Sentences with phrase «dog breed labels»

Michelle Sathe, who works at Best Friends animal shelter, said the shelter has been trying out a pilot program where they don't use dog breed labels.

MISSION HILLS, CA (FOX 11)- The city of Los Angeles Board of Animal Services met Tuesday night to discuss the possibility of removing dog breed labels from city shelters and adoption forms.

Across the top dog breed labels, the recent cycle saw killing for medical reasons reduced to nearly one third of what it was in the prior cycle.

Not exact matches

Breeds such as Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Bull Mastiffs and Rottweilers are being unfairly vilified and labelled «dangerous dogs».

Conversely, dogs lacking any genetic evidence of relevant breeds were labeled as pit bull - type dogs from 0 to 48 percent of the time, the researchers reported.

For example: «Please place dog hair in a zip - locked plastic bag... Label each plastic bag of hair with the breed... Do not remove dog hair from the vacuum cleaner.

For example, a photo of a dog would be labeled as animal, canine, domesticated dog, and the breed of dog.

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

I actually have the praziquantel injectable label here with me and it reads «Praziquantel injection has been tested in breeding and pregnant dogs and cats.

Every dog breed known to man has been cross bred from another breed of dog so if you are going to label one dog a mutt label them all!!

6 dogs (5 Hungarian Vizslas and one mixed breed; labelled V1 to V5 and M, respectively) and their owner took part in the experiments.

The feeding instructions on dog food labels have been developed taking into account dog's life stage, breed, weight, age and exercise level.

One in five dogs genetically identified with pit bull breeds were missed, and one in three dogs lacking DNA for pit bull breeds were labeled pit bulls by at least one staff member.

While no dog is completely allergy free, some dogs have non-shedding coats producing less dander than other breeds, gaining the popular label, dogs that do nt shed.

Some stories concern puppies, others are from people who give homes to retiring breeding dogs from places which wouldn't be typically labelled a puppy farm.

If you have a Yorkshire Terrier — don't bother buying dog food that is labeled for that specific breed.

So unless the Rescue group is a breed - specific group that knows its own breed, you might find a dog labeled as a Flat - Coat who really isn't.

Therefore, the only solution is to find appropriate dogs from related bull breeds and allow their breeding and labeling as purebred English Bulldogs.

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.

Visual breed identification in dogs is subjective and frequently inaccurate and the consequences associated with using particular labels can be significant.

With the new all American shelter dog labeling, she hopes adaptors will see individuality over breed.

Breed labeling at shelters is notoriously inaccurate — by and large, shelter dogs aren't genetic tested, so the labels are mere guesses based on what the dog looks like, and are wrong as often as not.

In fact, there are no breeds at all; SVASC has dropped using breed titles and started labeling each dog as an all American shelter dog.

Yes, mixed breeds are guesses by the shelter, but if a dog is definitely a purebred, and lets face it, some dogs you can definitely tell are purebreds, then I have no problem labeling the dog as such.

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.

Therefore, we are no longer using breed labels for our adoptable dogs unless we are provided corresponding documentation from the previous owner.

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter will no longer use breed labels to identify its adoptable dogs, according to a Tuesday announcement from the shelter.

This shelter isn't labeling any dogs as any particular breed, but ALL dogs will be labeled «ALL American Shelter Dog».

The whole point of not labelling the breed is so that pitbull type dogs have a better chance of getting adopted because of the unfortunate stigma around the breed.

Breed Labels and Language — The dog comes in the door, has a kind of a square head, not real muscular but... we think it is a pit bull.

Without pedigree records from a breeder or DNA testing, breed labels will not be used on our web postings, kennel cards, rabies certificates, or dog licenses.

The idea is that that breed labels — inaccurate as they might be — can end up falsely leading someone to think a dog is a good, or bad, match for their family.

I think it's a great idea... People go to a shelter looking for a specific breed and then may be disappointed when it turns out what the dog was «labeled» with is not what they got.

To celebrate dropping breed labels, SVASC has held an all American shelter dog promotion.

A German Shepherd dog and a Greyhound mix may be labeled the same, particularly if the dog is a «brindle», a color associated with «pitbulls» but is not uncommon in other breeds.

The top 5 breeds of highest intake Looking at our latest data, we again find that dogs labeled as «pit type» continue to be the breed or breed mix of highest intake.

Mix breeds are often labeled as pure breeds, and «pit bull» is often used as a catch - all category for a dog based off general appearance.

Though often labeled a «designer dog», the Chorkie is technically a mixed breed or a mutt.

While there are no hard and fast rules to label any dog breed as dangerous, it's hard not to take Dobermans,...

Of the 75 breeds of dog identified in the 435 bite reports, 73 % (289) were labeled as mixed.

The Center for Disease Control, the Department of Justice, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the National Animal Control Association, and the American Bar Association have all spoken AGAINST labeling dogs as «dangerous» or «aggressive» based solely on breed.

With the big role that physical appearance plays in dog selection, our lab was interested in understanding how breed labels could influence how attractive a dog seemed to be.

Yet, researchers from Western University of Health Sciences [20 - 21] have found discrepancies between breed identification and the results of DNA analysis, and researchers in Florida found at one shelter that 50 % of dogs that were labeled as belonging to a pit - bull - type breed lacked the DNA breed signature [22].

The humane society hopes the change will encourage people to judge a dog by its behavior rather than its breed label.

Effect of Breed Perceptions & Labeling on Attractiveness, Adoptions & Length of Stay for Pit - Bull - Type Dogs A comparison of visual and dna identification of breeds of dogs Comparison of Visual and DNA Breed Identification of Dogs and Inter-Observer Reliability Pit Bull Identification in Animal ShelDogs A comparison of visual and dna identification of breeds of dogs Comparison of Visual and DNA Breed Identification of Dogs and Inter-Observer Reliability Pit Bull Identification in Animal Sheldogs Comparison of Visual and DNA Breed Identification of Dogs and Inter-Observer Reliability Pit Bull Identification in Animal ShelDogs and Inter-Observer Reliability Pit Bull Identification in Animal Shelters

However, labeling one specific dog as aggressive and penalising a canine because of its breed is ruthless and unacceptable.

In the recent cycle, the most likely outcome for adult dogs and puppies with the top breed labels was adoption, except for adult dogs labeled «Pit Bull,» which were slightly more likely to be redeemed by their owners than to be adopted.

The 65 dogs killed for behavior in the recent cycle were all adults and had eighteen breed labels.

«Designer dog» is a label given to dogs that involve the deliberate cross-breeding of two different breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC).

The term «family pet» alone encompasses such a wide spectrum of needs no one breed (or crossbreed) could possibly hope to satisfy all who are looking for a dog that falls under that label.