Example Sentences

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There could be something that happened in their formative puppyhood months that put them on edge, or some medical issue or genetic quirk that makes them more anxious.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023

The team repeated the experiment with 12 23-week-old Alaskan huskies, which they’d raised similarly since puppyhood.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 20, 2022

This book is a compilation of Instagram photographs taken from puppyhood to present.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2016

His owner, Simon Noble, 50, wistfully recalled Trigger’s puppyhood, when he took Trigger and his 6-week-old littermates to a bar that has since shut its doors to dogs.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2016

I lost that feeling long before the end of my puppyhood, when my brothers were taken from me.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz