Sentences with phrase «as house pets»

This is one of the reasons why they are good as house pets.

This dog does not do well in an apartment setting but can be kept as a house pet with adequate daily exercise.

With a little preparation and training, people can make their homes welcoming for rabbits as house pets.

They live mainly as house pets today, but they still enjoy having some sort of job to perform.

In recent years, an increasing number of people are considering on picking smaller dogs as house pets.

They thrive as house pets as they are gentle, caring, and love their family.

However, today it is most commonly used as a house pet, due to its rarity.

We will not place cats who are best suited as house pets or kittens under 10 weeks of age.

The retired dogs would live out the rest of their days as house pets amongst the family.

Your foster must be kept indoors as a house pet.

Many people may have never considered that our zoo friends are just as susceptible to painful dental disease and injury as our house pets.

Cats are natural predators, but when they live inside as house pets, they usually don't get to do much hunting.

When you are a good dog breeder, you keep the first offspring as house pets to become aware of what they will become.

Those working breeds living closely with people were not developed as a house pet, but rather as a defender or guardian.

Once the offspring of these feral cats are over about six months of age, it is nearly impossible to socialize them to the degree necessary for them to be placed as house pets.

These affectionate, friendly dogs are small and easily kept as house pets, but have long, silky hair that requires regular grooming.

Dating back to the early 1600s this is a breed that, although bred as a house pet, has the spaniel exuberance for chasing what moves.

Beagles are amazing little dogs and have gained popularity as house pets in recent years.

Feral cats can not be adopted as house pets because they are not accustomed to dealing with people.

The basic role of these dogs indeed is working with stock, but they have become popular as house pets as well, as they are very energetic, playful and smart, and generally a lot of fun to be around.

People domesticate cats as their house pet since their presence helps relieving stress as well as blood pressure.

Their work drive and energy, the patience it takes to train them for things other than coon hunting, and their loud, ringing bark can make English a bad fit as house pets for novice owners.

If we have learned anything in living with our Chow Chows as house pets (family members, actually), it is that, just like people, each and every one has a very distinct and unique personality.

Rochester Animal Services sometimes has cats that may not be suitable for adoption as house pets.

By the end of World War I, cats were commonly accepted as house pets in the U.S.

I hope to God that what happened to me will teach people that large aggressive dogs are not safe as house pets.

They do not do well as house pets due to their ancestry of being outdoor pack hounds.

Out of work and with bleak prospects for being thrown a bone back home, the first batch of East German border guard dogs arrived in West Germany on Saturday in search of new jobs as house pets.

Their coats are wiry, and do not shed, which adds to their appeal as house pets.

Each breed comes with his own set on specific instincts built just for the work his breed was intended to do and even those kept solely as house pets will still make an attempt to act on what drives him.

Its good qualities as a house pet have won it fanciers in England and the United States in the last few years as well.

This is of particular concern for Labs that double as house pets — make sure they spend some time outside.

The setters are very high energy dogs that are fine for active families, and the pointers are working dogs that tolerate children but are not particularly easy to train as house pets.

This video from Nature: Parrot Confidential highlights efforts of the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary to help unwanted parrots, and looks at issues surrounding parrots as house pets.

They are very sweet dogs, however, if raised as a house pet from puppyhood.

Fanciers brought the Brittany to the US in 1931, where it soon found favor as a gun dog that could be kept in the city as a house pet.

Feral cats on the islands have therefore been more or less isolated from interbreeding with domestic fancy cat breeds being introduced as house pets.

Although they are mostly used for this purpose, it is certainly not uncommon to have an Angora rabbit as a house pet, as they are very sociable, affectionate rabbits who love to cuddle with people and play with their own toys.

Bred as house pets and have served as companions for hundreds, even thousands of years.

Most breeds with a history of ratting are kept as house pets today.

Whether you own a dog as a house pet or you are training in high level competition, establishing a working relationship with your dog is one of the most important prerequisites for any training regimen.

Scotties thrive as house pets and are gentle, loving members of their families.

Rabbits have recently become quite popular as house pets, and our understanding of their dietary needs and social behaviors has improved greatly over recent years.

After the pack fights off a rival pack over rotting food, they discuss the hopelessness of their situation and lament over their past lives as house pets.

The ShihTzu breed was kept as a house pet for most of the Ming Dynasty.

Watch for roaming cats Roaming cats, as well as house pets and wildlife, may climb onto vehicle engines for warmth during cold weather.