Name: Benji Age: 1.5 years Weight: 30 lbs Spayed / neutered: yes Up to date on age appropriate Vaccinations: yes Kennel trained: working on it House trained: yes
Best breed guess: heinz 57 Being fostered in: Regina Adoption fee: $ 250 Good with dogs: yes Good with cats: unknown Good with kids: hasn't met any since being fostered
Best breed guess: Mom was a Shepherd XBeing fostered in: Moose JawAdoption fee: $ 300 with $ 100
Best breed guess: heeler x collie (Mom is 53 lbs) Being fostered in: Weyburn Adoption fee: $ 300 ($ 100 refund once proof of neuter between 6 - 10 months) Good with dogs: yes Good with cats: they don't seem interested yet Good with kids: yes!
Best breed guess: heeler x collieBeing fostered
Best breed guess: heeler x collie (Mom is 53 lbs) Being
Name: BenjiAge: 1.5 years Weight: 30lbsSpayed / neutered: yesUp to date on age appropriate Vaccinations: yesKennel trained: working on it House trained: yes
Best breed guess: heinz 57Being fostered in: Regina Adoption fee: $ 250Good with dogs: yesGood with cats: unknownGood with kids: hasn't met any
Best breed guess: heeler x collie Being fostered in: Weyburn Adoption fee: $ 300 ($ 100 refund once proof of neuter between the age of 6 - 10 months) Good with dogs: yes Good with cats: they don't seem interested yet Good with kids: yes!
Best breed guess: heeler x collie (Mom is 53 lbs) Being fostered in: Weyburn Adoption fee: $ 300 ($ 100 refund once proof of spay between 6 - 10 months of age) Good with dogs: yes Good with cats: they don't seem interested yet Good with kids: yes!
Not exact matches
Their
best guess is a Border Collie mix, «or in our opinion, the
best mixed
breed ever,» he says.
I
guess I'll take another Irish
breed if the Setter wasn't
Best in Group.
Without a DNA test, shelter staff is just making their
best guess as to
breeding and mislabeling leads to misconceptions.
Unfortunately dogs don't come into shelter's with AKC papers attached to their collars, as the article states we are all taking our
best guess when identifying what
breeds go into making them.
If a dog is mixed
breed, then the sign on the kennel can always state «It is our
best guess that this dog has some «stated
breed» in it.
Until I see such a hint of familial relationship, I would
guess it would be safe enough to
breed dogs that were affected with this syndrome in the whelping box, but keep
good records on future relatives» puppies.
Since shelters usually have to
guess at the
breeds, and mostly get them wrong, DNA testing is the
best bet anyway and the cost is less and less every year.
Hey
guess what: THEIR temperament was
bred out, as
well.
Trying to
guess which dogs are the «
best» to keep intact for showing and
breeding can be hit - or - miss.
proved our point, which is your
guess is as
good as ours when it comes to visual
breed labeling.
«If the animal looks like it's probably a Great Dane, you could make a
better guess, but with many of the mixed
breeds you don't know the heritage,» Fortney said.
Add me to the group that says «mixed
breed» is much
better than a
guess based on appearance.
I thought the results were
good, the highest percentage of
breed DNA in both dogs was exactly what I would have
guessed based on «my» visual ID which was different than the visual ID of animal control
We recently conducted a national survey of dog experts to compare their
best guesses for the
breeds of dogs in a series of photographs.
THE TRUTH: When we look at dogs of unknown parentage, the
best we can do is
guess at their
breed, and it turns out that even dog experts are usually wrong when doing so.
In instances where a dog is a mixed
breed, shelter workers have to rely on their
best guess when it comes to determining genetic makeup.
What is the dog's age /
breed (
best guess) / general weight / temperament from what is known?
Ending the
guessing game of assigning
breed labels to shelter dogs will increase adoptions and make
better matches between pets and people.
Give the animal's
breed if known or
best guess (ie - for dogs, Pomeranian or Labrador Mix, or for cats, American Shorthair Tabby or Siamese)
And
guess what, her dog just won «
Best Opposite» this year in her
breed category at Westminster.
(note: all
breed details provided by rescue organizations are a
best guess as no DNA tests or AKC paperwork is required for adoption information).
«You will see our
best guess» on
breed, she said, but echoes Fitzgerald on approach: «We treat every dog as an individual.
Best breed ever... my nephew has the honor of being owned by a sweet girl pit and IMHO she is amazing... cares for my elderly mom and I never taught her, she just watched me and then I
guess just mimicked my caring?
because the dog owners are internally leaving scraps of food on the upper left border of my yard - and where dogs eat they will usually crap; so this is what i have to deal wth - they
breed dogs and let them run free as if they own my property as
well; i have called animal control about 6 times within the past 2 years - i believe they are related or friends which is my assumption - and
guess what not only do i have 1 neighbor who let their dogs use my yard as a toilet but another neighbor two doors down who collect stray dogs but do not feed them and let them roam the neighborhood so they can knock over my garbage can 2 - 3 times a week; i am at my wits end - i want to put red peeper on the border of my yard as
well but i do nt want to be sued; i have even confronted my neighbor about this and just suggested that they would keep their dogs from crapping in my yard as
well as jumping in my kids pool - what did these animal loving people say:» they're animals - we cant control where our dogs do their business or if they get hot and go into your kids pool!»»
This fear usually shows up with certain
breeds (this is personal, but there are trends which you can
guess), certain sizes of dogs (the bigger the
better, unsurprisingly), or certain behaviours (aggression of all sorts, no matter how ritualized, but in combination with
breed and size even unruliness can work).
This list might not be complete and is, at
best, an educated
guess from experts and dog fanciers based on the physical characteristics of the
breeds.
Their
breed mix is our
best guess based on appearance and demeanor.
When we look at dogs of unknown parentage, the
best we can do is
guess at their
breed, and it turns out that even dog experts are usually wrong.
ACOs are going to give their
best guess, or they will go with whatever the dog owner says the dog's
breed is.
Our method for determining the
breed of any dog is to evaluate size, appearance, temperament and based on experience make our
best guess.
This ambiguity is complicated by the fact that workers at dog shelters often have to specify a dog's
breed, if not provided, using their experience to essentially come up with a
best guess.
Our
best guess on her
breed is cattle dog mixed with pit bull.
You have the right to be informed of the dogs actual
breed or
breed mix, and if not known, to receive the
best guess from a shelter professional, with no euphemisms or avoiding
breeds that conjure up public fear (e.g. Pit Bull, Chow, etc..)
He is about 1 1/2 years young and as for his
breed,
well, it is anybody's
guess....