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What is the average length of years of life for canines with long lifespans?
14 to 15 years.
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What is the name of the canine that is reported to have lived the longest?
Bluey
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What is the name of the dog in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest lived?
Pusuke
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What year did the dog die that is reported to be the longest lived but not officially in a record book?
1939
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What was the name of the dog who lived to be 29.5 years?
Bluey
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When did Bluey die?
1939
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Who did the Guinness Book of World Records say was the oldest dog in 2011?
Pusuke
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How many times per year do female dogs go into heat?
two
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What does going into heat (estrous) prepare a female dog for?
pregnancy.
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Some larger breeds could take how long to become sexually mature?
two years
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What does a female dog experience at sexual maturity?
first estrous cycle
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How long do female dogs carry before delivering puppies?
58 to 68 days
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What is the average length of dog pregnancy?
63 days
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What is the average number of pups in a litter?
about six
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For small dogs, what is the average number of pups in a litter?
one to four
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What is the average for a dog to bear her litter?
63 days
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What is the average number of pups per litter?
six
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Smaller dogs tend to have how many pups per litter?
one to four
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What is it called when an animal is altered to prevent procreation?
Neutering
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According to the text, what agency recommends altering dogs to prevent pregnancies?
the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
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What is typically surgically removed on male dogs to prevent procreation?
testicles
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What is usually removed in female dogs to prevent pregnancy?
ovaries and uterus
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In neutering, what is removed in a male dog?
testicles
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In neutering, what is removed in female dogs?
ovaries and uterus
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What does the ASPCA recommend for dogs who are not used for breeding purposes?
neutered
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Hypersexual behavior in male dogs is diminished by what?
Neutering
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According to the text, what is a possible side effect of neutering a female dog?
urinary incontinence
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Female dogs are less likely to develop cancer if what happens?
Spayed
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What is increased in female dogs with neutering?
urinary incontinence
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What is increased in male dogs with neutering?
prostate cancer
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What is the name of the dog that could ID over 200 things?
Rico
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What is the name of the Border collie that knew over 1000 words?
Chaser
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In addition to interpreting body language and verbal commands dogs can also interpret what two other things?
gesturing and pointing
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What wild canine did better at a problem-solving experiment?
Australian dingos
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What is one thing, according to the text, that domesticated dogs use humans for?
to solve their problems for them.
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Perceiving information and retaining it is what?
intelligence
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How many labels does Rico the dog know?
over 200
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What kind of memory skills do dogs have?
advanced
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How many words did Chaser know?
over 1,000
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Dogs are estimated to be domesticated as far back as what date range of years on the calendar?
9,000–30,000 years BCE
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Dog minds have been shaped by thousands of years of contact with what species?
humans.
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What do some dog skills parallel in human beings?
social-cognitive skills of human children
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Dogs are very well attuned to what other species' behaviors?
humans.
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Dogs can understand and communicate with what other species?
humans.
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What is a dog's responses to stimuli known as?
Dog behavior
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More than any other species, dogs are able to do what with people?
understand and communicate
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Dogs have some social skills that parallel what?
human children
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What is gustatory communication include in dogs?
scents, pheromones and taste
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People communicate with dogs by voice commands, body language or posture and what else?
hand signals
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Eye gaze, vocalization and body posture are examples of what?
Dog communication
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In addition to vocalization and body posture, how do people communicate with dogs?
hand signals
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Which typically has thicker skin, dogs or wolves?
dogs.
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Dogs having ears that are not erect may be due to what?
atrophy of the jaw muscles.
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What kind of features differentiate gray wolves from dogs?
diagnostic features
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How often do female wolves enter estrus?
once a year.
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Instead of genetic traits for production, dogs are bred for what?
behaviors.
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How many "fixed" genes demonstrate the differences between the wolf and dog?
11
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The gene differences indicate what two things done by selection in dogs during breeding for domestication?
morphology and behavior
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What is the common trait selected for dogs in overall breeding?
tameness
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What do most dogs show less of than wolves?
fear and aggression
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Most domestic animals were selected for what traits?
production-related traits
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Why were dogs initially selected?
for their behaviors.
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For wolves and dogs, how many fixed genes show a variation?
11
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Dogs show less fear and what as opposed to wolves?
aggression
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What is the larger count for numbers of dogs considered to populate the planet?
525 million
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How many dogs are estimated to be in the world?
525 million
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What are dog population estimates based on other than land uses?
human population densities
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Like wolves, big domesticated dogs are considered what type of predator?
apex
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Wolves may act in what behavioral manner when attacking dogs?
fearless
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What animal is reported to be killed more often than sheep by wolves in Croatia?
dogs
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Like wolves, what kind of predators are large dogs?
apex
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Dogs die as a result of Croatian wolf encounters more than what kind of animal?
sheep
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What limits the feral dog population in Russia?
Wolves
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What large cat has a particular taste for dogs no matter how big the dog is?
leopards.
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What is a typical predator of dogs in places such as Turkmenistan?
Striped hyenas
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What two reptiles kill dogs and consume them?
alligators and pythons
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What big cat has a tendency to attack dogs?
Leopards
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What big cats in Indonesia also attack dogs?
Tigers
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What type of reptiles eat dogs?
alligators and pythons
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What is a known predator of village dogs in India?
Striped hyenas
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Dogs exhibit carnivore as well as what other type of dietary behavior?
omnivores
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Dogs can digest meat as well as what else?
vegetables and grains
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Cats are known as what type of carnivore?
obligate
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Because of what they eat, dogs are classified as what?
carnivores or omnivores
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Dogs do not require a very high level of what when eating?
protein
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Dogs have genes that allow them to thrive on what when compared to wolves, who cannot?
starch
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The majority of dog breeds have only been around for how long?
a few hundred years
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People selected dogs they wanted based on what two things?
particular morphologies and behaviors
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Hundreds of different dog breeds exist because of what?
selective breeding
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Height measurements in dogs go from six inches for Chihuahuas to 30 inches in what breed?
Irish Wolfhound
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How old are most dog breeds?
a few hundred years old
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How many different breeds are there?
hundreds
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Gray color is often called what when referring to dogs?
blue
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Natural selection and what makes certain dogs behave certain ways?
selective breeding
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What distinguishes different types of dogs from one another?
breed
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Who keeps classifications of different dog breeds?
modern kennel clubs.
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What is responsible for different dog types and breeds today?
natural selection and selective breeding
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Animals that share characteristics that are different than what other animals in that species have is known as what?
breeds
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Modern dog breeds are what type of classification which is maintained by modern kennel clubs?
non-scientific
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The methods kennel clubs used to classify dogs is what?
unsystematic.
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