what is the difference between altered and unaltered dogs?
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If your dog is ALTERED (spayed/neutered) when you license him/her at 4 months of age your license fee is at least half of the unaltered fee. ... Unaltered dogs are more likely to roam and/or cause public health concerns. Unaltered dogs breed which directly contributes to the pet overpopulation problem.
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As it stands today, male dogs cannot be 'un-neutered. ' Neutering involves removing the reproductive organs entirely and it is irreversible. However, a vasectomy leaves the testes intact, so the body still has normal hormone and sperm production.
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A dog's temperament, training, personality, and ability to do “work” are a result of genetics and upbringing, not its male hormones. Castration does not “calm” an excitable dog, and unless a castrated male dog is overfed or underexercised, there is no reason for it to become fat and lazy.
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The difference between Dog and Hound. When used as nouns, dog means a mammal, canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding, whereas hound means a dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
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Among the findings, neutered dogs were more aggressive, fearful, excitable, and less trainable than intact dogs." These results have been confirmed in another, more recent, large scale study.
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Intact dogs haven't been neutered or fixed in any way, according to the owner's preference. But these kinds of dogs can be unsuited for daycare.
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Upcasting is casting to a supertype, while downcasting is casting to a subtype. Upcasting is always allowed, but downcasting involves a type check and can throw a ClassCastException . In your case, a cast from a Dog to an Animal is an upcast, because a Dog is-a Animal .
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There are two different body types in the breed. One being the longer leg dog usually with a square body frame called type A and the other type is the longer body but shorter leg type and that is Type B.
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A cross-bred dog is the offspring of two purebreds of different breeds. Mixed-breed (also called random-bred or, less flatteringly, a mutt or mongrel) usually refers to a dog with more than two breeds in its background. Purebred dogs, cross-bred dogs, and mixed-breed dogs all make excellent companions.
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Border Collies and Working Sheepdogs (WSD) in general are medium-sized dogs. ... in general a dog's appearance is considered to be irrelevant. Border Collies bred for the show ring are more uniform in appearance to each other than working sheepdogs.
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The schnauzer's sports a thick, wiry coat, with a telltale beard and eyebrows on the face. ... Scotties also boast beards and eyebrows. Temperament Differences. The AKC describes the schnauzer as "fearless, smart and spirited," while the Scottish terrier is "confident, independent" -- and spirited.
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The personality differences can most clearly be seen between females and intact (non-neutered) males. Males can be more dominant, territorial, and easily distracted than female dogs. On the other hand, males can also be more playful, active, and independent.
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Your Dog Is Probably Dumber Than a Wolf, And Here's Why. Wolves have an understanding of cause-and-effect that domesticated dogs do not - and they're just as good as dogs at following directions given by a human.
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Guest. There is usually a difference in the look of show to working Labs, yes that is true. Show Labs are bred to adhere as much as possible to the Breed Standard, so tend to be heavier boned/more stocky than the working bred ones. Whereas the working bred dogs are bred primarily to be trainable and to work.
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Generally speaking, I think mixed breed dogs tend to be healthier and tougher and tend to live longer than many of the purebreds I see in practice. Mutts, in my experience, tend to have lower incidences of inherited disease, such as some cancers, back problems and hip dysplasia.
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They are completely different things. Filtered means something was removed by filtration (which doesn't kill pathogens). Pasteurized means it's been heated to a point that kills pathogens, but nothing is removed.
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Old English sheepdog is larger and heavier than bearded collie. Bearded collies are blessed with a long lifespan, whereas Old English sheepdog lives only about a half of that. Old English sheepdogs are more intelligent than bearded collies.