Why can't big dogs move their paws as quickly when running as small ones?

Yeah, most mid-sized and large dogs do the galloping thing when they run--the front legs alternate while the back legs largely move in tandem. A lot of smaller dogs do one foot in front of the other, back and front, when running. It strikes me as less efficient--and less fast--but many seem to have remarkable endurance, comparatively, for their size.
Ещё у собак, как и у людей, есть чувство юмора. Недавно его облаяла маленькая собачка в штанишках, курточке и шапочке. Она сидела на руках у своей хозяйки( А мой пёс просто обожает маленьких собачек, у него к ним какая то особенная нежность). Он сделал вид, что ему это безразлично, но проходя мимо, неожиданно повернулся и одним движением стянул с неё штаны на резинке. Смеялась даже хозяйка собачки, настолько комично это выглядело. Он вообще добрый пёс, хоть и грозный на вид.
 
Dogs, like people, also have a sense of humor. Recently, a small dog in pants, a jacket, and a hat barked at him. She was sitting in her owner's arms (And my dog just adores small dogs, he has some special tenderness for them). He pretended that he didn't care, but as he passed by, he suddenly turned around and pulled her pants down with one movement. Even the dog's owner laughed, it looked so comical. He is generally a kind dog, although he looks menacing.
Yeah, when we were walking through the city (we usually travelled by bicycle), my first dog (Parmalee) would run up ahead and hide behind a building as we approached a corner. Then he would jump out and attack me when I got to the corner. When he played with my mother, he would bring her a ball a few times and then he would start dropping it further and further away so that she would have to retrieve the ball. He did this inside too, except he would toss the ball under a sofa or something. He only did this with people he knew he could manipulate though.

There was also a cafe we'd go to that he wasn't allowed to go inside. I'd leave him outside and go into to purchase something, but then he would sneak inside with the next person who came through the door and hide under someone's table and chair. But he would then go back outside to where I left him just a moment before I went back outside.
 
Not to be dense, but the title question doesn't make sense. A larger dog, especially a runner breed is moving its paws faster. A Borzoi or even a Retriever can easily outrun a Chihuahua, ergo its paws are traversing a greater distance in a given unit of time. And I would imagine the cadence (perhaps the real meaning of the OP question) of a Greyhound's strides is probably close to that of a much smaller breed, so you can't even say that all large breeds have a slower stride cadence.
 
Not to be dense, but the title question doesn't make sense. A larger dog, especially a runner breed is moving its paws faster. A Borzoi or even a Retriever can easily outrun a Chihuahua, ergo its paws are traversing a greater distance in a given unit of time. And I would imagine the cadence (perhaps the real meaning of the OP question) of a Greyhound's strides is probably close to that of a much smaller breed, so you can't even say that all large breeds have a slower stride cadence.
Я именно частоту шагов и имела в виду. Думаете, что у крупных и мелких пород она одинакова?
 
Same way the same sort of brain can send signals to both a toddler and a 6'6" basketball player when they are running.
Но они же перебирают ногами с одинаковой частотой?
 
Still, the calico deer is not as different from the regular one as a Chihuahua is from a St. Bernard.
Deer breed naturally. Dogs are bred artificially.

A tiger and a cat are not the same thing. Otherwise, why haven't they been crossed yet?
Why do you think they would be?



Chihuahua: 3kg
Great Dane: 90kg

Domestic cat: 5kg
Tiger: 300kg

Clearly, cats, dogs and ungulates come in all sizes. We've maximized this with artificial breeding because dogs are tools, whereas cats are not.
 
I still don’t know how to post a picture
Look.

You have been told how rude your postings are. You post in giant font and bold. You yell.
You call people names and refuse to answer challenges.
And you've been told how to correct all this. You know this, and you have told us you don't care. It's more convenient for you to just be as rude as you like.

Are you really surprised no one wants to help you be more rude in a new format?


And this is entirely off-topic. As usual, you don't respect topic boundaries.



As exchemist said:
 
Deer breed naturally. Dogs are bred artificially.


Why do you think they would be?



Chihuahua: 3kg
Great Dane: 90kg

Domestic cat: 5kg
Tiger: 300kg

Clearly, cats, dogs and ungulates come in all sizes. We've maximized this with artificial breeding because dogs are tools, whereas cats are not.
Но вы же не можете скрестить самку тигра, и кота, например? Или можете? В пробирке, допустим? Что получится в результате?
 
But you can't cross a female tiger and a male cat, for example? Or can you? In a test tube, for example? What will happen as a result?
Google has this to say:

"Yes, domestic cats and some wild cats, including certain big cats, can interbreed. While not all species can interbreed, crosses between domestic cats and wild cats, like the serval (leading to the Savannah cat)..."

It doesn't explicitly say domestic cats have interbred with, say, lions and tigers, but serval cats have bred with domestic cats, and are pretty big and are wild.
 
Google has this to say:

"Yes, domestic cats and some wild cats, including certain big cats, can interbreed. While not all species can interbreed, crosses between domestic cats and wild cats, like the serval (leading to the Savannah cat)..."

It doesn't explicitly say domestic cats have interbred with, say, lions and tigers, but serval cats have bred with domestic cats, and are pretty big and are wild.
А собаку можно скрестить любую с любой. И даже можно скрестить волка с собакой.
 
And you can cross any dog with any dog. And you can even cross a wolf with a dog.
Yes. All dogs and wolves are the same species.

But note: I'm not sure if there has ever been a cross between a Chihuahua and a Great Dane for similar reasons that there may never have been a cross between a domestic cat and a lion. For all we know, both are possible.
 
Not even close. Watch a toddler run some time.
Детёныши все бегают неуклюже, у всех животных. Потому что они только учатся бегать. А собаки разные, есть маленькие собачки, на тонких ножках, которые всё время трясутся и ни секунды не стоят на месте, и есть спокойные, огромные, медлительные сенбернары, например. Есть собаки весом 200 грамм, и есть весом под 200 килограмм. Такими разными параметрами могут обладать ещё если только змеи, но и то, я не уверена, что разные породы змей можно скрестить между собой, а собак можно.
 
Yes. All dogs and wolves are the same species.

But note: I'm not sure if there has ever been a cross between a Chihuahua and a Great Dane for similar reasons that there may never have been a cross between a domestic cat and a lion. For all we know, both are possible.
Если это будет самка немецкого дога, и самец чихуахуа, то вполне возможно получить от них потомство. А если наоборот, то самка чихуахуа просто может не разродиться большим детёнышем.
Льва же и домашнего кота скрестить невозможно, иначе, их уже давно бы кто-нибудь скрестил хотя бы из интереса. Или в дикой природе скрестились бы лев и тигр. Но этого тоже не происходит.
 
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