Word List Dogs 301 words

Dogs Vocabulary Word List (301)

  • A

    abandoned, ability, activity, adoption, affect, affection, affectionate, aggressive, agility, AKC (American Kennel Club), allergy, alpha, approach, assistance, attack, average, awareness

  • B

    balance, bay, behavior, biscuit, blissful, bluff, bone, brand, breed, breeder

  • C

    calm claw, canine, care, castration, caution, cautious, characteristics, checkup, chewing, chow, claws, clipping, coat, coloring, command, communication, companionship, compassion, competition, confinement, connection, consume, continuing care, control, cropping, crossbred, croup, cruelty

  • D

    dam, dangerous, defense, dependable, destructive, detection, devotion, dewclaw, diet, disciplined, disease, distemper, docile, dock, dog lover, dominant, down

  • E

    effective, endurance, energetic, entertainment, environment, euthanasia, exasperating, exercise, expense, experience, exuberance

  • F

    fang, feature, fetch, fidelity, Fido, finicky, fitness, fleas, food, foreleg, formula, four-legged friend, friendly, fur

  • G

    games, gentle, gnaw, greeting, grooming, grow, guard, guardian, guide dog

  • H

    handling, harness, haul, heal, healthy, heart, heart worm, heel, herd, hide, hind quarters, hock, homeless, hound, housebreaking, howl, humane, hurt

  • I

    incentive, infection, inflammation, inherited, inhumane, injury, insecure, instinct, intelligence, intrude, intuition, irrepressible, irritation

  • J

    jerk, jog, joint, judge

  • K

    kennel, kindness

  • L

    learning, leash, leftovers, licensing, life-span, litter, love, loving, loyalty, lunge

  • M

    malady, marking, mate, maturity, mayhem, menace, mimicking, miniature, misbehavior, mistreat, mixed breed, mongrel, muscular, mutt, muzzle

  • N

    nature, neuter, normal, nutrient, nutrition

  • O

    obedient, odor, outdoors, outrageous, overdo

  • P

    pack animal, pad, panting, parasite, pastern, patient, paw, pawing, pedigree, people-person, personality, pet, pet-friendly, placid, playful, plunder, pooch, popularity, pounds, practice, praise, prevention, proportion, puppy, puppy-hood, purebred

  • Q

    quick, quiet

  • R

    rabid, rabies, range, rawhide, registration, regulation, relationship, relief, rescue, respect, response, responsibility, retrieve, reward, roaming, rock-solid, rump

  • S

    safety, scent, sedate, senses, sensitivity, service, shelter, shiny, shots, signal, sire, sit, size, snarl, socialize, spay, SPCA, special, specialty, split-personality, sporting dog, standard, stare, starvation, stay, stereotype, stray, stroking, structure, submissive, sweet, sweet-nature, swift

  • T

    temperament, tendency, terrier, territorial, threaten, tick, toleration, toys, training, treatment, treats, trouble, type

  • U

    unconditional, undercoat, understanding, unique, unsanitary, unusual, unwanted

  • V

    vaccination, variety, veterinarian, vicious, vigor, voice

  • W

    wag, walking, wary, washing, water, weight, welcome, welfare, whelp, whining, whiskers, wise, working dog, worthy

  • X

  • Y

    yank, yard, yelp

  • Z

    zeal



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Salivating
Tearing
Urinating
Diarrhea

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