Sentences with phrase «dogs than younger ones»

This problem is more common in older dogs than younger ones, and represents the most serious form of a heart murmur.

Certain diseases are much more prevalent in older dogs than younger ones.

Not exact matches

After controlling for size — big dogs tend to die younger than small ones — Careau's team found the most obedient breeds, such as German shepherds, poodles and bichon frises, tended to be the longest lived, while hard - to - train dogs such as pomeranians and beagles were more likely to die younger.

The test also showed that older dogs are less flexible in their way of thinking than younger ones.

«Older dogs required more trials than younger ones before they were able to solve the task correctly.

A. Older dogs do sleep more than young ones and can develop new, and not always desirable, habits.

A little more than one hundred years after his fateful encounter with a young soldier on the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, the animated film Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero tells the tale of Stubby, a brindle and white pit bull - type dog, and Robert Conroy, the soldier who found him scrounging for scraps near a military camp.

But, when I say that canines work in packs, which has the primary purpose of protecting the young, and to get food, then we get all weird about having more than one dog, especially if it is a pit bull.

«A stack of bills will be debated in the State House on Thursday, including laws that would crack down on unlawful tethering and abandoning of pets, but the big one is a ban on the sale of cats and dogs younger than eight weeks old.»

ADJUSTMENT PERIOD Allow your new dog several weeks to adapt to his new surroundings and up to four months to fully adjust (older dogs may take longer than young ones).

Large dogs often die younger than smaller ones.

This is more of a problem with dogs than other animals, and young dogs tend to adjust quicker than older ones.

We don't often adopt to families where children are under the age of 5 though, especially if there is more than one young child and if the family is not dog experienced.

The OFA will also provide preliminary evaluations (performed by one OFA radiologist) of dogs younger than 24 months of age to help breeders choose breeding stock.

Should an old dog weigh more than a young one?

Dogs less than one year old, especially unvaccinated young dogs, are the most susceptible to Dogs less than one year old, especially unvaccinated young dogs, are the most susceptible to dogs, are the most susceptible to ICH.

Older dogs tend to be more relaxed than younger ones, but all enjoy taking a walk with their person and a quick sprint once in a while in a completely fenced - in area (ball fields work great if you don't have a fenced yard!).

And although the allergies usually develop when dogs are young (less than one and up to five years of age), flea allergies can begin at any age.

Shelters are particularly vulnerable to distemper outbreaks because many dogs who enter do not have protective immunity to the canine distemper virus (CDV), particularly dogs younger than one year.

An adult cat that can tolerate handling may be preferable to a fragile kitten, just like a mellow, older dog may be more patient with being tugged on than a young one.

Like humans, it affects younger dogs more than older ones, as their balance has not fully developed yet.

Diabetes in puppies hardly exists - diabetes rarely occurs in dogs younger than one year of age, and it is more common in females and neutered males than in intact males.

In our 40 years of experience and the training of more than one million dogs, we have found that young puppies are very impressionable and any bad experience they encounter will stay with them forever.

Owners of dogs with Legg - Perthes disease typically notice gradual signs of hind - end lameness when their dogs are quite young — usually less than one year old.

Puppies (dogs aged five months and younger) are generally not adopted into a home where there is no one home during the daytime for more than five consecutive hours.

Results from one study found that older dogs required up to 50 % more protein than young dogs, to maintain labile protein (Wannemacher & McCoy, 1966).

One of the worst «dog» experiences I have had an adult — albeit significantly younger than I am now — was when I gave my dog a rawhide chew treat.

Scientists uncovered that although all dogs were capable of learning new things, older dogs took more time than younger ones.

Probably one of the most recognized obstacles to training an older dog is dealing with the fact that they will tire out faster than their younger counterparts.

Only then shall the BOD of BHRR consider those homes that have children younger than the age of 8 yet they must be over the age of 5: a) ONLY homes that have no more than 2 children shall be considered if said children are under the age of 8 and over the age of 5 b) ONLY dogs that BHRR deem most suitable for homes with children within these ages shall be considered c) ONLY homes that have prior suitable breed type experience ie Great Danes for a Great Dane possible adoption or a Saint Bernard for a Saint Bernard possible adoption shall be considered d) ONLY homes that have no more than one dog already and that dog must be a right matched personality fit; shall be considered should any children be under the age of 8 and over the age of 5 e) ONLY homes that have all family members in attendance for the home visit and only those same homes that have all family members come to BHRR to meet us shall be considered BHRR stresses that children and dogs should NEVER be left unsupervised together!

The amount of sleep needed depends on dog type: a working dog will sleep less than an at - home dog, and older dogs tend to sleep more than younger ones.

Dogs reach sexual maturity at a much younger age than their most common ancestor, the gray wolf (6 to 12 months vs. 2 years); they have 2 to 3 breeding periods per year, while wolves have only one.

It looks to be confirmed now that the gestating — and absolutely not Naughty Dog approved — Uncharted movie is still going ahead, and it would seem that none other than Tom Holland — not that one, the other one... no not that one either — of MCU Spider - Man fame is taking on the role as a young Nathan Drake, based on the earlier levels of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

Sadly, large breed dogs have shorter life spans than small ones, so it's important to help them properly grow and develop at a young age to keep them around as long as possible.