Sentences with phrase «like sighthounds»

The Persian Greyhound or Saluki is an elegant, graceful dog like all sighthounds, it's silky fur is incredibly soft, smooth and doesn't shed.

I definitely prefer my active dogs to be on the leaner side of normal because of their level of exercise, it's so much better on their joints and general health to be lean and well muscled (which IS easier for some breeds like sighthounds).

Like all sighthounds, Greyhounds must not be allowed to run free, for they may end up in the next state when they come to a halt.

Like all sighthounds, Afghan Hounds have an appearance and temperament that's quite different from most dogs.

Like all sighthounds, Irish wolfhounds love to chase animals that are running away from them, and they can take their time responding to your calls to come back.

Like any sighthound, the Whippet is independent and does not particularly care about doing what you would like him to do.

Like their sighthound ancestors, the vision of Akbash Dogs is excellent.

Not exact matches

Lurchers, like many other sighthounds are fun - loving, affectionate dogs.

The Greyhound, a sighthound, is a wonderful companion dog that enjoys the company of both humans and other dogs, but requires patient, good - humored, and consistent training, as it possesses a combination of the independent spirit characteristic of hounds, as well as an almost cat - like disregard for authority.

Like most sighthounds, Kangaroo Hounds are pack animals that enjoy the company of other dogs.

Even though other breeds had specific occupations in the service of man, they are not known as working breeds: sighthounds running down prey or predators, gundogs flushing food for the table, terriers and toys terrorizing vermin — these were more or less doing what they would do without human ownership, anyway, so their jobs were considered less like «work.»

Sighthounds like to run prey such as deer to exhaustion before closing in for the attack.

Sighthounds like the Afghan Hound and Greyhound, and many of the terriers, trigger more to movement than scent and rely on sight to track prey.

Like other sighthounds, this breed has low tolerance to anesthetics.

Look for the sighthounds closer to the front of the line, especially the glamorous Afghan Hound (the one with long flowing tresses), and maybe Borzoi (formerly the Russian Wolfhound) or Saluki (looks like a Greyhound with pony tails.

All that said, if you're interested in canine sports like competitive obedience or agility (obstacle course), Ibizan Hounds are one of the best choices of the sighthounds.

Like most sighthounds, the tail is long and carried low.

A breed that was designed to chase, catch and kill small game (Sighthounds) won't be as obedient in public, off leash as a dog that was designed to work under command (like the Retrievers).

Today, these dogs are not really canine killers, thus they are being cross bred with a variety of other sighthounds to do their original task in places like Texas, especially to kill coyotes.

Like the Greyhound, Afghans are sighthounds and will also spend a lot of time just hanging out on the couch.

If a dog has a very high prey drive, like most sled dogs (Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, etc.), sighthounds (Greyhounds, Salukis, Afghan Hounds, etc.), and some hunting dogs, then no amount of training is going to help when the sheep start to run.

As you can see in these Italian greyhound pictures, the Italian greyhound looks like the cutest miniature greyhound you can think about but these petite sighthounds are not for everyone.

Many people mistakenly think that the Greyhound originated in the Middle East and Africa like other sighthounds but this belief is incorrect.

This classification theory is consistent with old breed descriptions, which are somewhat contrary to the more classical sighthound / scenthound types, like the one offered in an advertisement run by the Rhodesian Parent Club in a show catalogue in 1926,»... Rhodesian Ridgeback (lion dogs) are unsurpassed for hunting and veld work.

Like most sighthounds, greyhounds have sensitive digestive systems that respond to changes in their diet with diarrhea.

But some dogs, especially sighthounds like Greyhounds and Whippets, have heads that are smaller than their necks.

Greyhound — Like the Borzoi, the Greyhound is a calm, quiet, respectful apartment dog if well - exercised and allowed to stretch those long, sighthound legs regularly.

Sighthounds are breeds like Greyhound and Whippets - dogs that were bred to chase things they saw moving.

In addition, like other Sighthounds, the Afghan Hound is very sensitive to anesthesia; owners need to make sure that their veterinarians take this into account before embarking on any procedure requiring anesthesia.

For sighthounds like Greyhounds, Afghans, Borzois, and Whippets, the AKC has an exciting sport called Lure Coursing.

The Ibezian Hound's gentle nature makes it good with children and other dogs, but its instincts as a sighthound will cause it to chase smaller animals like cats.

All of the sighthound breeds have a complex, independent personality, something like that of a cat.

Manchester Terriers, both the Toy and Standard variety, have a sighthound ancestor (greyhound or whippet), and thus should be treated like them in terms of anesthetic regimes.

Both hound types were selectively bred to hunt a wide variety of animals: Sighthounds were used to find and chase down large game such as deer, elk, moose, and wild boar; small hounds used scent to chase prey into the ground; and medium - sized hounds utilized both sight and scent for smaller game like rabbits and foxes.