Sentences with phrase «scruff of»

You yell fiercely, and you kick and hit, or grab the dog by the scruff of the neck, not caring if you snap its jaw.

The show that takes life by the scruff of its neck and teaches you how to deal with the most perplexing and frustrating things life throws at you.

Glass has reformed, been in therapy, apologized to his victims and come out of the experience «a different man,» according to supporters, including the owner of The New Republic, who testified on his behalf in court, apparently telling Glass as he was leading him out of the building by the scruff of his neck, «Fool me once, shame on you.

Maurice Strong grabbed the Corporation by the scruff of the neck, reduced the workforce by one third, stopped the nuclear expansion plans, cut capital expenditures, froze the price of electricity, pushed for sustainable development, made business units more accountable.»

«It's a constant ringing and buzzing in her ears, I am headachy in the back of the scruff of my neck, it feels like my brain is vibrating,» says Fairneny.

You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, «Look at that, you son of a bitch!»

Displaying a similar enjoyment of idiomatic English, the current show, Scruff of the Neck, imagines the two floors of the gallery as the interior of a human head.

But you'd be forgiven for thinking she might have once gone under the knife from the visceral, personal way she picks apart the human body with medical - mechanical metal structures in her latest show, «Scruff of the Neck».

Scruff of the Neck, installation view Marian Goodman Gallery, London, 2016.

The interest in biomorphism recurs in the nearly ten - foot - tall sculpture Animal Treasures, a «fountain» of species, with each smaller creature held by the scruff of his neck by a larger creature, raising ideas of repetition and regeneration while also creating a kinetic effect through the ball bearings installed in the scruff of each «mother's» mouth.

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KP: Scruff of the neck was your first major solo exhibition in London since The Walker's Day Off at the Serpentine Gallery back in 2010.

No characters really stand out, grab you by the scruff of the neck, and make you empathize with and care about them.

No Time To Explain most certainly wastes no time in grabbing your attention by the scruff of the neck.

To avoid this then squat down on the floor next to your rabbit to pet it, and learn to pick them up correctly by the scruff of the neck which is how their mothers pick them up and will thus placate them.

And I also believe that by gripping the neck all around the Martingale more closely mimics the sensation of being picked up by the mouth of the mommy dog (they'll often pick their young puppies up by the scruff of the neck).

Gently pinch and pull up the skin at the scruff of your cat's neck.

Now its taken up the whole scruff of her neck.

A good 20 percent of dog bites occur when a family member reaches out to take Fido by the collar or scruff of the neck, notes veterinarian and trainer Ian Dunbar in his book Before & After Getting Your Puppy.

She is normally Alpha in these situations but has never been up in other dogs faces growling, barking, tackling and a few times biting the scruff of 2 dog's necks.

Never hit or slap your pet, thump her nose, squeeze her lips against her teeth, shake her by the scruff of the neck, roll her onto her back, or force your fingers into her mouth.

Never pick up a puppy by the scruff of his neck or by his front legs.

To know whether or not your dog is dehydrated try pull some of the skin on the scruff of his neck up, if it bounces back down into place quickly then he is probably not dehydrated; however, if the skin seems to settle slowly back into place or remain in the position you pulled it then dehydration is present.

The chip is smaller than a grain of rice, and inserted permanently in the scruff of a dogs» neck.

The needles are small, and when administered in the scruff of the neck while the dog is eating, the dog may not even notice the prick.

Never, ever, pick up your rabbit by his ears or scruff of his neck.

You can reach behind their necks, grab them by the scruff of their neck and loudly say NO, that sometimes works.

You might also take hold of the scruff of his neck and give him a quick shake, causing him to stop what he is doing and turn his attention to you.

It involves a single subcutaneous injection in the scruff of the neck and provides a year of immunity against both diseases.

Many mills handle their «stock» by the scruff of the neck.

The microchip is slightly larger than a grain of rice and is placed just under the scruff of the neck by a veterinarian.

The injection is given under the skin, usually in the scruff of the neck.

A gentle shake by the scruff of the neck for repeated floutings of the rules is quite enough.

Illegal moves: walking over and grabbing her by the scruff of the neck or in some other way making «come» a scary word.

One myth is that it's OK to pick up a cat by the scruff of its neck.

Also, more than 20,000 veterinarians and animal shelters have been equipped with scanners which can read the microchip implanted just under the skin in the scruff of the pet's neck.

(Question: How do you find the scruff of a snake's neck?)

«If your puppy growls when you try to take his bone away, grab him by the scruff of the neck, flip him onto his back and hold him down until he submits to you.»

Don't hit your puppy, but rather treat him as his mother or siblings might by yelping or gently shaking the scruff of his neck when he bites.

There was the rolled up newspaper swat, pushing the dog's nose in it, shaking the dog by the scruff of his neck, and the list goes on.

Instead, get your Shih Tzu's attention by holding it by the scruff of the neck or the moustache and saying firmly, «No bite!»

A good way to hold a kitten you're working with is by the scruff of the neck.

Never pick him up by the scruff of the neck or by his legs.

Personally, I grab the scruff of his neck and say «no growl.»

If he gets really obnoxious, reach inside the crate, give him a little shake by the scruff of his neck and say NO in a deep, stern voice.

Take the puppy by the scruff of its neck and push it gently away, saying, «No» firmly.

Be sure that you place it high on the scruff of the neck where the cat can not lick it off.

She enforces these laws in a quiet way, as is the case when a mother picks up a puppy by the scruff of the neck if he strays outside the den.

Too many vets are still vaccinating in the scruff of the neck - which has been strongly recommended against since the mid-1990s, since tumors that form there are inoperable; whereas a leg can be amputated when cancer invades there, as long as the vaccines are injected far enough away from the body.

Ain't Misbehavin»: A Balanced Approach to Dog Training «If your puppy growls when you try to take his bone away, grab him by the scruff of the neck, flip him onto his back and hold him down until he submits to you.»