それらのイヌの多くが生きています。

those (near the second person)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac (The Dog, 7pm-9pm, west-northwest, September)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)