When do dogs mature?

Dogs belong to chordates, vertebrates, mammals, eutheria, carnivora, schizopoda, canids. And horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and called "six animals." When does the dog mature?

When does the dog mature?

Different breeds, feeding methods and environments will have different maturity times. Small dogs are generally around 8-10 months old, medium dogs are 1-1.5 years old, and large dogs are 1.5-2 years old.

What are the dog's behavioral characteristics?

1. eating habits

We all know that dogs like to chew bones. In addition, they also like to eat omnivorous food, eggs and meat. The food given to them should be nutritionally sound. They should not only eat meat or omnivorous food. They need to be fed together. It is important to note that dogs should not eat too much salt and sugar.

2. dependants

They are very dependent on humans, socializing with people is a natural habit of dogs, and domestic pet dogs are especially clingy. It should be noted that if the dog is left alone for a long time, symptoms such as anorexia and depression will occur. Therefore, owners should accompany dogs more, so that dogs will grow up happily and healthily.

3. hierarchical habit

As the saying goes,"dogs look at people low," this is a certain truth. In the eyes of dogs. If the hostess usually takes more care of it than the male owner, it will listen to the hostess's orders, and the male owner who spends less time at home will be in awe. They also think older people are superior and look down on younger ones.

In addition, they also like to live in groups, in the breeding farm live in the wild dog group, there is always a head dog in charge of them. Leadership is usually demonstrated by certain actions: only allowing oneself to examine the genitals of other dogs; not allowing the other dog to urinate where the other dog has urinated; only stopping when the other dog is naughty in front of the leader; and ending hostility when the hierarchical advantage is clear. Therefore, the owner should not be too pampered, erect the image of the head dog, let the dog obediently obedient.

4. Instinctive barking

Dogs often bark whenever ambulances, police cars and some music sound. Barking is a common way for wolves to communicate with their peers, and dogs have inherited this trait as an instinct. So sometimes we can find dogs singing along to music when they are happy, but there are some who don't bark, and not every dog has this instinct.

5. crawl across rows

Climbing behavior is not elegant in human eyes, but dogs do have this nature, and their performance varies according to age and sex. For example, when the owner comes home, they will crawl on the owner's body, which is a manifestation of its happiness and playfulness. Sometimes two male puppies also climb, which is just a kind of child-like game, without mating intention, but also a happy performance.

The adult male dog is different, one is to mate with the female dog in estrus, there is "improper" behavior; the other is to try to establish their own advantages, the female dog usually only allows the male dog to climb when the estrus climax, and even the female dog to flirt, not only with the body friction male dog, tilt the tail to stand, and the most irritating is to climb the male dog, at this time, it should be mated immediately.

Dogs are friendly pets and very loyal. Once we choose to feed them, we should pay more attention to their growth process and take responsibility for them to the end.