Sentences with phrase «shocking number of dogs»

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Classical conditioning is a learning process that occurs both in animals and humans alike when two stimuli are repeatedly paired (such as the bell ringing and the feeding, or a particular behavior and the electric shock), so that the response originally elicited by the second stimulus (the secretion of saliva that originally occurs in the presence of food or the unpleasant sensation that follows an electric shock) is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone (meaning that after a number of repetitions, the sound of the bell is enough to make the dog salivate like it does in the presence of food and the engagement in unwanted behavior is enough to make you feel the same discomfort an electric shock would cause).

After a number of times, the dog reacted to the shock even before it happened: as soon as the dog heard the bell, he reacted as though he'd already been shocked.

Most Trade Center shoppers are shocked at the number of dogs circling in their stack small cages barking out of frustration.

When you're dealing with these types of numbers — 206 dogs — and the conditions they were in, it was the most shocking, «Deanna said.

Most people quote a number between a couple of hundred and a few thousand, and they are shocked to learn that about 9,000 dogs and cats lose their lives every day.

What should shock the sheltering community into belated victim awareness, if anything can or will before the victim advocacy movement hits the humane community harder than anything since the rise of «no kill» advocacy in 1995, are the numbers pertaining to attacks by rehomed dogs.

An excellent article on STSS appeared in the October 15, 1996 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Volume 209, Number 8, pages 1421 - 1426 by C. Miller, J. Prescott, K. Mathews et al. entitled «Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome in Dogs».

The sudden death of a large number of worms in the bloodstream can lead to shock so it is important to verify that the patient is heartworm negative in dogs that are old enough that heartworm infection is possible.