Sentences with phrase «breed has short legs»

Long and low, this breed has short legs and a long middle.

For the reason that this dog breed has short legs, a big head and a stout nose, they often have a shortness of breath.

This breed has short legs and a compact frame, developed for scent hunting.

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But a good third of them have legs almost as short as a dachshund's — though straight and lovely rather than crooked like those of most dwarf breeds.

Bannasch started her genetic search with the toller breed, some of whom also have shorter legs.

Certain dogs are bred to have certain features, like a Corgi's short legs or a Great Dane's immense size.

Breed Information: Daschunds have very short legs and very long bodies.

Turnspit Dog: The Turnspit Dog was a short - legged, long - bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat so that it would cook evenly.

They have short, straight, strong legs that provide the breed with a distinctive gait that looks a lot like a waddle.

I was wondering if you could tell me a little about the breed such as do they have the short legs?

Clumber Spaniels are deliberately bred to have a deformed chondrodysplastic build (short legs, long back).

I breed with jack Russell terrier short leg canines and would like to know how to breed my colour so I am able to eventually get a black & white puppy?

Some of our scent hounds have traditionally been bred with very short legs.

Over the years, we have bred ever shorter legs in some of our short legged breeds.

Whereas Bassett Hounds, bred for foot following, have shorter legs and proceed at a slower pace than their speedy foxhound relatives.

The breed has distinctive short legs and long bodies.

This is a frequent problem in dogs that are bred to have exceptionally short legs (like dachshunds).

Type 11 intervertebral disk disease often only partial protrusion not complete rupture and mostly seen in dogs that do not have the short thick legs and are larger breeds.

Dachshunds are a small breed of dog, which have a long body and short legs.

The Bambino was created when the Sphynx, which is a hairless feline, was crossed with the Munchkin, which is a breed that has short legs.

The breed has a very long body, short legs, and a distinctive topknot of hair on the head.

Because many short - legged dogs from this time were called basset and record - keeping from this time was sparse, it is difficult to know which of these breeds have bloodlines in common with today's Basset Hounds.

Short - legged ratting terriers have long been valued in England, but only in the 1880s did the breed that would eventually become both the Norwich and Norfolk terriers emerge from obscurity.

The features of today's English bulldog are the result of hundreds of years of breeding, but changes to the breed's traits — flatter face, shorter nose, stubbier legs, more skin folds — have become particularly rapid in recent decades, Pedersen said.

One of the male short - legged kittens, named Toulouse was given to Kay LaFrance, who used it to establish a free breeding colony of these cats who had already earned the name Munchkin Cats (after the characters in L. Frank Baum's Oz stories.)

Then, they will have to demonstrate their abilities on four different breeds, including non-sporting and sporting dogs, short - legged terriers, and long - legged terriers.

Keep in mind that any short - legged, stout dog may be listed as a corgi mix, but also may have a wide variety of other dog breeds in his genes.

Dachshunds and similar breeds such Pekingese, Lhasa Apsos and Shih Tzus, have short legs and a relatively long back.

This black furry dog is completely fluffy breed that has thick coat across the chest, shoulders, neck and tail however is short - haired in legs and face.

Intervertebral Disk Disease, IVDD, is often seen in small breeds of dogs such as Dachshunds, Pekinese, Beagles, Corgi, Shih Tzu, Maltese, and other small breeds that tend to have longer bodies with short legs.

Mixed breed dogs can have the same behavioral (retrieving, herding, swimming, etc.) or physical attributes (flatter faces, curly hair, short legs, etc.) as purebred dogs, but as an added bonus they will have more genetic variation.

Like all herding breeds, the Cardi needs vigorous daily exercise to stay at his best, but because of his short legs, you shouldn't have any problem keeping up with him on walks around the neighborhood.

Be aware of any limitations your small breed may have for any endurance activities, such as shorter legs, and always check with your veterinarian to ensure your little guy is healthy enough for any activity.

If you have a dachshund or other breed with long back and short legs, jumping lessons are probably not for him.

Selective breeding of the disproportionately short legs of breeds such as the Basset Hound and the Dachshund has led to bowed legs and chronic problems with elbow dislocation; the short legs and long back of Dachshunds causes them to suffer more often from ruptured vertebral disks.

Cat charity International Cat Care is delighted that the Mail on Sunday has raised the issue of so - called «designer» cats, in this case the short legged Munchkin, and highlighted health issues associated with the breed, which include back and joint problems, and pain.

A short - legged, medium - built breed that has a naturally occurring short tail and curled ears developed in California during 2007 and 2008 by crossing Munchkins, American Curls and a short - tailed tortoiseshell domestic pet.