Breeds Dogs

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Scientific name:
A female dog:
a Female parent:
a male parent:

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Canis familiaris
bitch
Dam
Sire

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whelping?

Litter?

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to give birth (partuition)

puppies from a single whelping

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Bachicephalic:
Mesiocephalic:
Dolichocephalic:

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short nose (bulldogs)
medium size nose
large size nose (collie)

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darker color on the muzzle or foreface?

longer hairs on the legs, tail, or body, often seen in setters?

tuft of longer hair on top of the head?

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mask
feathers
topknot

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overshot?
undershot?

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front teeth of the upper jaw overlap and do not touch those of the lower jaw when closed.

front teeth of lower jaw project beyond those of the upper jaw when closed.

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Belton?

Brindle?

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white hair intermitted with blue, orange,or lemon color.

mixture of black with tan or brown hairs.

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smooth coat

Rough coat

neuter

castrate

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short flat lying coat

long thick coat

to desex a dog surgically

to surgically remove the testicles of a male animal.

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Dewclaw:
Docked tail:
china eye:

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extra claw on the inside of the paw (thumb)
-tail shortened by cutting
-one light blue eye

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Harlequin-
Liver-
Merle-

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patches of clack on a white background
-deep reddish brown
-intermitted or marbled blue-gray-black with white color. (australian cattle dogs.)

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Parti-color-
ascob-
Sable-

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colored patches on a white base coat
-any solid color other than black (cocker spaniel)
-mixture of dark hairs over a light base coat.

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Ticking-
Fawn-
Buff-

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small areas or spots of dark haires on a light base coat
-golden brown or tan
-tan or blonde colored coat (cockers spaniels)

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tri-color-

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-coat of three colors, black white and tan.
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Behavioral Characteristics:

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-Importance of communication
-vidal part of animal husbandry
-vital part in diagnosing problems.

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Auditory: Vocal communication in dogs:

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Growl:dominant act
whine: when they want something
howl:
Bark:territory call

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Visual observations, body language:

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Calm:
alert:ears up, tail up, body forward.
fear: tail between legs, submissive stance, may urinate
aggressive: tail up, wagging slowly, teeth showing, hair up
play- hindquarters in air
posture
play signal- play bow

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Olfactory keen sense of smell:

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Scent marking:sniff ears and butts to differentiate each other
-Estrous urine-heat marking
other secretions- anal sacs, released in Bm to lubricate , and to mark territory

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Aggression and social structures:

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-social aggression: attain food and sexual partners, establish power in the pack
-territorial:keep others out, castration helps wandering
-pain or fear induced:
-irritable: Gets bored or irritated.
-Maternal: protection of young
sexual : competition for sexual partners.
-predatory: instinct to kill for food.

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AVG TPRS for dogs

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101.5 F 100BPM 20 BPM

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Estrous cycle
Age at puberty:
Age to breed

Type of estrous

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6-15 months

male 1-2 yrs.
female 2nd heat 1 yr old

monestrous:single heat cycle in a sexual season.

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Signs of estrous:
Duration of estrous:

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swollen vulva, bloody discharge, attraction to male.
21 days, 7 days coming into heat, 7 days standing heat, and 7 days going out.

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Phases of Estrous:

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Proestrus-5-9 days duration
-hemorraghic vulva discharge
vulva is swollen

Estrus: 9 day duration
receptive to the male
ovulates 24-48 hrs after LH surge
clear serous discharge

Metestrus- average 90 days
occurs in unmated bithces

-Anestrous-sexual inactivity (if bred)

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optimum breeding time:
ovulates btwn.:
Length of gestation:

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11-14 days of estrous
- begin breeding on 9th or 10th day of cycle
Breed every other day until not receptive to the stud or out of standing heat
59-66 days (officially pregnant)

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Nutrition and care during gestation

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increase nutrition: milk comes before babies. (feed on puppy food)
nutrition may double or triple during last stage of pregnancy bc. milk production.

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Partuition

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-normal
-abnormal-prolonged strain no puppies
-whelping box-changed frequently, high walls
-outside-source of heat outside, quiet.
-prepartuition
-nesting behavior-restless, nervous, panting, temp. drops, 1-2 degrees onset labor
Partuiton- Abdominal strain, delivery may be 12 hours. clear discharge.

Mother will eat sac to get rid of afterbirth evidence, placenta has oxytocin in it which helps with milk let down, count placenta to make sure none are retained. bc it can cause urinary probs.