Terminology of Dog

·         The term dog typically is applied both to the species (or subspecies) as a whole, and any adult male member of the same.

·         An adult female is a bitch.

·         An adult male capable of reproduction is a stud.

·         An adult female capable of reproduction is a brood bitch, or brood mother.

·         Immature males or females (that is, animals that are incapable of reproduction) are pups or puppies.

·         A group of pups from the same gestation period is a litter.

·         The father of a litter is a sire. It is possible for one litter to have multiple sires.

·         The mother of a litter is a dam.

·         A group of any three or more adults is a pack.