Sentences with phrase «hind legs for»

After the second back surgery, Toby was paralyzed on his hind legs for a couple of months.

He «danced» on his hind legs for treats showing that his arthritis must be improving!

My yellow lab has been licking at her hind legs for a while now, and I just realized that she's gone as far as bite the hairs off her leg!

But anyway you call it, it is a great exercise for your dog as it uses his back muscles and hind legs for support.

Some big dogs might have problems sustaining their weight on their hind legs for long time.

• Check her hocks and hind legs for any indication of sores, especially since she is overweight.

A further few weeks saw the rats walking voluntarily on their hind legs for extended periods of time.

Not exact matches

The pièce de résistance of a presentation Reynolds has been polishing up for meetings with potential investors, the video compares two African green monkeys whose spinal cords have been partially severed to paralyze one of their hind legs.

They then had to deal with the possibility of being attacked by carnivores, and they came to deal with this threat by running away rather than by standing on their hind legs and trying to fight off the attack with their front feet, as giraffes do, for instance.

Fine harness horses, carrying a full mane and tail and hitched by light harness to four - wheeled rubber - tired wagons, will trot and turn before the judges, as will heavy harness horses and Hackney ponies, the latter well known for high action with their front and hind legs.

Fascinated by the anatomy of horses and other animals in motion since his teens, Horváth knew that most four - legged mammals (except primates) walk using a specific footfall sequence — left hind, left fore, right hind, right fore — for maximum stability.

For example, the scrape marks could have been made when meat - eating predators, such as the mighty Acrocanthosaurus, scraped their powerful hind legs on the ground to make noise and warn other males — of either the same or a different species — to stay away, says Timothy Isles, a paleobiologist at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.

«It is really, really hard to program a computer to pretend, which is to say, «Raise yourself up on your hind legs, let your teeth and fangs show, but for God's sake don't actually attack or you'll get killed.»»

A frilled lizard, erect on hind legs, darts for cover like a pint - sized Tyrannosaurus rex.

«I'm not saying that's what this is, but it was a major omission not to include hind leg bear prints for comparison.

For example, Harcourt - Smith notes that bears, whose hind legs do not typically make claw impressions, were present in this region at the time, but the team compared the prints with only a bear's forelimb.

With extremely large ears, long hind legs that may be used for hopping, long white incisors and very long urogenital hairs, the Hog - nosed rat is so genetically different from any other species that the scientists described it as a new genus.

Stephen Simpson of the University ofOxford has recently located the hardwiring for this mechanism moreprecisely on the insects» hind legs.

Sometimes the fruit flies tussle like boxers, grappling with each other with their forelimbs while standing up on their hind legs; other times they shove each other out of the ring like Sumo wrestlers, Kravitz reported here 15 November at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.

For instance, when an x-ray showed osteochondritis, or a split in the cartilage, in the hock — on a horse's hind leg, analogous to our ankle — buyers would lose interest, and good horses lost value.

The sidewalks were empty except for Mr. Racoon who stood on hind legs to welcome me to mile 2 and then briskly trotted off into the brush.

I saw another one coming and I took my hand from Pablo's fizzing snout and reached for the steering wheel and Mom slapped my hand away just as the tire hit the hole hard and I bounced sideways and cracked my head on the half - open window and Pablo flipped over onto his hind legs like he was doing a wheelie then opened his mouth and did what I said he'd do all over the front of the radio.

She did well for a year after diagnosis, but eventually became non-weight bearing on the affected hind leg and had difficulty getting around.

There are currently two models — the Rear Support Wheelchair (from US$ 225 / S $ 317) for pets with full strength in their front legs and paralysis only in their hind ones, and the Full Support Wheelchair (from US$ 375 / S $ 528) for pets with weakness or paralysis in both their front and hind legs.

In 2009, a freak accident with a harvester severed both of Oscar's hind legs, and he underwent an operation for prosthetic limbs, designed by Biomedical Engineers from the University College London, making him a pioneer in the science of bionic limbs for animals.

English Bulldog puppy Bonsai is just as cute as any other puppy you would ever see — except he was born with half a spine, a pelvis that did not function and hind legs that were too small to use for walking.

For «Bronko», it was a rapid decline, from award - winning police dog to beginning to not feel his hind legs, all in the space of a couple of months.

For instance, if one dog crouches with his hind end in the air and his front legs on the ground, he is inviting the other dog to play.

But there is one thing you have to watch out for with pets and that is hind leg lameness.

Rabbits are hard to resist when they ask for a treat, standing on hind legs, stretching their necks upward and twitching their noses to get a whiff of a tasty morsel.

(The Guinness World Record for the individual world's tallest dog belongs, at the moment, to a Michigan - dwelling great Dane named Zeus, who measures 44 inches from foot to shoulder - and 7 - foot - 4 when he stands on his hind legs.)

It's playful, and owners love it for being able to dance on its hind legs.

At 9:30 am, he got up, still limping on his hind leg a little, but he proceeded to eat dry food, had a bm, and walked all around the house looking for the cat.

I learned about My Pet's Brace, who provide orthotic devices for dogs that require bracing to support hip, stifle, hock and paw injuries in the hind legs and shoulder, elbow and carpal injuries in the front legs.

For pets with bad backs or hind legs, there are wheelchairs, assistive slings, and harnesses you can buy.

Hydrotherapy is a controlled type of aquatic exercise used for dogs with hip dysplasia to build muscle in weak hind legs without allowing the dog to overdo it.

His hind leg swollen to three times its normal size after getting entangled in a leash for some time, vets worried it would have to be amputated.

This device drops a 2 kg weight onto the bent hind leg of an anaesthetised dog — most commonly a beagle, but Labradors, golden retrievers and German shepherd dogs are also used for this.

by Lauren R. Tharp Originally used for dog fighting, the Boxer would stand on its hind legs, striking out at its opponent with its front paws like, well, a boxer!

The breed has been around for many years and gets the Boxers name due to the fact they like to stand on their hind legs and «box» with the front legs.

Musculoskeletal disorders — not being able to raise or turn the head, wobbly or weak in the hind legs, not putting weight on a leg, limping for more than 3 days or a limp that gets worse instead of better

Some colleagues and many dog owners are reluctant to pursue limb amputation for a variety of assumptions: «front leg amputation is tougher on the dog compared to hind leg amputation,» «older dogs can't tolerate surgery -LSB-...]

Some colleagues and many dog owners are reluctant to pursue limb amputation for a variety of assumptions: «front leg amputation is tougher on the dog compared to hind leg amputation,» «older dogs can't tolerate surgery or anesthesia,» «the dog has arthritis in the remaining limbs,» «the dog is too heavy.»

A common area for this to occur is the hind quarters region, at the point the aorta splits before going into each rear leg.

Presenting symptoms for diseases of the hip include: hind limb lameness (abnormal way of walking in the rear legs, such as favoring one leg over the other), difficulty rising, inability to jump into the car, refusal to use stairs, reluctance to exercise, and a tendency to be very tired after exercise and needing to lay down.

It should also be large enough for your rabbit to comfortably move around in all directions, stand up on his hind legs, and hop.

Their crate should be large enough for them to be able to stand on their hind legs and freely walk around.

He had X-rays done and showed now signs or explanation for the sudden «swinging gate» in his back hind legs particularly his left leg.

Your cute, little furry rabbit stands on his hind legs, pawing at its enclosure — a way of letting you know that he's itching to be let out of his cage or pen for a run around your living room.

For example, a relaxed rabbit will lay on its side or belly with the hind legs stretched out.