Sentences with phrase «dogs act as»

Truly no one in our time asks the questions McConnell does about why dogs act as they do.

«Some dogs seem to treat all puppies the same way they treat their own after separation, and some female dogs act as though they don't want their pups anywhere near them,» Woodard told The Dodo.

According to a 2005 review in the British Medical Journal, dogs act as «social catalysts,» leading to greater interaction between people and alleviating feelings of loneliness, especially among elderly patients with physical disabilities.

The Little Shelter dogs act as a bridge bringing back joyful memories and allowing the person to engage in positive social conversation.

Dogs are gifted at attending to, and interpreting, subtle human social cues (Lakatos et al., 2012; Merola et al., 2012; Müller et al., 2015), and a behavioral literature suggests that dogs act as if socially attached to humans (Topál et al., 1998; Palmer and Custance, 2008; although see: Prato - Previde et al., 2003; Rehn et al., 2013).

The British Medical Journal has concluded that dogs act as «social catalysts,» who help people get out more, approach others more easily, and overall reduce isolation.

The dogs act as an incentive for the children to read more and to read better.

Animal - assisted therapy (AAT)-- This is different from AAA because the dogs act as therapy dogs in order to make a patient reach specific goals.

Then someone told her about a program just getting under way that pairs dogs and reading - challenged elementary school children; the dogs act as nonjudgmental listeners to help kids get over their fear of reading out loud.

In Reservoir Dogs it acts as a framing device and a constant companion to the colourful misters.

It's been posited that because a dog acts as a playmate, a companion, a protector and a confidante, children are able to gain significant mental health benefits through regular interactions with family dogs.

The ancestors of German shepherd dogs acted as both servants and companions to humans for hundreds of years.

You'll now likely notice your dog act as if he has never heard a command before.

When the guardian returns home, the dog acts as though it's been years since he's seen his mom or dad!

The dog acts as the office greeter and can often be found lying on the office floor amidst a gang of clients» children.

Not exact matches

«Even as the president avowed an independent foreign policy, Philippine police forces still act as running dogs of the US.»

«The dog continued to act in a strange manner as Mr. Jackson attempted to buckle his seatbelt.

The Americans with Disabilities Act calls designated dogs and miniature horses as service animals, which are trained often to assist the deaf or blind.

Besides, are you suggesting that we suppress anyone's right to free speech because if you are than you need to move to one of these bass ackward countries where a less than middle school quality production of a total farce can insight people to act as a pack of rabid dogs blaming America for why they live in dirt... We are LUCKY and BLESSED to live in a land where we can smile and walk away from an opinion that we disagree with... that South Park can but Jesus in a boxing ring against Satan and depict Moses as a glowing spinning dreidl... and these nutcases want to burn and pillage because one lunatic makes a childish and stupid play on videotape?

On the other hand, we find it unlikely that the strength of beauty of the experience of a flea is nearly as great as that of a dog, and we act accordingly to kill fleas for the sake of the dog.

The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal with the people as the dogs of grass are dealt with.

You will see us acting like rabid dogs as we shovel paleo beef stroganoff into our face holes.

They buy their dogs to define their relationships to their teammates and to define their relationships to the world; what they wind up doing, though, is buying their dogs to define their relationships to themselves, to act as their alter egos, their slobbering or snarling shadows.

It all stems from yesterdays Washington Post article highlighting how he and his lovely wife Julie have taken in homeless dogs for the last several years, acting as a foster family until the lovable pooches can find forever homes.

It's why Arsenal are best to go into the game as acting like «under dogs».

As an act of celebration, I consumed two hot dogs, two beers, and also gave two beers to some folks sitting next to me.

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April 7: Laugh along as Johnny Peers and more than a dozen dogs stage their hilarious slapstick comedy act (Natick)

And, as my recent, dispiriting experience in Houston ISD well illustrated, even after requested reforms are implemented, parents may still need to act as watch dogs to make sure their district doesn't backslide on its promises.

