Sentences with phrase «short legged breed»

Little Paws Dachshund Rescue is an east coast based 501 (c) 3 exempt nonprofit dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of our favorite short legged breed.

Over the years, we have bred ever shorter legs in some of our short legged breeds.

Not exact matches

Omega fatty acids are also included to help support the breed's short legs and back plus maintain healthy skin and a shiny coat.

But a good third of them have legs almost as short as a dachshund's — though straight and lovely rather than crooked like those of most dwarf breeds.

This week, University of California, Davis, researchers reveal the discovery of a genetic mutation across breeds that is responsible for chondrodystrophy (the skeletal disorder leading to shorter legs and abnormal intervertebral discs) in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Bannasch started her genetic search with the toller breed, some of whom also have shorter legs.

The solution was to eliminate the badger which resulted in a dog with short legs, a long skinny body and the strongest jaw of all the breeds.

Loss of use of rear legs This is especially common in Dachshunds, Corgis, and other so - called chondrodysplastic (think short legs and long backs) breeds, and can be a sign of injury to the spinal cord.

Researchers believe that the breeds most commonly affected are the «chondrodystrophic» ones in which an abnormal development of the bones results in various skeletal disproportions, such as short legs and noses.

According to the Dog Breed Info website, Jack Russells with very short legs like a Dachshund or a Corgi are commonly called Shorty Jacks.

It was around 1894 when Blake Heinemann created a breed standard for terriers that were to be used for digging out badgers, he required shorter legged dogs and it is thought that perhaps this is where the Jack Russell began to shrink down in size from Reverend Russell's larger fox terrier.

Likewise, breeds and mixes with thick bodies, short legs, cropped / short tails, and short snouts are prone to being terrible swimmers.

The Japanese Chin is a deformed breed in two ways — the short legs and long back are chondrodysplastic, and the shortened muzzle is brachycephalic.

As you can see in this picture, this is a show - bred German Shepherd with an obvious curved back and short back legs.

Certain dogs are bred to have certain features, like a Corgi's short legs or a Great Dane's immense size.

Breed Information: Daschunds have very short legs and very long bodies.

Turnspit Dog: The Turnspit Dog was a short - legged, long - bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat so that it would cook evenly.

A Pembroke Welsh Corgi is a large dog breed with short legs that support a long and stout body.

They have short, straight, strong legs that provide the breed with a distinctive gait that looks a lot like a waddle.

The Minskin is a cross between a Munchkin (a short - legged breed) and a Sphynx (a hairless breed).

I was wondering if you could tell me a little about the breed such as do they have the short legs?

Clumber Spaniels are deliberately bred to have a deformed chondrodysplastic build (short legs, long back).

I breed with jack Russell terrier short leg canines and would like to know how to breed my colour so I am able to eventually get a black & white puppy?

Some of our scent hounds have traditionally been bred with very short legs.

Whereas Bassett Hounds, bred for foot following, have shorter legs and proceed at a slower pace than their speedy foxhound relatives.

The breed has distinctive short legs and long bodies.

So I decided to cross Irish wolfhound (legs, coat, small ears and size) with Alaskan malamute (winter hardy coat, but with legs appearing to get shorter and shorter in some examples of the breed, but a good, all - around athletic dog).

However, once dogs became protected from the powers of evolution, we were able to deliberately breed more of these short legged animals.

This is a frequent problem in dogs that are bred to have exceptionally short legs (like dachshunds).

Type 11 intervertebral disk disease often only partial protrusion not complete rupture and mostly seen in dogs that do not have the short thick legs and are larger breeds.

Although short legs are normal for these breeds it is basically the result of abnormal development of cartilage.

Mashed Tater, or Tater for short, is a 10 - year - old, longhaired mixed breed dog who is missing her front leg.

They are a large rabbit breed with short, straight front legs and hind legs that run parallel to the body.

This breed has short legs and a compact frame, developed for scent hunting.

You also get a light trim of feathers on legs and belly for double - coated dogs or a short (under 1/2 inch) maintenance clip for any other breed.

Scottish terriers are a short - legged breed of vermin - hunting dog, easily recognized by their wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and mustache.

The Scottie's short legs and long nose make him look even smaller than other wirehaired breeds.

Its short legs lets this breed burrow deeply into badger dens and its tail gave the hunters a «handle» they could pull to retrieve the dog when it grabbed onto its prey.

Dachshunds are a small breed of dog, which have a long body and short legs.

The Bambino was created when the Sphynx, which is a hairless feline, was crossed with the Munchkin, which is a breed that has short legs.

The breed has a very long body, short legs, and a distinctive topknot of hair on the head.

Who could resist this breed, often referred to as just Dandies, This small terrier is similar in build to a dachshund with their short legs and long body.

Because many short - legged dogs from this time were called basset and record - keeping from this time was sparse, it is difficult to know which of these breeds have bloodlines in common with today's Basset Hounds.

Due to the breed's short legs and large mass, Bassets may be susceptible to arthritis as they grow older.

The characteristic straight angulation of the hind legs produces a short, stilted gait unique to the breed.

When this breed of cats breed, they don't consistently breed short - legged kittens.

The small, short - legged dachshunds are bred to hunt.

The Basset Hound is a short - legged breed of dog of the hound family.

After becoming recognized as a separate breed in the late 1800s, the field spaniel succumbed to breeding for exaggeration, and the repeated infusion of Sussex spaniel blood resulted in dogs of excessive length, overly heavy bones and short legs.

Short - legged ratting terriers have long been valued in England, but only in the 1880s did the breed that would eventually become both the Norwich and Norfolk terriers emerge from obscurity.