### animal | dog:

Puppy
* All puppies are born with their ears closed
  - ears up and then they begin to drop as their eyes open
  - get hiccups frequently, sometimes several times per day
* All puppies have blue eyes
  - very black, well defined noses and wide heads
* Every puppy has an individual personality.
* Many puppies are diggers and tend to outgrow some of it as they grow older
  - drown each year in backyard swimming pools or fish ponds
* More puppies die from hypothermia than anything else.
* Most puppies are immune to the mite's effects and display no clinical signs or lesions
  - begin the weaning process at about two to four weeks of age
  - build muscles
* Most puppies consume calories
  - many calories
  - develop senses
* Most puppies eat dry food
  - enter adolescent stages
* Most puppies go through developmental phases
  - growth
  - puppy development
* Most puppies grow into adulthood
  - healthy adulthood
  - has-part bones
* Most puppies have bowel movement
  - breaths
  - follicles
  - hair follicles
  - heartbeats
  - instinct
  - parents
  - sharp teeth
  - tummies
  - prefer canned food to dry
* Most puppies reach ages
  - maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - rely on mothers
* Puppies also bite and nip to learn the social mores of dog culture
  - each other all over
  - chew to relieve their gums, develop strong jaws and help the adult teeth come in
* Puppies also love to cuddle and sleep with the chewman toy
  - sleep with the colored fleece toy
  - require socialization for normal behavior development
  - tend to have temper tantrums
  - appear to have larger hearts relative to their body size
* Puppies are a life-long commitment in Pugs
  - major source of environmental egg contamination
* Puppies are also individuals and individuals are different
  - more likely to injure than an adult dog
  - susceptible to hyperthermia
  - animals
* Puppies are at greater risk for developing ear mite infections
  - their most vulnerable when they are newborns
  - babies
  - baby dogs
* Puppies are born deaf and blind
  - enclosed in an amniotic sac
* Puppies are born white because of a gene they inherited from the early Dalmatian crosses
  - but get their color within a few weeks
  - white, a trait inherited from dalmatians
  - with tails in different lengths
  - capable of pets
  - de-wormed soon after they are born
  - dirty, lethargic, appear sickly, or have discharge from the nose and eyes
  - emotionally dependent as well as physically needy
* Puppies are especially at risk although dogs of all ages are susceptible
  - prone to it because they have an immature immune system
  - home raised with kids
* Puppies are home raised, handled and played with daily
  - socialized and are correct in size and temperament
  - infected with A. caninum when they ingest larvae while nursing
  - just like babies in that they go through a teething stage
  - large and active and their growth rate is fast
* Puppies are located in homes
  - kennels
  - tables
* Puppies are more likely to harbor infections than healthy adult dogs
  - wrinkled than adults
  - most susceptible to parvovirus infection and fatalities are extremely common
  - particularly susceptible to intestinal problems during breeding
  - peculiar creatures
  - pups
  - smaller and more active than babies and have sharp teeth and claws
  - tadpole dogs
  - temperament tested to make sure they go to the ideal families
  - tiny and helpless when born
  - unable to walk without falling backwards or sideways
  - usually blind before one year of age
  - vaccinated for distemper, adenovirus, leptospirosis, parainfluenza, and parvovirus
* Puppies are very active and slow to mature
  - oral and enjoy having things in their mouths
  - vulnerable to fractures and accidents because they are so small and fragile
  - vulnerable to life threatening diseases such as parvo and distemper
* Puppies are young animals
  - people
  - become progressively more difficult to keep awake the longer they are sleep deprived
  - begin life with blue eyes, which later darken
  - being picked up can leave at six weeks of age
  - born with hypoplastic tracheas often get worse and eventually have to be euthanized
* Puppies can also become infected with disease-causing organisms during the birthing process
  - go through a destructive phase, and chew everything they get their little paws on
  - be one of life's greatest joys
* Puppies can become accustomed to proper dental care by periodic brushing with a pet toothpaste
  - overwhelmed by all the attention and intimated by larger dogs
  - come in a variety of unique colors with short, plush or long coats
  - continue to nurse from the affected gland if the milk remains normal
* Puppies can die from severe dehydration and enteritis, which is inflammation of the small intestine
  - suddenly of shock as early as two days into the illness
  - dislocate bones, brake bones and die from falls
  - easily spread the virus from one to another
* Puppies can get fat if overfed
  - through smaller places than an adult dog
* Puppies can have reaction
  - severe reaction
  - start vaccinations at six weeks
  - cause a desire to play games
  - change color from birth until they get their final coat
  - chase butterflies
* Puppies chew because they are teething
  - on slippers because they are growing new teeth and it is also a form of play
  - while they are teething
  - chew, whine and are more prone to illness
  - commonly have ear mites which causes a brown to black discharge in the ears
  - more food than adults due to their rapid growth
  - cry, bark, vomit and chew
  - desire attention
* Puppies develop at lightning fast speeds
* Puppies do grow up
  - harm primarily by biting, clawing, and excreting
  - seem to shiver more than adults
  - easily get diarrhoea if the belly is cold or wet
  - more and are highly active
