Sentences with phrase «which intact dogs»
For all the conditions assessed, the congenital conditions of aortic stenosis, PDA, and ventral septal defect were the only conditions in which intact dogs exhibited a greater prevalence than neutered dogs.
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Reproductively mature intact female dogs start regularly going into heat, which is a time of angst, antsy behavior and agitation for them.
The study also showed that dogs which had been sterilized had a decreased risk of death due to infection, noting, «The relationship between sterilization and infectious disease could arise due to increased levels of progesterone and testosterone in intact dogs, both of which can be immunosuppressive.»
Male dogs can develop testicular cancer, a condition called testicular torsion in which the testicle twists on itself, and benign prostatic hyperplasia — or an enlarged prostate — if they are left intact.»
Trying to guess which dogs are the «best» to keep intact for showing and breeding can be hit - or - miss.
Corinne / Janet are allowed to have 6 dogs, of which 3 can be intact females.
They are allowed to keep six dogs total (3 of which can be intact females).
As they move through adolescence (whether intact or not), they continue learning how to interact with other dog breeds, ages and energy levels and which ones they like and others they do not like.
Their hormones may not subside for 6 months after their neutering which could also cause problems with their introduction and assimilation into a household with other intact dogs.
Male dogs can have vasectomies which keep hormones intact but eliminates the ability to father a litter of pups.
Intact male dogs, especially as they age, can develop enlarged prostates which compress the bowel, creating pencil thin stools or even an obstruction.
An intact male dog will do just about anything to discover a mate, which includes finding any means necessary to escape your home.
A study that evaluated boldness in dogs found that intact dogs of both sexes and multiple breeds are more «bold» than neutered dogs [80] which may be associated with exploratory and wandering behavior.
For example, intact males constitute 80 percent of all dogs presented to veterinary behaviorists for what formerly has been described as dominance aggression, are involved in 70 to 76 percent of reported dog bite incidents, and are 2.6 times more likely to bite than neutered dogs, while unspayed females «attract free - roaming males, which increases bite risk to people through increased exposure to unfamiliar dogs,» and «contribute to the population of unwanted» and potentially aggressive dogs (Gershman et al., 1993; Sacks et al., 2000; AVMA, 2001).
The legislative backfire gallery — laws intended to achieve an admirable goal such as reducing neighborhood nuisances, stray cats or discarded dogs but which often achieve the opposite effect — include arbitrary pet limit laws, bans against specific breeds, penalties against feeding neighborhood cats, outlawing elective veterinary procedures like debarking and declawing or charging exorbitant licensing fees for intact animals.
Gonadectomized female and male dogs lived longer than sexually intact dogs in this cohort (Table 1) ⇓ and in a previous study (32), which might be expected to contribute to a higher overall cancer incidence associated with gonadectomy.
Intact dogs are also more likely to run away from home in search of a mate, which increases the risk of your dog being hit by a car or meeting a similar terrible fate.
I have a 100 pound, 4 1/2 year old German Shepherd service dog which isn't neutered for medical reasons and will never be bred, so the blanket statement that a male should only be kept intact for breeding purposes is false.
Intact dogs are seven times more likely to contract the disease than ones which have undergone spaying or ovarihysterectomy (surgical removal of ovaries and uterus) before their first or second heat period.
Intact canines tend to attract other dogs which can lead to aggressive situations.
There is rarely a reason to delay spaying a cat or dog to an age which allows the animal to be intact past the time of the first estrus cycle.»
There were 400 sexually intact males, 222 neutered males, 451 sexually intact females, 351 spayed females, and 17 dogs for which sex was not reported.