Sentences with phrase «wolf dogs often»

Not exact matches

When it was the observer's turn to do the same, the wolves proved to be the better imitators, successfully opening the box more often than dogs.

While low - ranked wolves often defended their food against the high - ranked partner and showed aggressive behaviour as often as higher - ranked wolves, this was different in dogs.

Innumerable wolves, coyotes, dogs, foxes and dingoes are killed by livestock farmers, often by trapping or poisoning.

Some gene variants were found mostly in the friendly dogs and wolves, while others were found more often in unfriendly animals.

In an earlier study, vonHoldt had identified a gene that's mutated more often in dogs than wolves — one that possibly led to their domestication.

Until recent discoveries in molecular genetics, it has often been the belief that the domestic dog was descended from the wolf, because of a long prehistory where domestic dogs and the gray wolf were not all that different in outward physical characteristics.

So, Caucasian shepherd dogs often have to fight them, and Shepherds crop their ears so that the wolves can't bite the dogs» ears.

Sadly, these breeders will often breed until they get a dog that «looks like a wolf» but rarely has any wolf in it — but customers who are not knowledgeable will not realize this.

In fact, in the wild, wolves and wild dogs often eat the stomach contents of their prey first, which usually contains grains and plant matter.

As a farm dog, the Cane Corso was often called upon to hold a bull to be castrated; guard sheep against wolves; fight badgers; guard the vineyards; and pull carts.

around here that is likely to be one of the sled dog breeds.our Siberian Husky is often taken for a wolf or wolfdog.In an old film version of Jack London's «Call of the wild» I thought it funny that they used what looked to me like Huskies to play the part of wolves.

This dog was initially bred to hunt large game like wolves and deer but today they are more often used as bird dogs and for retrieving.

Studies show that wolves and wild dogs are often known to eat grass as a regular part of their diet.

The reasons go back to dogs» domestication from wolves at least 15,000 years ago, followed by hundreds of years of intensive breeding to select for particular physical and behavioral traits, often starting from a very few individuals.

Although they tend to be quiet dogs, seldom barking, when they do vocalize it often sounds like a wolf, coyote, or as though they are saying «woo woo.»

Like the other wolf like breeds, this is not a dog that should be left alone often.

Origins from a Genetic Perspective Until recent discoveries in molecular genetics, it has often been the belief that the domestic dog was descended from the wolf, because of a long prehistory where domestic dogs and the gray wolf were not all that different in outward physical characteristics.

Proponents of a raw food diet for dogs often bring up the point that the domesticated dog descended from the wolf 14,000 years ago.