Sentences with phrase «breed labels assigned»

The shelter points to a study cited by the Animal Farm Foundation, a nonprofit that works to promote pit bull dogs, that reports breed labels assigned to shelter dogs by staff members are incorrect at least 75 percent of the time.

We know by now that it is often inaccurate, and that a breed label assigned to a dog may impact its potential for a successful adoption.

Not exact matches

Dr. Levy found that assigning breed labels to shelter dogs based on visual inspection is unreliable and likely to be contradicted by DNA testing.

Impounded dogs are assigned a primary breed label.

Consequently, many modern shelters are dropping breed labels, since the assigned labels can unnecessarily prolong a dog's stay in the shelter.

Ending the guessing game of assigning breed labels to shelter dogs will increase adoptions and make better matches between pets and people.

For some dogs labeled as pit bulls, when their DNA is tested it's nearly impossible to assign even one main breed.