Sentences with phrase «large racing dogs»

After all, Greyhounds are known as large racing dogs.

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Among large animals, the dog is an extraordinary species with an extremely high quantity of human - like pathologies, correlated with the large variety of races.

Holtz got 23 percent of the vote Tuesday, and was dogged by allegations he sought to get out of the race in exchange for a guaranteed, taxpayer - funded $ 150,000 job that would let him oversee the state's largest school districts, including Madison.

The convenient size of Alaskan Klee Kai puppies makes them perfect for living in the home while conserving the strikingly appealing features of the Alaskan Husky, a larger dog used for sled racing.

Nevertheless the racing fame and friendly behaviour of racing sled dogs started to make people interested in them world - wide — in large part through one person, Leonard Seppälä.

Goosak's competitors, used to using larger dogs in racing, mocked his selection — some going as far as to dub the Huskies «Siberian Rats».

Any dog can develop arthritis, but Greyhounds are at a higher risk as they are large breed dogs that have most likely sustained racing injuries and have been bred irresponsibly.

This breed has one of the largest rescue networks of any dog breed, largely due to their involvement in racing.

In large part due to the efforts of animal welfare groups and dog lovers around the country, the sport of Greyhound racing has been in a steady decline since it peaked in popularity in the early 1990's.

For instance, despite their large size and being known for their racing skills, Greyhounds are among the world's most lazy dog breeds.

Gates open at 8:30 a.m. Sunday for the Osceola Canine Training Association Fun Day, which includes a wheelbarrow race with dog owners running the race while their family pooches are perched in wheelbarrows, water and land retrieve retrieving competitions and an obstacle course.Canine competitors are divided into large - dog and small - dog classes except for the obstacle course, toss and catch (with the winners catching an object or food the greatest number of times)

The same year, a large number of Siberian Husky puppies and dogs were imported to Alaska by Charles Fox Maule Ramsay whose team won that race the following year.

With continued attention to the lifelong welfare of the racing Greyhound I feel that breeders are very attuned to their breedings — aiming to create exceptional dogs without large increases in the numbers of whelpings.

The temporary displacement of the herds in the Iberian Peninsula (Transhumance) as the seasons, led to the dispersal and fiction of these dogs in various regions, creating different races if the regions were distinct, well - defined and isolated by large rivers or inhospitable mountains.

This is often seen in large breed dogs, especially racing Greyhounds, Irish wolfhounds, and Rottweilers.

The larger dogs run 1,500 km races over a huge stretches of wilderness and through heavy storms.

Hearing of these superior sled - dogs the first Siberian Huskies began to arrive in Alaska at the beginning of the 20th century not as large as the Canadian Eskimo Dog and Alaskan Malamute they were initially dismissed until the first official dog sledding race in 19Dog and Alaskan Malamute they were initially dismissed until the first official dog sledding race in 19dog sledding race in 1908.

This premier canine sporting event features dogs competing in a variety of «Olympic - style» events, including high - flying disc routines, head to - head weave pole racing, large and small dog agility courses, Jack Russell hurdle racing and the crowd favorite — dog diving — where dogs take a running leap off of a 40 - foot dock into a 19,000 - gallon pool of water.

I love other medium to large dogs and I love to play tug - o - war with toys with them or I will get a toy and race around the yard with it and play with just the toy.

The Anti-Cruelty Society opposes dog racing because of cruel training methods, the large scale breeding of unwanted dogs required to produce a winner, and because this so - called sport is an inhumane and unjustified exploitation of animals for profit.

Although the Italian Greyhound is a very fast dog, it is not as well suited to racing as its larger cousin.