General Flashcards
Define: Bandog.
A dog tied by day and released at night. Watchdog.
Define: Dog
A male dog (canine). Also used collectively to designate both male and female.
Give two reasons why you should not buy a puppy from a pet shop.
Such puppies lack socialization, many are unhealthy, they are over priced, and their papers may be forged.
Define: Seeing Eye Dog
A dog trained as a guide dog for the blind.
True or False: Using a rolled up newspaper is a good way to correct your dog’s bad habits.
FALSE
Define: Bitch
A female canine.
Define: Training collar
A collar made of nylon, leather, or chain, fitted to the dog’s neck in such a manner that the degree of tension exerted by the hand tightens or loosens it. Also called choke collar or slip collar.
Define: Harness
A leather, nylon or cloth strap shaped around the shoulders and chest, with a ring at its top for the lead.
Where is the Dog Museum of America located?
St Louis, Mo
What is the best place to buy a purebred puppies.
From a breeder.
Spell: Cynology
C Y N O L O G Y
Define: Police Dog
Any dog used for police work
Define: Canid
A family (Canidae) of carnivorous animals including dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and jackals.
Name three architectural requirements of an outdoor dog house.
Warm in winter, cool in summer, draft free, dry, easy to clean, sunning spot, provides shade, encourages exercise.
Define: Cry
The baying or music of the hounds.
Define: Catch dog
A dog used to catch and hold a hunted animal, so that a huntsman can take it alive. Usually pigs or cattle.
True or False: Your puppy should sleep in your bed the first night.
FALSE
What is a Fancier?
A person especially interested and usually active in some phase of the sport of pure bred dogs.
Define: Bullbaiting
An ancient sport in which the dog tormented or baited the bull
Define: Exercise pen, ex-pen
A portable enclosure that allows dogs to exercise while at dog shows.
Define: CKC
Canadian Kennel Club.
Define: Crate
Portable container used for shipping, transporting, or housing dogs. Also called cage or kennel.
Define: Speak
To bark.
True or False: The AKC is the only U.S. Organization that registers dogs.
FALSE
What is the proper term for a male dog?
Dog
What is the current Edition of the AKC Complete Dog Book?
20th
Define: Sled dogs
Dogs worked, usually in teams, to pull sleds.
Define: Cynology
The study of canines
Define: Corky
Active, lively, alert.
Define: Board
To feed, house, and care for a dog for a fee.
What is a wicket?
A device used to measure a dog’s height.
Define: Microchip
A rice-sized device encoded with a unique and unalterable number. The chip is implanted just under the skin in the scruff of the neck and is read by a scanner.
Define: HomeAgain
Brand name for microchips sold by Schering Plough to veterinarians for permanent identification of companion animals.
It is OK to let your dog run free all the time if you have a lot of land.
No. Dogs must be confined to your home and property.
Define: Lead
A strap, cord, or chain attached to the collar or harness, or sometimes simply around the neck, for the purpose of restraining or leading the dog. Also called leash.
What time of day should you bring a new puppy home?
In the morning
Define: Kennel
Building or enclosure where dogs are kept.
Define: Auction
A public sale at which property or items of merchandise (here applied to dog and dog items) are sold to the highest bidder.
Define: Tattoo
A method of on-dog identification.
Define: On-dog identification
A system of tagging, tattooing, or microchipping used to uniquely identify a dog.
Define: Wicket
Device used to measure the height of a dog at the withers.
Define: Pet shop
A commercial organization that buys and sells dogs. Is always listed as an intermediate in the chain of title for a dog.
Define: Music
The baying of the hounds.
Define: Specialty club
A club formed to serve and responsibly promote the interests of a single breed.
Define: Identification
On-dog system whereby a dog may be identified to a record (i.e., microchip, tattoo or DNA).
