Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a large, primarily residential, public research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The 1,338-acre (541.5 ha) main academic and residential campus is located 15 miles (24 km) south of Toledo, Ohio.
dock (dÉk ) Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense docks , present participle docking , past tense , past participle docked. 1. countable noun. A dock is an enclosed area in a harbour where ships go to be loaded, unloaded, and repaired. ...the loading dock.
Confidence votes 10.4K. Docking is a traditional practice meant to shorten or remove the tail of dogs whose original purpose put the tail in harms' way (e.g. Rottweilers were originally used sometimes to pull heavy loads in carts, so their tails were docked to keep them out of the cart's way).