Sentences with phrase «wild canines»

It is also important to manage the populations of wild canines.

When your pooch shakes his toy, it mimics the action wolves and other wild canines use to kill small prey.

As sleeping on his back can be seen as a vulnerable position, it is not seen in many wild canines — it sends a message of vulnerability and submission.

And remember, sick dogs are more likely to be attacked by wild canines, too.

It is also wise not to leave out things that wild canines want, such as your cat, food, water, bones, and so forth.

Wild canine packs have a social hierarchy with the alpha male and female at the top.

Wild canines dig for prey and to build a den, so our domestic dogs come with the same instincts.

This instinct keeps wild canines from starving when the pack competes for a meal.

Wild canines primarily eat meat and may eat a few other things thrown in when they are available, such as fruits or berries.

Wild canines get their vegetable matter by eating the digested intestinal contents of their vegetarian prey.

If there is an overpopulation of wild canines, then some hunting is justified.

This tapeworm is normally found in wild canine species and is transmitted through an intermediate host, usually a rodent.

We now know that the virus is not limited to companion dogs, but is capable of causing infections in wild canines such as coyotes and wolves.

This behavior is still observable in wild canines such as foxes, wolves and hyenas.

Hunting hounds are selective, using their remarkable scenting ability to catch mainly those weak, old, ailing and injured wild mammals — just as wolves and other wild canines do when hunting.

The Solution: Since you aren't probably going to raise specially bred packs of dogs to repel wild canines, it is best to protect your dog, not expose your dog to these kinds of risks.

Their tendency not to bark much is due to the fact that they derive from wild canines at the time where silence and stealth was required in order to be good hunters and survive.

Billinghurst promoted the BARF diet with the suggestion that adult dogs would benefit from a diet similar to what wild canines lived on before they were domesticated.

Here are some of the breeds that were used to hunt, repel or kill wild canines.

In fact, many wild canines also eat roots, grasses, and even fruit.

And what about wild canines?

That suggests people must have begun taming wild canines into pets near to lands now known as Nepal and Mongolia.

One of the reasons why some dogs refuse to eat vegetables is because in natural settings wild canines eat plant material pre-digested.

Because human interaction selected wild canines for tameness, a behavior trait of immature animals, we also unintentionally selected for other puppy - like characteristics.

our ancestors took wild canines and bred them to our liking based on the traits we wanted them to have.

Such diversity led Darwin to think that domestic dogs must have evolved from several wild canines, such as jackals, coyotes and wolves, but in fact we now know that all breeds descended from one species, the grey wolf.

Ancient DNA could provide more insight into where wild canines were first tamed into dogs, Shannon agrees.

Back in the past, wild canines hunted to kill and most of the time, their prey would squeak or make noises.

The reason why many expert breeders and pet owners promote the BARF is that it mimics the natural diet of a dog's wild canine counterparts.

Crate training works because dogs view their crates the same way wild canines view their dens.

Wild canines create dens to raise their young, and sleep in these hideaways when they are not out searching for food.

This is why we do not see wild canines or felines with bone impactions: they do not survive.

So, a dog that was created to fight wild canines to the death will be more likely to fight domestic canines, dogs, if there is a challenge, especially if the dog comes uninvited into the yard.

Mosquitoes bite an infected wild canine species (such as coyotes), infected dogs or infected raccoons and then pass the «baby larvae» to other animals, including unprotected dogs, cats or ferrets not on a heartworm preventative.

It is not uncommon for them to be dog fighters, since it is their role to attack intruding wild canines, and they are very pack oriented.

«While they would likely be fine and indeed many species of wild canine and felines typically include insects in their diets we just don't know much yet.

Nature has helped many breeds of dogs and other wild canine species to highlight the movement of their tail by providing lots of profuse, fringe or hair in breeds such as the Irish Setter or with heavily plumed tails such as the Spitz breeds.

Wild canines such as coyotes or foxes can spread the distemper virus.

Social Aggression: Unlike dogs, wild canines don't like strange canines.

In arid, desert climates, there haven't been specially bred dogs to repel wild canines.

Territoriality in dogs is a behavior trait passed down from their closest relative, the wolf, and other wild canines.

What About Using Guard Dogs: Dogs are sometimes used to find, repel and / or kill wild canines.

Canine hip dysplasia was first diagnosed in the 1930s, but probably has troubled domestic and wild canines for centuries.

Learn why and how to feed your dog this new (but really OLD) diet that is designed to mimic what wild canines would eat — raw meat and bones.

In fact, the two leading causes of death in wild canines are intestinal / esophageal obstruction (from bones) and malnutrition.

In an average week, wild canines eat a variety of meats on four days, forage plants for two, then often fast for a day.

The new study looked at the entire genetic makeup, or genome, of 23 wild canines from around North America.