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  2. Why do dogs sleep so much? Understanding your pet's sleep ...

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    Dogs can sleep, on average, between 12 to 14 hours a day, Purina reports. ... However, your dog can sleep up to 15 hours a day before you should worry about their health, Purina reports.

  3. Puppy - Wikipedia

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    Golden Retriever puppy Basset Hound Newborn Welsh Springer Spaniels. A puppy is a juvenile dog, generally one less than 12-18 months old. Puppies are markedly underdeveloped and dependent on their mothers at birth (displaying altriciality), but healthy puppies grow quickly and begin walking thereafter. Puppies generally weigh 8–16 oz (0.23 ...

  4. Why Do Dogs Sleep So Much? Here's What the Experts Say - AOL

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    This is also when puppies do the most growing, so you may see younger dogs sleeping for as long as 20 hours per day. It's also important to remember that activity, rest, and sleep will all be ...

  5. Sleep in animals - Wikipedia

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    Sleep can follow a physiological or behavioral definition. In the physiological sense, sleep is a state characterized by reversible unconsciousness, special brainwave patterns, sporadic eye movement, loss of muscle tone (possibly with some exceptions; see below regarding the sleep of birds and of aquatic mammals), and a compensatory increase following deprivation of the state, this last known ...

  6. Aging in dogs - Wikipedia

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    The other common system defines "dog years" to be the actual calendar years (365 days each) of a dog's life, and "human years" to be the equivalent age of a human being. [2] By this terminology, the age of a 6-year-old dog is described as 6 dog years or 40–50 human years, a reversal from the previous definition.

  7. Is Your Dog Getting Enough Sleep? You Might Be Surprised - AOL

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  8. Puppy nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Amino acid and nitrogen requirements decrease between 10–14 weeks, indicating that different protein levels are often beneficial before and after 14 weeks of age. [6] Before 14 weeks of age, a protein level of 250 g/kg of diet (25% of the diet) containing 4.0 kcal ME/g will result in optimal growth. [25] [29] [30] After 14 weeks of age ...

  9. Whippet - Wikipedia

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    The name "Whippet" is derived from an early seventeenth-century term, now obsolete, meaning "to move briskly." [14]In the Victorian era, English writers began describing an emerging modern breed of Whippet, also known as the snap-dog, a term derived from their tendency to readily 'snap up' nearby prey due to their naturally high prey drive. [15]