Sentences with phrase «intact male and female dogs»

All around a dog show, all the dogs are intact male and female dogs, so the risk of a dog fight is ever present.

Sex Hormone Abnormalities — Intact male and female dogs are more prone to skin problems due to the cyclic nature of their sex hormones (estrogen, testosterone, etc.).

Obviously, this article only talks about intact male and female dogs; if you have neutered or spayed your dog, you can start reading any other article but this one.

Not exact matches

For both male and female Rotties spayed or neutered before one year of age, there was a one in four lifetime risk for bone cancer, and the sterilized animals were significantly more likely to develop the disease than intact dogs of the same breed.

Not only do reproductively mature intact male dogs often start frantically escaping their homes to mate with females, they frequently mark their territories with urine and behave aggressively, too.

The Golden Retriever study found that although there were no cases of cruciate tear in the intact dogs, 5 % of males neutered before 12 months and 8 % of females did suffer tears.

I see tons of backyard bred dogs here in AZ, tons of people who do not spay their pets, have no intention of breeding them and then complain that they mark territory and are aggressive towards each other when they have two intact males and one intact female.

If the behavioral and health benefits of sterilization aren't enough for you, keep in mind that an intact male dog can sense a female in heat from a distance of several miles, and will go to great lengths to get to her, fences or no.

The disease rates for all five diseases were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late, compared with that of sexually intact dogs.

Two intact male dogs will fight if there is a nearby female dog in heat: that is normal, and not an indication of viciousness.

The study revealed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late compared with intact (non-neutered) dogs.

Dogs who are reproductively intact (unspayed females and unneutered males) are more likely to urine mark than spayed or neutered dDogs who are reproductively intact (unspayed females and unneutered males) are more likely to urine mark than spayed or neutered dogsdogs.

Even though pet dogs rarely have the opportunity to reproduce, intact male dogs will still vie for the attention of females in heat, and females will still compete for access to a male.

However, in early - neutered dogs, the occurrence reached 5.1 percent in males and 7.7 percent in females, representing significant differences in occurrence from both intact and lateneutered dogs (K - M: p, 0.05, Table 4).

If you own an intact male or an intact female, there are chances love is in the air and your dog refuses food because he or she has better things to think about.

In sexually intact dogs, 8.5 % females were in season, and 16.5 % of males had a bitch in season nearby during the week prior to the GDV.

It is most common in large breed, spayed female dogs (11 % — 20 % incidence) but may be seen in intact females, male dogs, and cats.

Intact male dogs are attracted to a female dog in heat and will climb over or go through fences to find her.

Most of the dogs were neutered males (73) or spayed females (85), whereas there were 31 intact males and 32 intact females.

Both were intact; neither ever mated, although in spayed females were in the same household — many males need to be trained to be stud dogs, and these guys hadn't a clue.

These reasons can include an intact male and female who are not allowed to play together, two dogs who just can't quite seem to get along with one another, anyone who just looks like they need a break, or breed - related reasons (too many herding dogs herding, too many restricted breeds for insurance purposes, etc.).

Male and female dogs, intact and fixed, masturbate.

Unless the animal being mounted is a female in heat and / or the mounting dog is an intact male, the mounting is probably a display of dominance.

Now, there are a few notable exceptions to this rule — namely intact males who consistently have trouble getting along with other males, and female dogs who only show aggressive behavior during their heat cycles.

«Male and female dogs that underwent gonadectomy before 1 year of age had an approximate one in four lifetime risk for bone sarcoma and were significantly more likely to develop bone sarcoma than dogs that were sexually intact.»

In heat female coyotes can lure intact male dogs to the pack and attack.

The current fees are as follows: $ 5 for a spayed or neutered dog — $ 3 if you are a senior citizen, 62 or older; $ 25 for an intact male or female — $ 10 senior citizen rate, and $ 1 for a duplicate license, but you must provide the original gold receipt.

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.

Guardian Homes of male breeder dogs are always taking great care to properly contained to keep them from taking off - intact male dogs are driven by nature and can seek out females in heat to a great distance if not monitored and cared for properly.

For example, intact males constitute 80 percent of all dogs presented to veterinary behaviorists for what formerly has been described as dominance aggression, are involved in 70 to 76 percent of reported dog bite incidents, and are 2.6 times more likely to bite than neutered dogs, while unspayed females «attract free - roaming males, which increases bite risk to people through increased exposure to unfamiliar dogs,» and «contribute to the population of unwanted» and potentially aggressive dogs (Gershman et al., 1993; Sacks et al., 2000; AVMA, 2001).

Male and female pups from 5 litters were randomly allotted to 3 groups: group I, neuter at 7 weeks (n = 14); group II, neuter at 7 months (n = 8); and group III, sexually intact dogs (n = 10).

The study revealed that for all five diseases, the rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered or spayed (before or after one year of age) compared with intact dogs.

Only seven dogs (five males and two females) were altered before young adult testing, so data for altered and intact dogs were not considered separately.

Gonadectomized female and male dogs lived longer than sexually intact dogs in this cohort (Table 1) ⇓ and in a previous study (32), which might be expected to contribute to a higher overall cancer incidence associated with gonadectomy.

A paper on CCL found that, across all breeds, neutered males and females were 2 to 3 times more likely than intact dogs to have this disorder [15].

A more recent publication from U.C. Davis (de la Riva, Hart et al, 2013) looked at two joint disorders and three cancers — hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tear, lymphosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma and mast cell tumor — and showed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late compared with intact (non-neutered) dogs.

Intact male dogs will still vie for the attention of females in heat, and females will still compete for access to a male.

In male and female Golden Retrievers, with the same 5 percent rate of joint disorders in intact dogs, neutering at < 6 mo. increased the incidence of a joint disorder to 4 — 5 times that of intact dogs.

A study utilizing the Veterinary Medical Database of over 40,000 dogs found that neutered males and females were more likely to die of cancer than intact dogs, especially of OSA, LSA and MCT [15].

Intact male dogs will go to great lengths to mate with females who are in heat, and despite your best efforts, accidents often happen.

As mentioned above, intact males will go to great lengths to get to a female in heat and can smell them from up to four miles away — dogs will dig their way out of yards, break fences and leashes; cats will break through screen doors and windows, and both will cross streets in heavy traffic, if a female in heat is in the area.

It doesn't take rocket science to employ responsible pet ownership and keep intact male dogs away from intact females.

Urine marking can be seen in dogs that are stressed or in intact males and females who feel compelled to leave their scent around for other dogs to pick up.

There were 400 sexually intact males, 222 neutered males, 451 sexually intact females, 351 spayed females, and 17 dogs for which sex was not reported.