Sentences with phrase «dog incidents involving»

Canada Post has also noticed a slight reduction in dog incidents involving its letter carriers in Calgary that bucks the trend nationally.

Not exact matches

Unfounded claims persist about the severity and nature of incidents involving «pit bull» dogs versus other types of dogs.

Even with supervision, there are risks involved with bones and chew toys but by supervising your dog closely, you can hopefully avoid an incident.

Fortunately, the injuries during the incident were only to the two dogs involved, and NOT the young man (poor dog skills and knowledge) who happened to be housesitting at the time.

Yet while an association may exist between certain types of dogs and aggression towards people, the reliability of breed characterizations in positively identifying dogs involved in these types of incidents is hotly debated [8, 19].

«The rise in ownership of large dog breeds with a predisposition toward aggressive or dangerous behavior, coupled with the increased risk of tragic incidents involving these dogs, necessitates a uniform policy,» the order states.

AS I think about all of the recent incidents of abuse involving dogs and cats, I can not help but wonder where good old common sense has gone.

In an interview with Dogtime.com, Delise stated «with the exception of the Diane Whipple case in San Francisco in 2001 [which involved dogs of the Presa Canario breed, also known as Canary Mastiffs], I have not seen a single dog bite - related fatality attributed to another breed of dog that has generated the amount of news attention given to incidents that are reported to involve pit bulls.

I have to agree that owners are  1/2 the equation and that the irresponsible owners are the ones most likely involved where there are dog - bite incidents.

The media bombards the public with stories of dog fighting rings and other incidents of aggression involving Pitbulls, but has little to say about the thousands of Pits who are members of loving, stable family homes.

My study of dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.

Make sure any group facility has an infection - control plan in place, which involves checking for respiratory symptoms at admission, immediately isolating a dog that starts coughing, disinfecting everything that dog has come into contact with and notifying all owners of the incident [sources: Iowa State, AVMA].

On March 13, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed into law Senate Bill 852, which protects ethical breeders and retailers, as well as a bill we mentioned last month that better protects dog owners when their pet is involved in a biting incident.

(Kennel Club Press Release) The Kennel Club, the UK's largest organisation dedicated to responsible dog ownership, has called for greater awareness about child safety around dogs following the release of figures showing that 17 % of incidents involving dogs happen to children under 10 years old.

«The rise in ownership of large dog breeds with a predisposition toward aggressive or dangerous behavior, coupled with the increased risk of tragic incidents involving these dogs, necessitates a uniform policy,» says the order, which was handed down in August.

An incident that occurred in puppy class involving a socially inappropriate dog, who should not have been allowed in the class.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association Task Force on Canine Aggression and Human - Canine Interactions report released in 2001, «A Community Approach to Dog Bite Prevention», «Intact males are involved in 70 - 77 % of reported dog bite incidents.&raqDog Bite Prevention», «Intact males are involved in 70 - 77 % of reported dog bite incidents.&raqdog bite incidents.»

In August 2010, an unfortunate incident occurred involving a dog owned by celebrity DJ, Samantha Ronson, and another pooch and its owner that resided in Ronson's West Hollywood building.

Thus, during those four days, four dog attacks made the news — including a fatality involving a mixed - breed dog — but only the incident involving the pit bull terriers captured national attention.

Local government officials and / or well - meaning citizens call for a ban on all dogs of the apparent breed involved in the incident, even if the dog involved is a mix of breeds.

This diverse participation highlights the fact that dog fights are not isolated incidents — they are often planned events which people consciously involve themselves in.

Barth said nobody involved in this incident wants to see the dog destroyed, «but we know if the court decides we have no option.»

One last thing i challenge you to find me one incident in the past 5 years where a UKC or ADBA registered purebred APBT was involved in a dog bite i bet no one can

Many different types of dogs were involved in reported dog bite incidents.

