Kennel clubs, breed clubs, and
breed associations do not sell dogs directly but usually recommend breeders that the prospective buyer can contact.
Not exact matches
We
did just that, which has resulted in the top herding Canaan Dog in three organizations, the AKC, CDCA, and the American Herding
Breed Association.
However, the American Veterinary Medical
Association has publicly stated that it isn't possible to calculate accurate bite rates for
breeds, «[because] mixed
breeds are commonly described as purebreds... [and] the actual number of bites that occur in a community is not known... if they
did not result in serious injury.»
Information on specific
breeds - American Kennel Club www.akc.org Information on pet care, emergency care, veterinary careers and more - American Veterinary Medical
Association www.avma.org
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«I would say to anybody purchasing a
breed of any kind:
Do their homework,» says de Jong, president - elect of the American Veterinary Medical
Association.
This international veterinary
association doesn't use photos with brachycephalic
breeds, so I sent in another one.
So I aligned with my purpose of helping the veterinary community, sent in a new picture (sans pug), and now I tell the story like this: This international veterinary
association doesn't use photos with brachycephalic
breeds, so I sent in another one.
The UKC also oversees obedience events, as
does the Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA), the American Mixed
Breed Obedience Registry (AMBOR), Canadian
Association of Rally Obedience (CARO), and others.
The lawsuit cites the American Veterinary Medical
Association as saying national statistics on fatalities and injuries caused by dogs
do not prove any
breed is more dangerous than another.
Both the American Veterinary Medical
Association and the Center for Disease Control have said that any ratio (which would be off anyway because visual
breed identification is unreliable) would be skewed because we don't have the number of dogs for each
breed in the country.
At the request of the Jack Russell Terrier Breeders
Association, the
breed was accepted into the United Kennel Club in 1992, but JRTCA
does not endorse this recognition.
The very first
breed standard for the Briard was drawn up in 1897 by fans of the sheepdog, and in 1909, the French
association Les Amis
du Briard was formed.
This situation
does not exist in TICA and other
breed associations.
Although accepted as a
breed by most cat
associations, the Cat Fanciers»
Association (CFA)
does not recognize the Ragdoll for championship status.
Findings
did not associate an increase in disease
association in the small
breeds with spaying or neutering, while in larger
breeds disease risk was dependent upon gender, and whether the spay or neuter procedure was performed before or after one year of age (Hart, B.L., L.A. Hart, A.P. Thigpen and N. H. Willits.
The Australian Veterinary
Association did not support mandatory reporting of restricted
breeds by Veterinarians, saying it is not possible to definitively identify a pit bull and stated the recommendations could discourage owners from seeking care for their animals leading them to suffer needlessly.
Many border collie groups, such as the American Border Collie
Association (ABCA), felt so strongly about the potential for unethical
breeding that they
did not want the AKC to recognize their
breed.
The Australian Veterinary
Association (AWA), which has launched a new strategy to deal with dog bites, says the latest research shows banning particular
breeds does nothing to address aggression in dogs, and nothing to increase public safety.
Busy cat owners who like the look of a Persian, but don't have time for daily grooming sessions, have made the Exotic the most popular cat
breed again, according to the Cat Fanciers»
Association (CFA) registration statistics.
According to the American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA), however,
breed - specific legislation is an ineffective way to reduce the number of dog bites in a community, unfairly targeting dogs that have
done nothing wrong and providing a false sense of security while leaving the root causes of dog bites unaddressed.
For these reasons, and many others, both the CDC and the American Veterinary Medical
Association do not recommend discriminating based on
breed.
Is a
breed approved by and registered with a registry or
association which, at a minimum, requires identification of the
breed, date of birth, names of registered sire and dam, the name of breeder, and record - keeping relating to
breeding, transfer of ownership and death, and
does or will actively show or compete.
It is important to note that these experimental (variant) Ragdolls have not been accepted by any major
association (and should be registered as non-standard), nor
do they comply with the current written
Breed Standard that describes the Ragdoll as a blue - eyed, pointed
Breed.
Breed associations such as the AKC, the UKC, and the CKC,
do not recognize «designer dog» crosses as
breeds.
Based on these studies, and concerns about due process and property rights infringement, the American Bar
Association, the National Animal Control
Association, and the American Veterinary Medical
Association don't support
breed discrimination, Best Friends said in a press release.
Analysing SBT and BT
breeds separately
did not yielded any significant
associations, probably due to the low sample number.