* Puppies enjoy dry food
* Puppies enter adolescent stages
  - periods
  - explore with their mouths
* Puppies frequently die or require euthanasia at puppy mills, brokers' facilities, and pet shops
  - gain weight
  - generally nurse at least every two hours in their first week of life
* Puppies get energy
  - pneumonia from having birth fluids in their lungs, and they die easily
  - the infection before birth through the placenta and after birth via the mother's milk
* Puppies go through chewing stages
  - development stages
* Puppies go through developmental and fear periods
* Puppies go through second chew phases
* Puppies go to homes
  - owners
* Puppies grow best if they can move freely
  - dogs, and kittens grow into cats
  - quickly, and a collar can become uncomfortable and dangerously tight
  - so fast that almost overnight they can become large and unruly adolescents
  - up in a year
* Puppies have a habit of wandering about with their mouths open
  - short attention span and a large amount of curiosity
  - shorter coat, which often has a softer texture than that of adults
  - tiny window of time during brain development when they are most impressionable
* Puppies have bad breath even after eating a tic tac
* Puppies have breathe difficulty
  - chances
  - collars and clip on rabies tags
  - critical developmental periods that can mold their behavior for life
* Puppies have different exercise needs
  - feeding habits than older dogs
  - nutritional needs than adult dogs
  - distinct growth plates on the end of their vertebrae
  - large nutritional requirements but small stomachs
  - limited bladder control
  - only a limited control over their bodies
  - smell
  - special requirements, which alter as the animal ages
  - swell tummies
  - tendencies
  - varying levels of excitement, energy, and enthusiasm for human connection
  - very few inhibitions or physical control
* Puppies have very sharp teeth and a bite or nip can hurt and be terrifying to small children
  - toe nails
  - wrinkles that disappear with age
* Puppies includes bone cells
  - brains
  - breasts
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - faces
  - ground substances
  - marrow
  - mast cells
  - pads
  - piluses
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - inherit the tendency to chew, and bees inherit the tendency to fly
* Puppies learn specific behaviors from their litter mates and mother
  - to inhibit their bite when they are bitten by each other, and learn canine language
  - lick faces
* Puppies like to chew on things and kittens get into things
  - live in the present
  - lose their maternal antibodies by the time they are three months old
* Puppies love to chew on things
  - chew, and a cord can burn, shock, and even kill
  - play and chew all sorts of things
* Puppies need attention
  - dog food
  - experience
  - extra nutrients
  - security
  - never grow out of bad behaviors, they grow into worse behavior
* Puppies often boast a swollen belly - known as a rice belly
  - change in behavior and look
  - grow out of eating rubbish
  - nip or mouth at people and other animals as a part of play and in greeting
  - start pointing and retrieving without training by two or three months of age
  - whine and cry when separated from their owners
* Puppies open eyes
  - their eyes about nine to eleven days following birth
* Puppies play hard and nap frequently
  - but sleep long hours
  - receive toys
  - relieve anxiety by chewing
  - remain with their foster families for around fourteen months as they grow and mature
* Puppies require a lot of guidance and much more supervision than adult dogs
  - significant amount of attention, monitoring, and training while young
  - frequent vaccinations, as well as lots of time and attention to train properly
  - individual attention each day to help build self-confidence
  - much more than food and water
  - respond to love, so do children and so do all adults
  - show preference
* Puppies sometimes have dreams that cause rapid breathing while sleeping
  - spend a great deal of time playing, chewing and investigating objects
* Puppies still have bad breath even after eating a tic tac
  - after eating a tictac
* Puppies still have bad breath, even after eating a breath mint
  - after eating a tic-tac
  - puppy breath, even after eating a tic-tac
  - stimulate milk flow by pushing their muzzle into the area surrounding the teat
  - tend to have accidents when they get excited
  - to stretch legs
* Puppies typically bite, scratch, jump, etc
  - have a softer coat
  - urinate immediately after waking up from a nap and defecate after every meal
* Puppies use basic instinct
* Puppies usually chew on things because they are teething
  - die within several months of being diagnosed, almost always before age two
  - have heavier coats than adults
  - learn bite inhibition during play with other puppies
  - vary in colour, from black to cream, including chocolate
* Puppies weigh lbs
  - pounds
* Puppies will have bone growth
  - wrestle with each other as soon as they can walk
* Some puppies benefit from medication, which only a veterinarian can prescribe.
* Some puppies develop diseases
  - respiratory signs and nasal discharge
* Some puppies die from inhalation pneumonia
  - excrete sodium
  - grow normally until they are diagnosed, and some appear as failures to thrive
* Some puppies have deformities
  - more immunity to the disease than others
  - proteins
  - infect humans
  - love to chew anything they can get their mouths on
  - regain the ability to walk but remain weak
  - regulate temperature
  - require privacy, coaxing, or companionship to eat
  - sleep in crates
+ The Puppy Bowl: American television series
  * The Puppy Bowl' is a show on Animal Planet that airs once each year before the Super Bowl. Puppies play with football-themed dog toys on a miniature, or very small, football field.