Sentences with phrase «if dogs and wolves»

Not exact matches

If the dog were to evolve into a new species, that does not mean that wolves and foxes and every other canine species also evolve into a new species.

But even if we can one day say, with confidence, when and where and how many times an ancestral wolf became a dog, we'll still have only half of the story.

Friederike Range and Zsófia Virányi from the Messerli Research Institute investigated in their study if dogs are in fact less aggressive and more tolerant towards their conspecifics than wolves.

Jennifer A. Leonard of the Smithsonian Institution and her colleagues investigated the origins of dogs in the New World to try to determine whether they arose independently from wolves in the area or if they were tied to their Old World counterparts.

As the team reports July 1 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, supposed yeti and bigfoot samples turned out to come from bears (brown, black and polar), horses, raccoons, one human, some canines (the test didn't narrow down if they were wolves or dogs), cows, sheep, a North American porcupine, a Malaysian tapir and a serow, which is a known animal similar to a goat or antelope.

If you want to have a drink, try Lone Wolf, for a cool bar with the winning combo of leather lined booths, laid - back hot dogs, and great cocktails.

Alonzo Harris (Washington, Remember the Titans) is the top dog (or wolf) in the Narc dept. and gives Jake a trial ride - along in order for him to get a taste of the streets and also to test Jake's mettle and see if he has what it takes to do the job.

It doesn't matter if owners consider their dogs as wolf cousins or furry children if the relationship is smooth and the adaptations made as a matter of course, but if Fido's natural tendencies are unacceptable in any way, remedies depend on understanding how and why the behavior exists so that it can be modified.

During the mid 1920s the Graziers Federal Council of Australia and other parties claimed that the «Alsatian Dog «represented a threat, that the dog was vicious, it had wolf blood in its veins, it was a sheep killer and if crossed with the dingo it would be dangeroDog «represented a threat, that the dog was vicious, it had wolf blood in its veins, it was a sheep killer and if crossed with the dingo it would be dangerodog was vicious, it had wolf blood in its veins, it was a sheep killer and if crossed with the dingo it would be dangerous.

If the dog is standing on all fours, I also believe it is the Irish wolf hound which I have seen and petted.

Wild dogs like wolves and dingoes rarely, if ever, bark.

Evaluation of a behavioral problem is most effective if the behaviorist has a very good comparative understanding animal behavior, including, but not limited to that of wild and domestic canines, such as wolves, jackals, coyotes, foxes, African wild dogs, and domestic dogs (including a wide variety of breeds).

Each type of tooth has a specific job to do in the actions of ripping, tearing, shredding and eventual consumption that would occur if your dog was still a wild wolf hunting wild prey for supper.

Here in New England especially MA, CT and RI seems to be a huge issue with Great Pyrs - about four years ago I got a call about 40 dogs, several horses, donkeys and wolf hybrids left at a farm just outside of Springfield, MA — they wondered if I might be able or know of anyone who could help with the Pyrs, horses and donkeys — I've seen bad conditions but this place was one of the worst, just unbelievable what people do or think - this guy just drove away left all these animals — some in stalls some chained, no food, no water — it was finally a neighbor that call authorities - for some of these animals the call came way to late.

If your dog «wolfs» down his food and does not chew the bones, he may have some larger pieces in the large intestine.

If you need a tough livestock guard because you still have wolves and bears running around your property, and don't mind whatever else your dog might kill, this is a great choice.

OF COURSE wolves form friendships — and «fortunetely dogs are not wolves»???? If wolves weren't able to form friendships, there would be NO Ddogs are not wolves»???? If wolves weren't able to form friendships, there would be NO DOGSDOGS!

They aren't domesticated and if you take home a dog with immediate wolf ancestry, he'll have special needs.

And by comparing the dog to the wolf, scientists hope to gain insight into the genetics of aggression, even if they never completely understand what drives predatory behavior.

If you are trying to lose weight, or feeding a dog that needs to stay lean, bison might be the better choice, and that's what you find in Wolf King.

Different ear shapes and lengths, coat textures and lengths, tail - docking and ear - cropping for breed - specific «aesthetics» (unnecessary and cruel if you ask me) as well as the great variety in breeds and looks (floppy ears vs pricked or long tails vs fluffy curled up tails) greatly affects their ability to express themselves the way a more wolf - like dog (such as a German Shepherd or a Husky) would.

This second theory, however, is controversial not only because of the speculative geography, but also because if you push the connection between dogs and wolves too far nowadays trainers get all in an uproar.

If you are interested in the final two wolf like breeds we looked at (Tamaskan and Northern Inuit Dog) then prepare yourself for a high price tag and stringent requirements (verifiable experience as a canine handler, references, even a home inspection is possible).

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Wild dogs (wolves) are not strictly carnivores in the way that cats are — they consume a limited amount of plant material in the stomach contents of their prey and they will sometimes eat plants in the wild if meat is not available.

This means not chaining the dog if you live in an area with bears and wolves.

The idea is based on what your dog would have eaten if he were a wolf and had to subsist off of what he could hunt to survive.

Perhaps if Capcom had found an older and just - as - cute dog to play the role of Amaterasu, the full - grown wolf in the original Okami, that title would have received the attention it deserved from gamers on PS2 and Wii?