She owns up to her mistakes (promoting a book as a memoir when it was fiction), acts silly (a cross-country road trip with her best friend Gayle), cries when her dog dies or she hears a heartbreaking story, gets behind causes she believes in (a girls school in South Africa), and acts like a student and not just a teacher (organizing a 10 - week online class to discuss Eckhart Tolle's book, «A New Earth.»)

If by potty training you mean to train your dog to «go» oditsue, I would suggest a few things. - take the dog oditsue often, every 2 - 3 hours at first (a pup can only hold it for as many hours as his age in months - so a 3 month old pup can hol dit 3 hours)- crate training is a great tool to assist in «potty training» - always reward him when he goes oditsue - never punish him if you find a mess - if you catch him in the act, a firm «NO!..

Jacobs has been diligently trying to pay down the state party's debt and also acting in conjuction with King as an attack dog, lambasting Republicans at all levels of government as the administration's surrogate.

The Dangerous Dogs Act Study Group (DDASG) and Lord Redesdale criticised the Government for what they saw as its part in the ongoing problem of «status dogs» by making them appeal to those wishing to intimidate others and rebel against the existing Dogs Act Study Group (DDASG) and Lord Redesdale criticised the Government for what they saw as its part in the ongoing problem of «status dogs» by making them appeal to those wishing to intimidate others and rebel against the existing dogs» by making them appeal to those wishing to intimidate others and rebel against the existing law.

His stand - up row with the prime minister is thought to have acted as a dog - whistle to fellow Lib Dems that he was prepared to stand up to the Tories.

Mr Trickett, a shadow minister without portfolio - a post designed to leave him free to act as an attack dog — praised Mr Miliband for promoting frontbenchers with regional accents.

«Obviously, the EFCC is presently behaving as a pet dog on allegations of corruption against allies of the President (Muhammadu Buhari) while acting as a lion when it involves perceived political enemies of the President.»

Dogs Trust, as a member of the Dangerous Dogs Act Study Group (DDASG), along with a variety of other welfare organisations, the Kennel Club and the BVA, has supported Ms Grahame's Bill since it was introduced as a Private Members Bill by Alex Neill MSP.

As it stands, the Hunting Act permits up to two dogs to flush a fox towards someone who will shoot it, however it can be difficult to stop the dogs killing the fox themselves.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a federal appeals court upholding the constitutionality of the SAFE Act as well as Connecticut's post-Newtown gun control law, Uber fighting to bring ride sharing into the Capital Region, and New Yorkers found to overwhelmingly prefer dogs to cats.

«It is unfortunate when Democrats do Republicans bidding by acting as their attack dogs,» Murphy said.

Dogs and other pets play an important role in individuals» social lives, and they can act as catalysts for social interaction, previous research has shown.

Even those who felt knowledgeable about dogs, perceived that a bite «would not happen to them,» and so despite the warning signs would continue acting in the same manner, suggesting that education on body language was ineffective as a preventative measure.

Without the dog, and its excellent sense of smell, acting as a sentinel, humans could not have evolved the anatomy needed for language, as this development left the human olfactory system diminished.

Attacks are treated as an aggravated offence with sentences of up to three years imprisonment for the attacking dog's owner, under the 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act.

Some act as guard dogs that raise the alarm when they detect invading viruses; others kill virus - infected cells directly, or help B cells to produce antibodies.

It is one of those prints that can act as both the statement and the under dog of an outfit.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

Put on the spot, she names him after the grocery chain (which nobody in the film ever visits again, though the dog serves as a walking product placement) and convinces the Preacher (how her voiceover self refers to her father) not to kick Winn - Dixie to the curb, then sets about thawing the chilly exteriors of the local would - be shut - ins with her Annie & Sandy act.

The first, named D - Horse, acts as little more than a vehicle to transport Big Boss from points A to B to C. Two other buddies, DD the dog and Quiet the bikini - clad, ripped fishnets - wearing sniper, however, drastically alter how one plays The Phantom Pain.

The movie gets there, too, but first, the team — which also includes Niko (Donald Glover) and Clay (Evan Peters), with Eva (Sarah Bolger) acting as the videographer for their trials — tests a more promising method on a dead dog.