Sentences with phrase «dogs in shelters often»

Dogs in shelters often need additional one - on - one care that can not be provided in the busy shelter environment.

Not exact matches

Giving all the dogs new names the moment they enter her shelter, she works closely with a dog therapist to help these pooches, and local groups such as Alaskan Wild Women, Challenge Alaska, FOCUS, and Arctic Paws Yummy Chummies often chip in, helping her and her shelter whereever they can, whether it be donations of treats, food to vet services.

This lucky group of dogs - unclaimed, not yet adopted locally and running out of time in an often over-crowded shelter - had been selected from the TAW population to make the trip to Dumb Friends League (DFL) in Denver, Colorado.

In many cases, it's really a non-issue because often the dogs don't really know their shelter names.

Dogs we bring in from high - euthanasia rate shelters often have heartworm disease.

One of the noblest reasons to get a mix breed dog is that they are rarely craved for and often need to be put to sleep in the shelter.

Because we often don't know all the details about how these dogs ended up in a shelter, the staff followed our standard procedure and called the number associated with Winnie's chip.

Unfortunately, many shelter dogs exhibit unwanted behaviors that interfere with their adoption prospects — often stemming from a lack in confidence or socialization.

We often have different needs for our fosters, such as a foster to care for a long timer dog that isn't doing well in the shelter.

Veterinarians often champion the idea of spaying dogs and cats to promote longer lives of those pets as well as reduce disease and the number of unwanted pets in shelters.

Severe cases often result in relinquishment to a shelter, where a dog's options are euthanasia or re-adoption.

ACDRA often has the need for those who can help transport a dog from a shelter to a foster home or from a foster home to an adopter in another state.

Dogs at rescue shelters are often scared and nervous, this can present itself in shyness, neurotic tendencies like barking, or sulking.

Like black dogs, they're often overlooked at shelters and rescues in favor of lighter colored, «more photogenic» types.

However, the name is often misleading, as a dog can develop kennel cough without ever having set foot in a kennel, shelter or other facility due to its highly infectious nature.

Shelter dogs are especially in danger if they have small dog syndrome as the behaviors they display are often considered too dangerous for the public and are euthanized.

Not only is heartworm highly contagious, a positive diagnosis is incredibly time consuming and expensive to treat (Blumenfeld says the cost averages $ 600 for small dogs and $ 2,000 for larger breeds), an unfair fact that often pushes these dogs to the top of the kill list in many shelters across the country

Often shelters choose to work with rescue groups who know spit about behavior and training because those people can get the dogs into fosters and homes, rather than actual trainers whose focus is resolution of problem behaviors through training so the dog can STAY in the new home, and stay safely for all concerned, the dogs and the owners.

Pure - breed dogs often end up in shelters, but they may not have it.

Shelter workers know very well how often puppies and dogs are relinquished because they have a history of eliminating in the house despite the owner's best efforts.

We all know many dogs sadly end up in shelters; unfortunately this is often because the owner didn't make a responsible decision, or chose the wrong breed or dog.

Having spent thousands of hours in shelters as a volunteer, I see these hapless dogs often bounce from home to home, because shelters are not in the business or practice of rehabilitating problem dogs (which shelters also don't utilize the assistance of their skilled local trainers quite enough, in part because they think they know as much about behavior as we trainers do, or think they know enough).

An advantage to buying a dog from a shelter is that often the staff will know the dogs quite well, and will be able to guide you in your decision.

They end up in shelters as often as mixed breed dogs.

Shelters just can't put their finger on it, but black cats and dogs often seem to be some of the last animals to get adopted in shelters.

In the antiquated stereotype of animal shelters (think: Lady and the Tramp), these employees were often depicted as the mean «dog catcher» rounding up all the stray dogs and cats on the streets.

Without these homes, many of these dogs would pass away in a kennel or shelter, often times alone.

All 123 dogs — a mixture of breeds ranging from the large mastiffs most often considered as «meat dogs» in South Korea, to Jindo mixes, Spaniel mixes and Chihuahuas — were transported to shelters in California, Oregon, San Francisco and Washington State in the USA.

We have often found beautiful Labs of «toddler» age in shelters, dogs that someone spent $ 500 - $ 1000 on, but did not realize the time and effort required to end up with a well behaved adult Lab.

The chances of your dog having a health condition are higher if you took in a stray or got them from a shelter because adoption centers often lack a sufficient amount of staff members to give each pet the attention they require on a daily basis.

In the placement of our puppies and dogs, we often partner with approved northern rescues who share our commitment to reduce the number of highly adoptable dogs being put to sleep in southern shelters, so we are rescue friendlIn the placement of our puppies and dogs, we often partner with approved northern rescues who share our commitment to reduce the number of highly adoptable dogs being put to sleep in southern shelters, so we are rescue friendlin southern shelters, so we are rescue friendly.

