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| long skull/ snout. side set eyes 270 degree vision |
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| intermediate length skull. similar to wolf. |
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| short snout, forward set eyes 200 degree vision |
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| front of face, where the eyes are |
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| proper shoulder angle/ well laid back |
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| 44-55 degree angle between point of shoulder and scapular body |
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| upright or steep shoulder |
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| 30 degrees b/w humerus and horizontal |
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| greater than 30 degrees. leads to hip displasia. also creates more pulling power |
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| similar to color blind people. can't see red, purple, orange, green. shades of blue and yellow |
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| dawn dog. came from vulpavines (dog branch) |
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| could be separate species from domestic (canis familiaris) |
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| sporting, hounds, working, terriers, toys, non sporting, herding, miscellaneous (not registered) |
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| subluxation of femoral head in acetabulum |
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| aerosol/ body fluids. resp, GI, skin, mucous, nervous system. fever, nasal discharge, pneumonia, diarrhea, paresis, convulsions |
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| Infectious Canine Hepatitis |
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| direct contact. liver/kidney/NS/vascular endothelium. fever, anorexia, liver fail, abnormal bleeding, rapidly fatal in puppies |
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| bite or direct contact. CNS, resp, GI, salivary.temperament change, hypersensitivity, photophobia, paralysis, fatal |
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| Canine Infectious Tracheobronchitis (kennel cough) |
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| nasal and oral secretions. upper respiratory. cough, fever (transient) could become pneumonia, rarely |
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| feces, body fluids. virus persists for long periods in environment. GI, lymph nodes, thymus, bone marrow, heart (puppies). fever, abdominal pain, anorexia, bloody diarrhea, dehydration, resp distress |
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| fluids, feces. GI, upper resp (iubfrequent). lethargy, anorexia, vomit, diarrhea. |
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| investigative, Epimeletic, Et-epimeletic, Allelomimetic, Agonistic, Sexual, Eliminative, Ingestive, Comfort Seeking, Miscellaneous |
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| order of traits reliability high to low |
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| excitability, general activity, snap at children, excessive barking, playfulness, obedience, watchdog barking, agression to dogs, dominance over owner, territorial defense, affection demand, destructiveness, housebreaking |
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| males: high dom over owner, aggression to dogs. females: high obedience, housebreaking |
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| substance that is smelled in sweat |
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| 1 million times better than humans |
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| can find older trails and smells. can't tell direction |
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| can track only newer trails, but can tell what direction they are traveling |
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| humnas: up to 20 mhz. dogs: up to 40 mhz. cats: up to 60 mhz. purpose: can hear prey vocalizations, like mice |
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| gallants: turn head toward flank when touched. auriculonasalcephalic: move toward touch when head is touched. rooting nose into warm places |
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| less tastebuds than humans. primarily taste carbs but weakly, taste Histidine strongly, organic acids, ATP |
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| first true carnivore, before dog branch. no grinding teeth |
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| became mastiff like breeds because of higher genetic frequency of agromegaly |
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| blood spotting occurs at beginning. dog will urinate at signposts and lift leg. sexual behavior is passive: will not accept but will not be agressive |
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| acute gastric dilatation / volvulus |
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| restless, lie down, try to vomit but produce nothing. capillary refill time slow. |
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| gender, genetics (parents), source of puppy, quality of social period, quality of critical period, neuter before sex. maturity, age, allomimetic behavior |
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