Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen

Facts about Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs, "Scientific name for Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog, or domestic canine, is Canis lupus familiaris". Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen is a dog breed that is native to France. This dog breed comes under the category of the scent hound, which means that the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog mostly hunts by odor rather than vision. They are developed to track hares in a bramble-packed land of the Vendee region of France. Even though this dog breed appears to be planned for charming cuteness, in reality, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs are strong hunters who were bred for a specific reason, such as to hunt small game in the uneven terrain of the Vendeen area of France. The breed is recognized for a happy and outgoing character. Generally, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs are considered as having the most responsive noses amid canines.

Features

The Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen is a small dog that grows to a maximum height, ranging from 13 inches and 15 inches (32.5 cm and 37.5 cm) at the withers, with the maximum body weight between 20 lbs and 40 lbs (9 kg and 18.1 kg).

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs have two times the amount of ear muscles than people. A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs can hear a sound at four times the distance of a human. Sound frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz) Def-Hertz is the measurement of frequency, explicitly it's one cycle per second. The higher the Hertz are, the higher the pitched the sound is. Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs hear best at 45,000 Hz to 65,000 Hz, while humans hear best at around 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.

The majority of the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog breeds has elongated, drooping ears, which helps them to collect smell from the air and keep it close to their face and nose. The Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog as well, have great nasal cavities to process the scent in a better way. Their naturally loose, damp lips are said to help in trapping the smell particles.

The Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog breeds have profound, active voices and exercise them aggressively while running, and particularly when following a smell trail. Even though this can be an annoyance in developed areas, it is a precious attribute that allows the owner of the dog to pursue the time of a hunt even when they are behind the scenes, such as when following a raccoon or fox through the forest.

The Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog breeds do not require being as speedy as sight hounds for the reason that they do not have to keep prey in the scene, but they need staying power so that they can continue a smell and go behind it for extended distances over coarse terrain. The best odor hounds can follow a smell trail even across running stream and even while it is a number of days old, which is a substantial amount in excess of a sight hound. Most scent hound dogs are employed for hunting in sets, occasionally with numerous dogs in a single set. Longer-legged of the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog breeds run more speedily and usually they require that the hunters go behind them on horseback, whereas the shorter-legged dogs allow hunters to pursue them on foot.

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs sweat glands are between their paw pads.
A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog sees in color and have better low light vision. Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs have three eyelids, a lower lid, an upper eyelid lid and a third lid, that is called a haw or nictitating membrane, this keeps the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs eye protected and moist. Dogs eyes have a special membrane for seeing better at night, called a tapetum lucidum - a dogs reflective layer in the choroid chiefly of nocturnal, causing the eyes to glow when light at night hits the eyes and they consist of some layers of smooth flat cells covered by a section of double deformed crystals

A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog’s mouth can apply approximately 150 to 200 pounds of pressure per square inch and an American Pit Bull Terrier, German Shepherd Dog and a rottweiler can have 320 LBS of pressure on avg.

All dogs are identical in makeup big or small– 42 permanent teeth and 321 bones. Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Puppies have 28 teeth and when they become adult dogs they have 42 teeth. Female Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs are in heat for matting for about 20 days twice a year. Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Puppies for their first few weeks will sleep ninety percent of the day and their vision is not fully developed until after the first month. Female Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs are pregnant for 60 days before they’re puppies are born

Temperament

These scent hound dogs are regularly kept as pets, and as pets, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs are good with kids, good with other dogs and pets. However, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs are habitually distracted, stubborn, difficult to coach, and some dogs will run after cats or other small animals that look like the prey they were developed to hunt. Many of the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs are developed as show dogs or pet dogs instead of as hunting dogs or field dogs. These breeds are very inquisitive dogs that happen to be immense escape artists, as well. If they are capable, they will either go above a fence or beneath it through digging.

The average lifespan of the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen dog ranges from 10 years to 14 years.

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Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog’s nose prints can be used to identify them, their nose prints are like a humans finger print. A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog smells more than 1,000 times stronger than that of a human. A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog’s nose, secretes a thin layer of mucous that helps it absorb scent, after that they lick their noses and sample the scent through their mouth.

Average body temperature for a Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog is between 101 to 102.5 degrees
A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog is an omnivore, (definition-they eat both other animals and plants). All Dogs are direct descendants of wolves.

The number one heath problems amongst Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs is obesity, so always make sure your dog doesn't get to fat. Many foot problems that Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs have are just an issue of long toenails.

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dogs pant to keep cool with 10 to 35 breaths per minute with an average of 24 breaths per minute. A large dog breed resting heart beats between 60 to 100 times per minute, and a small dog breed’s heart beats on average between 100 to 140 pant a lot.