Sentences with phrase «dogs tearing at»

Little touches — blue handlebars and peddles that match a BMX tee shirt, two dogs tearing at a trash bag on a corner — lead up to a quiet climax that matches symbol with reality in one overwhelming, terrifying and beautiful close.

Not exact matches

The very appetite proceeding from labor and peace of mind is gone: we eat just enough to keep us alive: our sleep is disturbed by the most frightful dreams; sometimes I start awake, as if the great hour of danger was come; at other times the howling of our dogs seems to announce the arrival of the enemy: we leap out of bed and run to arms; my poor wife with panting bosom and silent tears takes leave of me, as if we were to see each other no more; she snatches the youngest children from their beds, who, suddenly awakened, increase with their innocent questions the horror of the dreadful moment.

Famously, Dostoevsky supplied Ivan with true accounts of children tortured and murdered: Turks tearing babies from their mothers» wombs, impaling infants on bayonets, firing pistols into their mouths; parents savagely flogging their children; a five - year - old - girl tortured by her mother and father, her mouth filled with excrement, locked at night in an outhouse, weeping her supplications to «dear kind God» in the darkness; an eight - year - old serf child torn to pieces by his master's dogs for a small accidental transgression.

Indeed, he creates a virtual phantasmagoria of suffering from actual instances of human barbarity that he has read about in Russian newspapers: Turkish soldiers cutting babies from their mother's wombs and throwing them in the air in order to impale them on their bayonets; enlightened parents stuffing their five - year - old daughter's mouth with excrement and locking her in a freezing privy all night for having wet the bed, while they themselves sleep soundly; Genevan Christians teaching a naive peasant to bless the good God even as the poor dolt is beheaded for thefts and murders that his ostensibly Christian society caused him to commit; a Russian general, offended at an eight - year - old boy for accidentally hurting the paw of the officer's dog, inciting his wolfhounds to tear the child to pieces; a lady and gentleman flogging their eight - year - old daughter with a birch - rod until she collapses while crying for mercy, «Papa, papa, dear papa.»

... all the manicured, blown - dry, poof - poof dogs at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show suddenly see a vendor spill a box of wieners and go tearing off all at once?

Of course, we all remember his glorious performance at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in which he fought through fake blood and tears before chowing down 12 mutts.

Now after using the «Magic» braclet and the tips I recieved from this book, she will walk into daycare with her head high and stay at home with dad (with no tears) when I take the dog for a walk or go grocery shopping.

The ubiquitous, easily torn, often doubled - up plastic bags from the grocery store — hoarded by dog owners, despised by the environmentally concerned and occasionally caught in trees — will soon cost at least a nickel in New York City.

Everything from their home decor to their dogs to Marty's wife Mitzi's (Sarah Baker) hair receives a revamp, and while it certainly improves Marty's chance at winning the race, it slowly begins to tear away at his relationships.

Watching a bunch of rats that are obviously dogs visibly tear at the masks on their face as Scatman Crothers bleeds out is something I can genuinely call a singular experience.

Characters find themselves torn to kibble by attack dogs, slashed to crimson ropes by box cutters and blasted in the face at point blank range with shotguns.

What kind of beast could slash and tear so gruesomely at human flesh and take out an entire inn full of robust men and the fiercest guard dogs?

Those brown tear stains that are found underneath your dog's eyes (or tear ducts) can be an awful sight to look at.

No kidding, from J - Lo to the Smith's this «Dancing Chef» is tearing it up in the kitchen, but he does it with his dog by his side... well, just sitting outside the kitchen entrance unless he is at home in this own kitchen!

It's a common misconception that dogs pee, defecate, bark incessantly, or tear things up because they are mad at their people for leaving them alone.

Some dogs can be persistently lame with a partial tear of the cruciate ligament, where others will only become lame at the point of complete rupture.

If you look at a dog's teeth, they are designed to rip and tear meat and plants: They don't spend a lot of time savoring the moment and tasting the fine foods that pass over the palate.

When my dog tore his crucial ligament, the folks at healthy paws were understanding and went out of their way to make the entire process simple.

My dog just tore his CCL and needed TPLO surgery (another chunk of change at over $ 5K... just 7 months after the broken leg.)

While entertaining at first, many dogs will tear the toy apart in search of that mysterious something inside that is making the funny noise.

