Sentences with phrase «small breeds survey»

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It turns out the surveys found two small dog breeds, Chihuahuas and dachshunds, rated high on aggression toward both humans and other animals.

There had been two prior general health surveys of the breed: A small private effort conducted by Leos Kral, PhD, of West Georgia State University in the mid 1990s and a larger project mounted by the DNA & Genetics Committee of the Australian Shepherd Club of America in 1999.

Almost 25 % of the breeders who responded to the 1999 Australian Shepherd Club of America breed health survey reported having dogs with reproductive failures (low sperm count, lack of libido, failure to conceive, small litters or poor mothering ability).

An ANIMALS 24 - 7 electronic survey of 206,014 classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption confirms that large retrievers are still by far and away the most popular dogs in the U.S., births of pit bulls and their close mixes are continuing to increase at the rate of about 10 % per year, and Dachshunds have displaced beagles and Chihuahuas as the most rapidly rising small breed.

While the two health surveys conducted by the HCA suggest that incidence of congenital and acquired cardiac disease in Havanese is relatively small, the Health Committee has continued to investigate a means of better ascertaining the origin of and degree to which it exists in the breed.