Sentences with phrase «normal dog trait»

Resource guarding is a normal dog trait, some dogs have retained the urge to guard from their hunter ancestors.

She, and like many other people, believed that this type of guarding behavior was just a normal dog trait, and that Hugo was just more intimidating and rough about it.

Not exact matches

The series showed that many purebred dogs are prone to diseases and health problems that have resulted from «the tyranny of the show ring» — breeders selecting their dogs to accentuate specific, often freakish traits that win at dog shows but leave them unfit for living the life of a normal dog.

Since there are so many genes involved in polygenic traits such as HD, some few dogs with what we call a normal genotype (very few defective genes as evidenced by progeny results, for example) can be «forced» into dysplastic phenotypes if they are overfed and mineral - supplemented during their fast growth period.

When clinically normal dogs produce affected offspring, it strongly suggests the disease is inherited as a simple recessive (or potentially a polygenic — multiple gene) trait, and both parents carry one «bad» copy of the gene causing the disease.

Some traits were very useful for the original role the dog had to play, but we find odd or «bad» when we see it happening in our homes or in public, and we are expecting the dog to act in ways that aren't normal for that breed in that circumstance.

While licking is a normal behavioral trait among all dog breeds, it can also be a sign of a deeper issue.

What's more, they don't behave less like normal dogs, and their protective traits will not be hampered.

There may be other causes of this condition in dogs and a normal result does not exclude a different mutation in this gene or any other gene that may result in a similar genetic disease or trait.

* Note: Normal results do not exclude inherited mutations not tested in these or other genes that may also contribute to coat colors and traits in dogs.

Because carriers and affected dogs having other desirable traits can be bred to normal / clear dogs, the increased value of the genetically tested dog is very high.

It does mean that carrier and affected dogs with other desirable traits can be bred, but only to a certified, genetically «Normal / Clear» dog in order to prevent the genetic disease.