Sentences with phrase «sight hounds like»

Competitions are usually limited to sight hounds like Greyhounds, Afghans, and Whippets, but there are some clubs that allow all breeds and even non-pedigreed dogs to participate.

Not exact matches

Like a lot of sight hounds, they rely on their keen eyesight for hunting and are prone to chase things that you and I may not see at first.

And to prevent your sight hound from pottying when he comes back from outside, make sure to escort him outside — regardless of the weather, watching him like a hawk and making sure that he has eliminated before coming back inside.

The eye placement of brachycephalic dogs like Pugs is situated more toward the front of the face, while the narrow - headed sight hound breeds like the Collie tend to have eyes more on the sides of the face.

The dog breeds developed to hunt by sights like Greyhounds and Afghan Hounds scan the distance for prey.

These included spitz - breeds, toy dogs, spaniels, Mastiff - like breeds, small terriers, retrievers, herding dogs, scent - hounds, and sight - hounds.

Irish Wolfhound: This stately breed is all power combined with a keen eyesight and sharp swiftness, placing him in the «sight» hound category (vs. scent hound, like a bloodhound).

Italian Greyhounds (IGs) are the smallest of the sight hound group, which also includes breeds like the Saluki, Afghan Hound, and the IG's larger cousin, the Greyhound.

Like most other sight hounds, IGs love to run!

Translation: Breeders have done next to nothing useful in combating HD in their breeds because they refuse to employ the most potent tools, like outcrossing and accelerated breeding and culling (which is how HD was bred out of many sight hound breeds).

Some breeds have very little body fat and naturally slender bodies, especially the sight hounds, like the greyhound and Saluki.

Other hunting dogs such as pointers, spaniels or sight hounds, just like the hounds, can get distracted by scent or the sight of animals and may be reluctant to potty once sent outside.

Like most sight hounds, because the Italian Greyhound's slender skull is near the same width as its neck, the use of a Martingale Collar is advised for walking.

Purebred dogs were also categorized into one of the 11 groupings based upon haplotype sharing as defined in Wayne and VonHoldt (2012)[14](n = 55,353): ancient and spitz (n = 2946), herding (n = 4579), mastiff - like (n = 5548), retriever (n = 18,347), scent hounds (n = 3742), sight hounds (n = 761), small terriers (n = 2534), spaniels (n = 4315), toy (n = 5542), working dogs 1 (poodles and Havanese; n = 1923), and working dogs 2 (n = 5116)(Additional file 1: Table S1 and Additional file 2: Table S2).

Both hound types were selectively bred to hunt a wide variety of animals: Sighthounds were used to find and chase down large game such as deer, elk, moose, and wild boar; small hounds used scent to chase prey into the ground; and medium - sized hounds utilized both sight and scent for smaller game like rabbits and foxes.