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The Behaviour and Personality Assessment in Dogs (Beteende och personlighetsbeskrivning hund), commonly abbreviated as BPH, is a behavioural assessment developed by the Swedish Kennel Club (SKK) in May 2012 [1] [2] that aims to accurately describe the personality of a dog irrespective of whether it is a working, pet or breeding dog.
Dog noise phobia, along with dog noise anxiety, are terms sometimes used by dog owners and veterinarians to describe canine fear of, and the corresponding stress responses to, loud noises. Noise-related phobia are common in dogs, and may be triggered by fireworks, thunderstorms, gunshots, and even bird noises.
Temperament testing in wolfhounds is an old and proven form of mild dog fighting used in young dogs to test their temperament. For example, an American standard for an Irish Wolfhound is defined as "a large, rough-coated, greyhound-like dog, fast enough to catch a wolf and strong enough to kill it."
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain. Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae , native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant , Saint George's sword , mother-in-law's tongue , and viper's bowstring hemp , among other names. [ 2 ]
Sansevieria is a historically recognized genus of flowering plants, native to Africa, notably Madagascar, and southern Asia, now included in the genus Dracaena on the basis of molecular phylogenetic studies.
The blue-green leaves of D. pinguicula are covered in a thick waxy cuticle, and contain the deepest stomata of any former Sansevieria species. [4] The leaves are arranged in a rosette and lunate in cross section. The leaves can be 12–30 cm in length, 2.8–3.5 cm thick, and are tipped with a single sharp spine.
Dracaena angolensis (synonym Sansevieria cylindrica), [1] commonly known as African spear or the spear sansevieria, [3] is a succulent plant native to Angola in Southern Africa.For years, it was placed within the genus Sansevieria (snake-plants), a specific name which is still used synonymously by some; in the 21st century, Sansevieria became part of Dracaena (dragon-trees), after improved ...
Dracaena hanningtonii, synonym Sansevieria ehrenbergii, [1] (blue sansevieria, sword sansevieria, oldupai, or East African wild sisal) is a flowering plant which grows in northeastern and eastern tropical Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania) and the Arabian Peninsula (Oman and Saudi Arabia). [1]