Sentences with phrase «span of an older dog»

For training, you can start some basic stuff, her mind is actually quite well developed, she just doesn't have the attention span of an older dog, so keep it short and lots of positive reinforcement!

A year is a long time in the span of an older dog.

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Over a decade ago this dog had a noticeably long life span of around fifteen years, but lately a lot of malignant tumors have been seen in the older ones, reducing their longevity to thirteen years.

You'll want to start feeding your German Shepherd senior dog food in the last third of their life span, so around 7 years old.

A small or medium sized dog may well live 15 years or longer and will not show any signs of aging at just seven years old, where giant breed dogs at that age are often well into the last third of their life span already.

A small or medium sized dog may well live 15 years or longer and will not show any signs of aging at just seven years old, where giant breed dogs like for example Great Danes at that age are well into the last third of their life span already.

Of course, she said, no one is guaranteed tomorrow, so someone could adopt a 10 - year - old cat that lives to be 20, or adopt a younger dog who develops medical issues that severely shortens their life span.

And yet, older dogs are ready and able to learn, and have a much better attention span than puppies, so improving their training or teaching them new tricks is part of the fun of having them in the family.

Even though the average life span of a Bernese Mountain dog is about 7 years, this grand specimen is 12 years old.

Older dogs have a longer attention span and tend to be calmer, meaning they can take in more of what you are teaching them.