Sentences with phrase «than young dogs»

Seasoned Labradors are generally calmer than young dogs; they won't scare small children or the elderly by jumping up to greet them.

Results from one study found that older dogs required up to 50 % more protein than young dogs, to maintain labile protein (Wannemacher & McCoy, 1966).

Old dogs are also more vulnerable to heat related stress than young dogs.

Skin cancer occurs more often in middle - aged to older dogs than young dogs.

Older dogs are less tolerant of heat and may succumb to heat strokes more readily than younger dogs.

Older dogs will generally be less active than younger dogs so as a rule will require a less energy dense dog food, unless of course the dog's appetite is reduced for some reason.

Why do drug companies say that the older a dog is, the more its immune system is wearing out and therefore, it should be vaccinated more frequently than younger dogs??!!!? To the veterinary college student I say that is exactly the kind of deadly policy that «appalls and disturbs» knowledgeable dog owners!

Most of the time the older dogs are easier to train than the younger dogs and they learn the boundary really quickly.

Adopters of senior dogs find them to be more mellow, better mannered, and quicker to adjust to their new homes than younger dogs.

Less demanding of your attention than younger dogs, they are content with their own company for longer periods, then will lavish you with all of their adoration and affection when it's cuddling time.

They are usually very well - trained, less aggressive than younger dogs, and can be easier to handle.

Generally speaking, older dogs are more likely to develop cancer than younger dogs.

Older dogs are more likely to be returned to shelters than younger dogs.

Older dogs are at a greater risk for dystocia than younger dogs and heavy dogs are at a greater risk than dogs at a healthy weight.

For example, studies show (Moyers, 2015) how older dogs not only have different nutritional needs but they're also more prone to certain diseases and disorders than younger dogs, which means you need to feed them differently.

Large and giant breed dogs greater than 5 years of age have a much higher risk factor than younger dogs.1

It is interesting that older dogs have to see the veterinarian much more frequently than younger dogs.

In reality, the older Greyhounds come into a home and often learn the house rules more quickly than a younger dog will!

Canine lung cancer symptoms occur much more often in older dogs than younger dogs.

An adult or older dog has less energy and needs less entertaining and exercise, so they are much less work than a young dog.

In limited circumstances in our sole discretion, we may offer a reduced adoption fee for extremely senior dogs due to their advanced age and likelihood of needing more extensive vet care in the near future than a younger dog would normally need.

Senior pets have different needs than younger dogs and cats.

Your senior Lab is calmer and may have more focus than a younger dog.

As you have guessed, older dogs suffer from the cold more than younger dogs.

Older dogs, like older people, are more prone to health issues than younger dogs and may need to make frequent trips to the vet.

This is a wonderful thing, because senior dogs also tend to be calmer and mellower, and less likely to suddenly develop misbehaviors or phobias because they've been around longer and have had a lot more experience than younger dogs.

They also tend to be less optimistic than younger dogs and can lapse into depression, which does not encourage prospective adopters to consider adopting them.

Senior canines are also more likely to develop the disease than a younger dog.

Middle - aged dogs are more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than younger dogs.

The current study reports that older dogs are significantly more likely to have a diagnosis of BOAs than younger dogs and suggests that the UK population of French Bulldogs are likely to show substantially higher levels of BOAS as the current cohort of dogs ages.

It is particularly hard on seniors, who are generally less able to deal with stress and may experience more disorientation than a younger dog.

Not exact matches

But now they make sport of me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock!

It involves no more than takingthe young dog out in the field as often as possible to acquaint him with alltypes of terrain and game cover.

He's been with me longer than my husband, and our younger dog has been with us since almost the beginning of our relationship.

After controlling for size — big dogs tend to die younger than small ones — Careau's team found the most obedient breeds, such as German shepherds, poodles and bichon frises, tended to be the longest lived, while hard - to - train dogs such as pomeranians and beagles were more likely to die younger.

That is later than the earliest archaeological evidence for dogs in both places, which means modern dogs share an ancestor that may in fact be younger than the dogs that had already inhabited both Europe and the Far East during the earlier Stone Age period, the Paleolithic.

The test also showed that older dogs are less flexible in their way of thinking than younger ones.

This is probably due to the fact that older dogs more stubbornly insist on what they have learned before and are less flexible than younger animals,» says Range.

«Older dogs required more trials than younger ones before they were able to solve the task correctly.

«Teaching young wolves new tricks: Wolves are considerably better imitators than dogs.»

We used the age of the HXH sample to set an upper bound for the yearly mutation rate μ, as the sample must be younger than the time in years since divergence of HXH and modern European dogs.

Even Megan's bonding period with Rex, the dog that expectedly changes the young woman's life, seems oddly truncated, with the pooch not so much becoming more obedient around his new handler than transforming from arm - biting terror to submissive best friend practically on a dime.

Skewing younger than usual was Wes Anderson's «Isle of Dogs,» which was 54 percent 18 - 34.

By the same token, Krueger rejects the notion that policymakers should focus new investments in education on a particular age group, such as the very young: «Old dogs can learn new tricks,» he says, and the benefits of programs for teenagers and adults are apparent more quickly than those for young children.

The city's population represents a relatively even mix of young families, professionals and seniors, and there are more than 100 restaurants to choose from, including local favorite Abe's Hot Dogs.

On the other side of the spectrum, if you're a wife and mother of three young children and live in a home you and your husband took a $ 200,000 mortgage loan out on, then you're going to need much more coverage than the dog - owning college grad.

A. Older dogs do sleep more than young ones and can develop new, and not always desirable, habits.

But we do caution clients on expectations; a young dog will be much more mobile after treatment than an older dog.»

Reduced activity levels Older dogs are less energetic and tend to spend more time sleeping than in their younger days.

Remember, always, that overweight dogs get sick sooner and die younger than dogs kept thin; controlled studies have shown this so please don't shorten your dog's life by feeding too much