But here's the truth: PETA is a well - funded machine that works hard at supporting laws which caused innocent dogs and families to be torn apart — and dogs to die.

Many dog breeds end up with dark tear stains under or at the corner of their eyes.These unsightly stains are difficult to remove at bath time with ordinary soap solutions.

At the present time, my dog has a partially torn ACL and so his ability to run and play are being restricted.

Richard Huntington, a chairman at the firm of Saatchi & Saatchi in London, and his wife, Annabel Bird, a fashioner designer who sells luxury dog products, made the plea after learning their dog Edward Lear needed surgery for elbow dysplasia in his front leg and torn cruciate ligaments in his two rear legs.

Like humans, dogs and cats produce a tear film naturally at all times to help protect the eyes.

Platitudes insisting that dogs love us, adore us, and will be waiting for us at the Rainbow Bridge — I don't typically tear them down, because I know they make plenty of people feel good, but, this is my blog, and I'm ready to say, «BLAUGH.»

Washing your dog's face regularly with tear - free soap can keep stains at bay.

Many dogs experience a torn toenail at least once in their lives.

Dogs who are prevented from engaging in exciting activities sometimes direct biting, shaking, tearing and chewing at nearby objects.

At Encino Veterinary Clinic we are equipped to diagnose and treat eye problems in dogs, cats and exotic pets.Among the diagnostic techniques we offer are: — Schirmir Tear Test: Evaluates tear production and diagnoses «dry eye», known as Tear Test: Evaluates tear production and diagnoses «dry eye», known as tear production and diagnoses «dry eye», known as KCS.

I am a dog trainer and I have a long haired chihuahua puppy that has a tear stain under one eye, my groomer said to put one teaspoon of Brewers yeast (the kind you get at the grocery store not the pet store) in her food each day.

A dog owner can sometimes treat a torn dog nail at home.

At times, a dog can develop clogged tear ducts which can add to excessive tearing, and unfortunately, a trip to the vet will be needed to irrigate the ducts.

The most important thing to rule out is separation anxiety — dogs will often get bummed out when you're not there, and tear up the carpet in order to deal with that anxiousness they feel at not having you around.

However, ANY dog at any age of any breed, lineage, or mutt can tear an ACL.

Tear - staining dogs should have their eyes wiped at least three times weekly with a damp cotton ball or cloth.

I grab both dogs by the back of their necks and get them up on their back feet so that the wouldn't get any leverage to rip and tear at each other.

It's easy to look at your dog tearing up his latest toy and think, «well, that's just what they do.»

About five years after her dog show debut ended in tears, she won juniors at the AKC National Championship in December and is returning to Westminster.

Back at the beginning of winter, our Maremma livestock guardian dog, Aaron, had knee surgery at Peak Veterinary Referral Center in Burlington for a torn cruciate... [Read More...]

His passing was peaceful, and although our tears were many, our hearts were at peace because we knew he had the best life a dog could have.

If your dog's eyes seem to be tearing excessively, have your veterinarian take a look at her and see if it's possible to determine what the problem is and how to treat it.

Foster had me in tears at one point, during one of his many visits with Callie, when he talked about how lonely the past year had been for him since his dog had passed last September and that he had only really made strides to recover from his depression a few months ago.

The anterior cruciate ligament is one of five major ligaments that cross the knee (stifle) joint to keep it stable.This can rupture (tear) partially or completely at any time in a dogs life causing lameness and progressive arthritis.

Carnivores» conscience I attended the Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Pets at the Central Florida SPCA wondering, as I do at all pet rescue events, how many of the participants who wept for the millions of dogs and cats that are euthanized each year in the United States later shoveled a meat - lovers pizza with extra cheese in their tear - stained faces.

The folks at petMD have a great article about torn ligaments in dogs.

But as with another dog - related story I've covered at length, pet cloning, there's something distasteful about turning people's tears and grief into big bucks.

But at the same time, they're tough and tear resistant: which they have to be because the carrier is for large dogs.

Appropriately named «tear stains,» the reddish - brown lines that begin at the corner of a cat or dog's eyes and extend down along the side of the base of their muzzle, appear on certain breeds more than others and even more so if the coat color is white.

Her eyes welled with tears because I'd had the simple decency to tell her that she was not a bad person for having sought out a hypoallergenic dog and then volunteered at a shelter.