Jon Katz

It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace anything that invades the home. All these behaviors can be curbed, but that takes a lot of work. Trainers say it requires nearly 2,000 repetitions of a behavior for a dog to completely absorb it.

American Journalist

David Rakoff

Not far from my apartment, within a stretch of no more than 500 feet, there are two doggie gyms where Gotham's canines who aren't getting enough exercise running through the city's parks, or are neglecting their all-important doggie glutes and abs, can go for a workout. What can I say? This appalls me.

Canadian Writer

Juliana Hatfield

Puerto Rico has a stray dog problem. Tens of thousands of homeless canines - hundreds of thousands, by some estimates - live and die on the streets and beaches all over this Caribbean island of almost four million people.

American Musician

Richard Belzer

If any animal is capable of unconditional love, it is surely the canine: they are forgiving, caring, life-affirming creatures who humble us and teach us to be more human and compassionate.

American Comedian

Jim Lee

Superheroes are modern mythological characters, so you're going to make them look impossible. Even my Krypto The Superdog is the idealisation of the canine form.

South Korean Artist

Glen Duncan

One of the things that seems absolutely clear to me about werewolves - with their canine makeup - is that they would be dogs, as it were.

British Author

George Eliot

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

W. Bruce Cameron

If I'm right, the only reason our species is still around is because of our friendship with the canines.

American Author

Judd Nelson

My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors.

American Actor

Luke Evans

I've always had quite long canines. It's a very strange thing. My parents don't have them.

Welsh Actor

Use 'canine' when talking specifically about dogs or as an adjective for something dog-like.

Dog Context

'Canine' may imply a broader context beyond pet dogs, including wild dog species.

Animal Categories

While 'canine' is not overly formal, it might be less common in casual conversation than 'dog'.

Formality Range

Use 'canine' to refer specifically to the pointed teeth next to the front incisors in mammals.

Dental Specificity

'Canine' teeth is a term that's commonly used in biology and dentistry.

Zoological Term

Remember, 'canine' describes a type of tooth, not a brand or name of a product.

Not a Brand

'Canine' as an adjective ties animals or traits to the biological dog family.

Biological Relation

Use 'canine' to distinguish dog-like animals from feline (cats) or other species.

Species Distinction

 who are standing together. You also see the big canine teeth that they have. And they're standing together and they demonstrate to the rest of the group, "We are together. We are a unit." The males on the right are walking together in synchrony. That's another way of demonstrating that you are together. And so demonstrating unity is extremely important

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 with chimpanzees they had many ape-like traits such as a small cranial capacity. However fossils show that some ancient hominins were also beginning to show human-like characteristics such as small canines that were likely used more for eating and not for hunting or fighting.

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 advanced behaviors for their canine dance training she's amazed at how far the shepherd mix has come where our way huh today and wants to add music to their routine look at this nice room

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 farm animals in dog towns canine facility no matter how sick badly behaved or seemingly unadoptable dogs who might otherwise be euthanized find hope a full staff of trainers

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 now becomes a real possibility for some ultimately dog town wants each big truck to pass the canine good citizen tests an important tool for evaluating if they're

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