Sentences with phrase «than one's breed»

Since it's so easy for this dog to gain weight, it's not uncommon for either gender to weigh a few pounds more than this breed standard.
We would like more people to consider adopting existing dogs, rather than breeding more!
Pit bulls aren't much different than any breed of dog.
Meeting the nutritional needs of a companion bird may take a bit of research since factors other than breed can come into play.
Long - haired cats need more grooming than breeds with short or medium length hair.
People who run puppy mills often use dogs larger than the breed standard, which produce more puppies and have an easier time giving birth.
If the result is lower than breed average, they are less related than most dogs in the breed, if it is higher they are not.
Keeping in mind that I am not a doctor nor even someone with any formal medical training, sometimes what's more important than the breed of the pet is the management of allergies.
The aim is to breed only from dogs which have a score lower than the breed mean score, thus gradually reducing the severity of hip dysplasia in the breed.
There are so many wonderful dogs out there and with over 300 breeds recognised internationally the decision comes down to temperament more than breed in many cases.
After all, she's so much smaller than those breeds that it only makes sense that her nutritional needs would differ from theirs.
However, I do believe that their tolerance for rude handling, compulsive training, and rude interactions with other dogs, is significantly less than breeds bred to be more tolerant.
These female dogs are treated like nothing more than breeding machines.
Due to the soft diet they are fed during their racing careers, they are more prone to dental issues than some breeds, so regular dental care is a must.
These giant labs do not come under scrutiny, even though they can be up to 70 % larger than the breed standard's highest allowable weight.
Thus comparison with those who are more fortunate than ourselves breeds envy and resentment.
You can't say that one breed of dog is more fearful than another breed.
More important than breed choice is the individual dog itself.
I have always been more interested in showing than breeding.
The humane society hopes the change will encourage people to judge a dog by its behavior rather than its breed label.
As a result they are often — but not always — physically healthier than the breeds that contributed the DNA.
Also, a dog who has a natural talent for agility isn't necessarily smarter than another breed of dog who can scent - track or hunt.
Whether or not a dog can thrive in an apartment has much more to do with his personal traits than his breed.
There is more to making a great therapy dog than breed alone.
A negative number means the dog has a lower genetic risk of disease than the breed average.
There is so much more to my relationship with dogs than breeding now.
Being such a popular breed, there are breeders who are more interested in making money than breeding well - tempered, healthy dogs.
If allowed to have the upper hand, there is no worse pest than this breed.
The sheep that are raised for meat and milk have shorter wool than breeds that are prized for producing yarn.
Other than breed, how well a dog responds to obedience training will also depend on the level of commitment of the owner.
However, that's due to environment rather than breed.
A dog's temperament and the type of work it will perform are more important than the breed.
Therefore, they require less exercise than many breeds, and much less than breeds such as the Dalmatian or the Labrador Retriever.
A study out of Arizona State University found that people consider dogs labeled as Pit Bulls to be more aggressive, less approachable, less friendly, less trainable, less intelligent, and less adoptable than breeds like Labrador Retrievers or Border Collies.
Staffies are sometimes referred to as pit bulls, although the latter is more of a type than a breed.
If your pet is going to be a companion animal rather than a breeding animal, then there are no benefits to allowing her to have a litter or to go through a heat period.
Many animal welfare advocates encourage would - be adopters to focus on characteristics that are far more important than breed when it...
She was viewed as nothing more than breeding stock to the Amish miller and her puppies were the cash crop.
Labs also have personality and physical traits that may make them more prone to certain conditions — a Labrador Retriever who loves to swim may develop an ear infection more often than a breed with a pricked ear.
It was historically thought that queens return to their pre-breeding weight at weaning (Loveridge & Rivers, 1989), however, a recent study found that most queens were heavier than their breeding weight two weeks following weaning (Wichert et al., 2009).
These are just some examples which show how targeting owners» and their behavior can have a bigger effect on reduction of the number of dog - bite - related cases than breed bans and BSL.
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