have not been neutered or spayed; and 4) territoriality can present or increase as the dog ages.

I think working dogs have a place in this world, as guards, personal protection animals, livestock guard dogs, and working at mundane jobs like sniffing for bombs or drugs.

They were very successful and now the breed is known for its loyalty to their family (as apposed to an individual) and of course their temperament (which is known as even tempered animals with the ability to be well trained, and still be effective as a guard dog).

In the distant past, Cane Corsos were used for hunting large animals and in battles; as large - game hunting declined, they found their homes with livestock farmers and as family guard dogs.

The dog was used as a guard dog and had a record with animal control for biting other people.