These dogs are often euthanized or turned in to shelters.

Yes, in many cases a person who is patient could eventually find the dog that fits their criteria through a shelter / rescue, but I've known several people who have chosen to buy because it meant getting exactly what they wanted, often sooner than a shelter / rescue was able to come up with the desired animal.

Most of the dogs probably will be killed, officials say, because visitors in this part of the state do not want to adopt them, and shelter workers often discourage those who seem interested.

When an animal shelter runs out of room to take in new dogs, they often turn to individuals and families to take in foster dogs.

The stress on shelter staff is significant: no room to put ever more dogs; having to euthanize dogs to make room for new dogs; performing triage on sick animals when space is limited; having to make hard choices about evening and weekend heating and lighting with a small budget; no veterinarian or vet tech on the staff; no evening or weekend staff; no time to network adoptable animals; no available homes in the surrounding communities; inadequate transport vehicles; little or no support from local government; an Animal Control Officer often doing double duty, responsible also for managing the shelter; counties lacking even a shelter or inside kenneling.

In the face of confusing and often conflicting reports in the veterinary literature, how can veterinarians and animal shelters understand the pros and cons of spay / neuter and determine the most appropriate age to perform these surgeries in male and female dogs and catIn the face of confusing and often conflicting reports in the veterinary literature, how can veterinarians and animal shelters understand the pros and cons of spay / neuter and determine the most appropriate age to perform these surgeries in male and female dogs and catin the veterinary literature, how can veterinarians and animal shelters understand the pros and cons of spay / neuter and determine the most appropriate age to perform these surgeries in male and female dogs and catin male and female dogs and cats?

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Breeding dogs for appearance or based on popular trends results in unhealthy dogs that are not properly tested for temperament or genetics, undesirable physical and mental traits, and often a surplus of those dogs in shelters.

A word of warning regarding dogs with severe anxiety problems (often a rescue / shelter dog): some dogs may go to pieces in a crate; they will shake, slobber, struggle and exhibit extreme escape behavior.

These ordinances often prohibit pet stores from selling dogs and cats (and in some cases rabbits) from commercial breeding facilities and only allow pet stores to sell animals if they are sourced from rescues or shelters.

By preventing behavior problems that often land dogs in shelters or even gets them euthanized, early socialization can save a puppy's life.

Yet it's in these shelters that senior dogs too often spend weeks, months, or even the rest of their lives while they wait for a potential adopter.

Yellow Dogs are dogs who need space - they are not necessarily aggressive dogs but more often are dogs who have issues of fear; pain from recent surgery; are a rescue or shelter dog who has not yet had sufficient training or mastered obedience; are in training for work or service; are in service; or other reasons specific to the Dogs are dogs who need space - they are not necessarily aggressive dogs but more often are dogs who have issues of fear; pain from recent surgery; are a rescue or shelter dog who has not yet had sufficient training or mastered obedience; are in training for work or service; are in service; or other reasons specific to the dogs who need space - they are not necessarily aggressive dogs but more often are dogs who have issues of fear; pain from recent surgery; are a rescue or shelter dog who has not yet had sufficient training or mastered obedience; are in training for work or service; are in service; or other reasons specific to the dogs but more often are dogs who have issues of fear; pain from recent surgery; are a rescue or shelter dog who has not yet had sufficient training or mastered obedience; are in training for work or service; are in service; or other reasons specific to the dogs who have issues of fear; pain from recent surgery; are a rescue or shelter dog who has not yet had sufficient training or mastered obedience; are in training for work or service; are in service; or other reasons specific to the dog.

Your dog has recently experienced: a change in the family's schedule that results in his being left alone more often; a move to a new house; the death or loss of a family member or another family pet; or a period at an animal shelter or boarding kennel.

As much as I love the mystery of the mixed breed I know that the surprises are very often too much for the owner and the dog lands in the shelter.

On the other hand, people who adopt dogs from a person they know are often doing so out of caring for the person who had to give the dog up, while those who adopt dogs from a shelter often do so, in part, with the idea that they are «saving a life.»

Proving that it often «takes a village,» to coordinate the rescue of a dog in dire need, one person volunteered to pick up Chips and deliver him within a 2 hour drive of the shelter.

Shelter dogs make wonderful companions and often find themselves in shelters through no fault of their own, such as when an owner passes away or a family decides they can no longer afford a dog.

March has arrived, and along with the blustering breezes that are so often associated with the third month on the calendar, shelter dogs from coast to coast are hoping that the winds of change will blow in their favor.