If people who volunteer for animal shelters and rescues were genuinely regarded as «extremely valuable,» at least 50 volunteers would not have suffered disfiguring injuries at the shelter or rescue premises over the past 50 months, 41 of them disfigured by pit bulls, five by dogs of undisclosed breed, one by a bull mastiff, two by Lab mixes, and one by a beagle in an incident also involving a pit bull.

For example, intact males constitute 80 percent of all dogs presented to veterinary behaviorists for what formerly has been described as dominance aggression, are involved in 70 to 76 percent of reported dog bite incidents, and are 2.6 times more likely to bite than neutered dogs, while unspayed females «attract free - roaming males, which increases bite risk to people through increased exposure to unfamiliar dogs,» and «contribute to the population of unwanted» and potentially aggressive dogs (Gershman et al., 1993; Sacks et al., 2000; AVMA, 2001).

This background / history / incident / assessment is required for all human and dog / dog aggression cases involving bites before treatment can be scheduled.

According to the study, 74 percent of the dogs involved in the incidents were pit bull type dogs.

Pit bull type dogs are less likely to be involved in bite incidents as compared to other types of dogs.

Interestingly enough, pit bull type dogs do not get the highest billing on reports of which breeds are most likely to be involved in bite incidents or aggressive acts.

It appears that the media is very prone to selective inclusion when it comes to their reporting on incidents... eager to report events involving pit bulls, not so much when it comes to other breeds of dogs.

Many of these incidents involve multiple shots fired and many do not result in the dog's swift, humane death.

Every negative incident involving a Pit Bull adds to the breed's reputation and jeopardizes our right to own these great dogs.

Our review of public records of firearms discharges by police indicates that it is common for 50 % or more of all shooting incidents to involve an officer shooting a dog.

The media jumps on board very quickly and often points out additional incidents involving similar breeds (or dogs that might be that breed), sometimes from around the world, at the same time blatantly ignoring or minimizing attacks by other breeds.

It is a tragedy for all involved when a dog bite incident occurs that results in injury (or worse) to a human or another companion animal.

The media has a well - documented tendency to over-report, misreport, and greatly exaggerate bite incidents involving Pit Bulls and dogs mistakenly identified as Pit Bulls.

However, there are rare but highly publicized incidents involving serious injury of an infant by the family dog.

DogsBite.org, a group that advocates in favor of BSL, points to its own research, culled from news reports of dog - bite - related fatalities, that shows 74 % of incidents from 2005 to 2013 involved a pit bull or Rottweiler.

Sensationalized, saturation news reporting of incidents involving dogs called pit bulls, linked them in the public mind almost exclusively with criminal activity.

So all 3 separate incidents involving 3 different dogs happened the same?

The video then gives statistics on chaining and dog bites and how chained dogs are more likely to be involved in bite incidents than unchained dogs.

It's just frustrating that this fact, which was likely a causal factor in the incident involving Mr. Borchardt's son has been virtually ignored and that the incident hasn't been used as a platform to provide more awareness of the importance of early socialization for young dogs and the importance of keeping litters in tact until at least 8 weeks of age.

«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of the household for purposes other than as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter resident dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.4

Of those incidents for which the researchers could find no breed attributions (n = 89), Karen Delise of the National Canine Research Council  later located breed attributions in 40; and 37 of these cases involved dogs identified as other than Rottweiler and pit bull, a result that confirmed the researchers concerns regarding «differential ascertainment» of incidents because of breed bias.

The majority of cases Orange County Dog Bite Attorneys deal with are involving dogs that have never shown any aggression prior to the bite incident.

Personal Injury: Over the last 20 years we have successfully handled hundreds of cases involving motor vehicles, dog bites, construction accidents and slip & fall incidents.

First incident: as part of a training exercise involving a large dog displaying food aggression towards other animals, the Appellant puts dog food on the floor and then applies an activated cattle prod whenever aggression is displayed.

Most of the people we assist that have filed a claim involving their dog say the event was a one - time incident and their dog has never shown any previous signs of aggression.