Lay people and professionals use terms to describe in one word the status of an animal. The term may relate to the sexual status of an animal (intact or sexually functional, or altered or sexually nonfunctional) or the age status of an animal. Terms have also been derived to denote the process of giving birth and the grouping of animals.
canine (kā-nīn): dogs
dog/stud: intact (not sexually altered) male dog
bitch: intact female dog
whelp (wehlp) or pup: young dog
whelping (wehl-pihng): giving birth to whelps
pack: group of dogs
litter: multiple offspring born during the same labor
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