Sentences with phrase «than a great dane»

Although Albany has wins over Maryland, Syracuse and Cornell, the Terps have more opportunities to pick up resume - building wins than the Great Danes.

A mouse would take much less time than a Great Dane for example.

How can such a small dog be so much harder to train than his Great Danes?

The Irish Wolfhound is the tallest (but not the heaviest) dog breed, even taller than the Great Dane!

If you're in the market for a family guard dog that looks like a fierce predator but acts like a gentle giant, look no further than the Great Dane.

Breed differences also affect caloric needs independent of body size, eg, Newfoundlands appear to require fewer calories / day than Great Danes.

The Irish Wolfhound is on average taller than the Great Dane, but with a slimmer build.

While Irish Wolfhounds are on average taller than Great Danes, the record for the tallest dog is held by a Great Dane named, «Zeus».

Believe it or not, you will learn more from the class than your Great Dane.

An elderly basset hound isn't geared to start jogging any more than a Great Dane would like riding around the neighborhood in a doggy stroller.

Founded in 2009, Secondhand Hounds has grown faster than a Great Dane puppy.

Guard dogs, also referred to as patrol or sentry dogs, have a low level of socialization and are typically chosen from a more naturally aggressive breed than Great Danes.

As detailed by Great Dane history, the early Dane dog was shorter, heavier, stocky and more muscular, resembling a Mastiff rather than a Great Dane as we know them.

Not exact matches

The Retrievers hadn't scored more than nine goals entering this game and were missing their entire attack unit, while the Great Danes scored 10 or more goals in every game this season.

As a leader and organiser, he could be even more commanding than Peter Schimeichel yet rarely didn't to bellow as loudly or wildly as the Great Dane to get his point across.

She lives in Austin, Texas, with her extremely tolerant husband of more than two decades, her two unconventional high schoolers, and her two dopey Great Danes.

In the largest of these, out of a cohort of 1.75 million Danes, being born in Copenhagen was associated with a 2.5-fold greater risk of schizophrenia than being born in rural areas.

Another trait, aggressiveness, was linked to metabolic rate, with docile dogs such as collies burning calories more slowly than territorial great danes, for instance (The American Naturalist DOI: 10.1086 / 652435).

Peaceful dogs like Newfoundlands and Labradors tend to burn less energy per kilogram than do aggressive dogs like fox terriers and Great Danes.

«A much smaller dog like a Jack Russell Terrier could probably start going on regular runs earlier than a larger dog, like a Great Dane, whose growth plates will take longer to seal up,» she says.

If you're not worried about child seats and room for a Great Dane, there is no better car on earth than the MX - 5 Miata.

Whether you have a dachshund or a great dane, your dog's perspective is totally different than yours.

As with other large dog breeds, the Great Dane breed experiences shorter - than - average lifespans and lives for roughly eight years.

A young Danes ears are typically cropped between 7 and 10 - weeks of age, if your Great Dane is older than 12 weeks, it's almost too late.

They began crossing native Khoi dogs with Great Danes, Irish Wolfhounds, Greyhounds, Pointers, Bloodhounds, and Mastiffs to come up with a breed that was better adapted to living in Africa than their European breeds were.

Great Danes are exceptional with children, but they do have to be taught how to be gentle with family members that are smaller than they are.

There is an argument to be made for that the great Dane is a much more apartment friendly dog than the chihuahua despite its size.

Great Danes have shorter life spans than most dogs — most likely the result of breeders intent on making the breed larger yet, and the strain that size puts on their organs — which only makes the death of Zeus doubly sad.

Understand that with a Great Dane, these tangible requirements are greater than a canine of a smaller size..

Being more passive, timid and tolerant, schutzhund training can do more harm to a Great Dane than good.

Great Danes by nature are loving caring animals, somewhat sensitive and want nothing more than to please their owners, they're pretty smart and often catch - on quickly.

If your Great Dane is still a puppy, for guess - timation purposes when choosing a crate, it can also help to know that male adult Great Danes tend to be taller, longer and heavier than females.

In fact, as a general rule, the Irish Wolfhound is taller than the average Great Dane.

It doesn't get much better than the aptly named «Ginormus» Great Dane wire crate offered by Midwest Homes for Pets.

For example, a Pomeranian needs more than twice as many calories per pound as a Great Dane.

Given that Great Danes are extra-large breeds, they will require certain nutrients more than any other.

The bones of the Great Dane puppy grow at an unusually faster rate than normal, leading to painful bones because of the pressure exerted on the surrounding tissues.

Other breeds of dogs with higher than normal rates of heart disease include Dachshund, Doberman Pinscher, Great Dane, and small breeds in general.

But the average height of Great Dane, dogs is slightly less than the Irish Wolfhounds.

Great Danes that have a golden base to their brindle are usually more desirable than other types of brindle, and a yellow gold with strong black stripes is the AKC standard for Great Danes.

Great Danes should not receive more than 24 % proteins in its diet.

In the first decade following the year 2000, it was determined that «dominant black» (think Labrador Retrievers but also Whippets, Great Danes, and others) is produced by the newly - discovered (found) K locus, on an entirely different chromosome than where the A alleles reside.

I think the protein - to - fat ratio suits typical (rather than active) large breed dogs such as Golden Retrievers as well as for giant breed dogs like Great Danes.

Great Danes have a square ratio of length and height with males being more massive in frame and heavier in bone than females.

Like almost every other dog Great Danes respond better and faster to positive reinforcement and clear commands than any other method.

This can sometimes be a challenge but all of the Great Dane's wonderful qualities more than make up for it.

Because Great Danes grow to more than 100 pounds at maturity, it can take them 2 years or more to achieve their maximum size.

Great Danes are often referred to as gentle giants who love nothing more than to lounge around when they're inside.

While it is true that a Great Dane will be able to tolerate more grapes than, say, a teacup Chihuahua, it doesn't take very many grapes for most dogs to experience adverse effects.

Cancer is seen more often in some breeds than others, notably golden retrievers, boxers, Bernese mountain dogs, Great Danes, and greyhounds — primarily for bone cancer or osteosarcoma.