Sentences with phrase «larger dog breeds often»

Certain breeds seem to age faster than others and larger dog breeds often age faster than smaller breeds.

The history behind the largest dog breeds often reveals dogs bred to be ancient guardians, fierce hunting hounds or royal companions.

Not exact matches

Toy breeds often do it, but some larger dogs to too.

Most importantly when examining the type of public policy most often based on purported dog breed, two very large studies found no relationship between dog breed and aggressive behavior.

Due to abnormalities during your dog's growth years, this condition is often found in larger breed dogs.

Smart and trainable, large breed dogs often grow up to lead and serve.To help support cognitive development vital to training, Wellness uses salmon meal and salmon oil to provide DHA, an essential fatty acid normally found in their mother's milk.

In large breed dogs, hip dysplasia occurred twice as often among fixed males versus intact males used for study.

It may sadden you to know that your new canine companion more than likely comes from a puppy mill, which the ASPCA defines as «a large - scale commercial dog breeding operation that places profit over the well - being of its dogs — who are often severely neglected — and acts without regard to responsible breeding practices».

And, large / giant breed foods often include joint supplements such as glucosamine, chondroitin, SAMe, green lip mussels, and other things to help very large dogs avoid problems with arthritis and other joint conditions.

Unfortunately this has been recommended in the past often by well - meaning breeders for large breed dogs.

Breed labeling at shelters is notoriously inaccurate — by and large, shelter dogs aren't genetic tested, so the labels are mere guesses based on what the dog looks like, and are wrong as often as not.

Calcium is very important to all dogs, but especially to large breeds, which are often prone to hip and joint problems.

Large - breed dog foods are also often supplemented with glucosamine and chondroitin for joint support which is important for the Akita because he is prone to musculoskeletal issues.

People who have large breed puppies / dogs may start to give their puppies glucosamine and / or chondroitin at a young age; and people with performance dogs often start to give their dogs these supplements at a young age.

Taurine is often added to dog foods to help prevent heart problems, among other things, and we note that some large breed dogs can be susceptible to heart issues.

A large breeding facility or a puppy mill will often have problems with parvo and other diseases because so many dogs are kept in cages next to each other.

These are supplements that are often added to foods for large breed dogs to help with joint care.

Not only is heartworm highly contagious, a positive diagnosis is incredibly time consuming and expensive to treat (Blumenfeld says the cost averages $ 600 for small dogs and $ 2,000 for larger breeds), an unfair fact that often pushes these dogs to the top of the kill list in many shelters across the country

They do not breed true to size, and pet - quality Chihuahuas can often be seen with larger bone structure than show - quality dogs.

Moreover, small dogs are often spontaneously very active dogs: therefore they require an increased energy intake compared with the generally calmer large breeds.

The Pointer, often referred to as the English Pointer is a pointing breed, and an exceptional gun dog, that is medium to large in size.

All 123 dogs — a mixture of breeds ranging from the large mastiffs most often considered as «meat dogs» in South Korea, to Jindo mixes, Spaniel mixes and Chihuahuas — were transported to shelters in California, Oregon, San Francisco and Washington State in the USA.

A dog's life span is relative to its size and breed, with smaller dogs often outliving larger ones.

Most of the dogs she photographs are more than 15 years old, but LeVine says she makes exceptions for larger breeds, which often don't live as long.

Among all the Swiss mountain dogs, this breed is considered the oldest and largest with males often weighing well over 150 pounds (72 kg) and reaching heights of almost 30 inches (76 cm).

These tiny dogs are thought to be 12 times more likely to have luxating patellas (MPL) than larger breeds; but they are often about three years old before their knees begin to lock up and owners become concerned.

Chihuahuas are a feisty breed of dog whose personality is often larger than their size.

TRD can affect dogs from all breeds and ages but is most often seen in middle - aged, large - breed dogs.

Type 11 intervertebral disk disease often only partial protrusion not complete rupture and mostly seen in dogs that do not have the short thick legs and are larger breeds.

Crossing the now - extinct Old English Bulldog with the largest of the Mastiff breeds the English Mastiff produced the perfect guard dog, and they retain this guarding instinct today although they are more often beloved family pets.

The cause of limber tail has always been somewhat mysterious, with anecdotal evidence suggesting it happens more often in larger working dog breeds like Labrador retrievers, and has been reported in individual dogs who've recently swam in cold water (it's also sometimes called «swimmer's tail» or «cold tail.»)

Most of our dog breeds have some form of aggression in them, since they needed different forms of aggression to do their work: terriers are often aggressive towards other dogs and animals — they were and are fighters, the man working dogs imprint humans as being of their same species so they show the same kind of aggression that they show towards other dogs, the sight hounds were bred to be killers of game and sometimes other canines, the mastiffs were bred to take down large game and guard property, the flock guards were bred to be aggressive towards canines, the hounds were bred to be aggressive towards furred animals, some of the pointers were bred to be able to guard the hunter's game, etc., etc..

It's commonly joked that teenage boys can eat someone out of house and home, but a large breed of dog can often seem like a bottomless pit of hunger.

In puppy mills, dogs live in small cages, often in the minimum legal size allowed (only six inches larger than the dog on all sides) and female dogs are bred as frequently as possible.

The resolution, though, does not actually ban anything, but calls on the governor, legislature and local municipalities to take immediate steps to ban the sale of dogs and cats that come from large scale commercial breeding facilities - which are often referred to as «puppy mills.»

One of the more common reasons for urinary incontinence occurs in older female dogs, often in medium and large breeds.

But Buddie doesn't seem to have the emotional scars often seen in dogs from large, commercial breeding facilities.

For instance, bigger canines apparently suffer from cancer more often, which could make sense; large dogs grow more than smaller breeds do, and cancer is rooted in abnormal cell growth.

A recent study showed that Leptospirosis is now diagnosed more often in small dogs that only go out into their backyards than in the larger breeds.

In certain toy dog breeds, including Yorkies, teeth are often crowded together, allowing large amounts of plaque to accumulate.

Large breed dogs get bone cancer more often than other dogs.

The reality is that large - breed dogs often provide the best comfort to these soldiers, who often feel tough and misunderstood themselves, and the military is banning these dogs, which could potentially save these veterans» lives from the bases they live on.

Large - breed dogs are affected more often than small dogs; and dogs that are overweight are more likely to experience symptoms because of the extra strain placed on ligaments and joints.

Bone Bone neoplasms are seen most often in large - breed dogs or dogs older than 7 years; they are rarely seen in cats.

Canine hip dysplasia is most often seen in large breeds like German Shepherd Dogs, Saint Bernards, and Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, but any size dog may be affected and both male and female dogs are affected with equal frequeDogs, Saint Bernards, and Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, but any size dog may be affected and both male and female dogs are affected with equal frequeDogs, but any size dog may be affected and both male and female dogs are affected with equal frequedogs are affected with equal frequency.

Very few owners of larger breeds would neglect to give them any rules at all, but small dog owners often feel like their precious Poopsies should not have to do things they don't want to.

Guard dog breeds are often large and imposing, and their presence, confidence, stance, and bark are almost always enough to deter those who might wish to enter your home uninvited.

This dog was initially bred to hunt large game like wolves and deer but today they are more often used as bird dogs and for retrieving.

Very often they also make the formula for small dogs and large or giant breed dogs.

Larger breed dogs that have trouble with how their nerves are working to their legs often have more trouble in the cold as well.