Sentences with phrase «of the same breed characteristics»

I've found body language to be really important and one reason why dogs of the same breed characteristics may tend to like each other.

Not exact matches

Again and again, animals of various species domesticated at different times in different parts of the world develop the same domestication syndrome characteristics: more extensive breeding periods; smaller brains, hearts and teeth; small or floppy ears; spotted coats; curly hair and tails; variable numbers of vertebrae in the spine; and juvenile faces with shorter snouts.

A dog breed is a group of dogs that have very similar or nearly identical characteristics of appearance or behavior or, usually, both, primarily because they come from a select set of ancestors who had the same characteristics.

Dog breeding is the vocation of mating carefully selected specimens of the same breed to reproduce specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics.

Before a dog type can become recognized as a new breed, a breeder must typically prove that mating two dogs of this particular type will result in offspring that have the same characteristics as the two parent dogs.

The authors found that per the questionnaires, there really were certain aggressive characteristics that were reported repeatedly by owners of the same breed.

Influence of Sex — In comparing specimens of different sex, due allowance is to be made in favor of bitches, which do not bear the characteristics of the breed to the same marked degree as do the dogs.

All dogs are essentially drawn from the same genetic strain, so the different characteristics of the breeds are borne of centuries of genetic manipulation by dog breeders.

It is obvious that dogs of the same breed have many physical characteristics in common, but they will often share some personality characteristics as well.

Normal for the breed means that most members of that group of dogs show the same characteristic.

In the world of selective animal breeding, to «breed true» means that specimens of an animal breed will breed true - to - type when mated like - to - like; that is, that the progeny of any two individuals in the same breed will show consistent, replicable and predictable characteristics.

Selecting a Puppy Although different breeds of dogs have many common characteristics within their breed, even two puppies of the same breed can have completely different temperaments.