Sentence examples for docile dog from inspiring English sources

Eventually, they were let in one by one to recover their possessions: a cellphone, a docile dog, a pair of crutches.

Eventually, they were let in one by one to recover their possessions: a mobile phone, a docile dog, a pair of crutches.

A docile dog, however, is all about wanting contact and is more likely to bang their head against your hand than exhibit distancing signals such as growling.

Two large but seemingly docile dogs responded to the doorbell.

Guests drive up a narrow path that winds around a horse-filled corral, to a welcoming committee of four docile dogs that sniff curiously and wait for a pat on the head.

In the early stage, this was most likely more a case of spontaneous coevolution between wild wolf populations and humans, but with the transition to agriculture there was increasingly intense selection for smaller, more docile dogs (Wayne and vonHoldt 2012).

After a visiting child is mauled by a typically docile family dog, strange things begin happening at Hundreds.

An assistant: In a docile, compliant dog or cat, or an animal under anesthetic, it is perfectly easy to implant a chip single-handedly.

Docile, shy dogs tend to live much longer than bold, aggressive dogs, according to a paper that will be published next month in The American Naturalist.

Decades later, he'd tell his gullible, wide-eyed granddaughter that Suzy, the docile, arthritic family dog, had bitten it off in a hungry rage.

Hwang says Tai was chosen as a donor in part because of his "gentle and docile pedigree," but dog lovers hoping to copy their favorite mutt will have to wait a bit longer; the team is more interested in cloning dogs for research.