Sentences with phrase «dogs returned to their owners»

More controllable and dogs returned to the owner more often, while less companionable dogs spent more time far from the owner.

One bright spot in the statistics is that the number of dogs returned to their owners from an LAAS shelter is rising:

• Total number of nationwide animal shelters 5,000 • Number of companion animals that enter into animal shelters nationwide annually 5 million • Average annual number of companion animals that are euthinized at shelters 3.5 million • Percent of dogs in animals shelters that are euthanized 60 % • Percent of cats in animal shelters that are euthanized 70 % • Percent of cats that are returned to their owners 2 % • Percent of dogs returned to their owners 15 % • Total percentage of dogs claimed to be spayed or neutered 78 % • Total percentage of cats that are claimed to be spayed or neutered 88 % • Total number of animals that end up in a shelter that are spayed or neutered 10 % • Percent of dogs brought to shelters that were adopted by a shelter 20 % • Percent of dogs and cats that are adopted from shelters 25 % • Total number of dogs and cats that are bought at pet stores 6 % • Percentage of people that get their pets free or at low cost 65 % • Cost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless animals $ 2 billion • Total percentage of dogs in shelters that are purebred 25 % • Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion animal 63 % • Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion animal 70 million • Tags:

Factoring out the dogs returned to their owners, more than half of pit bulls were being euthanized.

More than 225,000 people have signed a petition to launch an investigation into the group's action and have the dog returned to its owner.

Not exact matches

A riff off a Budweiser commercial, the ad features a dog that's lost and then returns to its owners only to find out its being sold on a GoDaddy - powered website.

If we can not catch the dog, we try to reach the dog's owner to report that the dog has escaped so the owner can return home to catch the dog.

The compulsory permanent identification of all dogs means that more dogs found lost or straying can be returned to their owners and in a timelier manner.

Dogs Trust has long campaigned for the introduction of compulsory microchipping, which has proven to be the most effective way of ensuring lost dogs are returned to their ownDogs Trust has long campaigned for the introduction of compulsory microchipping, which has proven to be the most effective way of ensuring lost dogs are returned to their owndogs are returned to their owners.

The ability to rapidly identify a stray dog and return it to its owner has a clear welfare benefit for the dog.

«The reality is that no matter how responsible an owner you are there is a chance your dog could get lost or stolen — microchipping is the most effective way to assist in a lost dog being returned to their owner.

It wasn't long until Brandy returned the greeting, which sounded very much like her owner's salutation, says Coren, author of How to Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog — Human Communication.

After returning to her dog, the owner would wait 5 seconds, and then command, «Do it!»

A Paris model, Jacob accidentally runs over a dog and tries to return it to its rightful owner, a strange, cynical retired judge (Jean - Louis Trintignant) who eavesdrops on his neighbors.

Colin Farrell leads the cast as a struggling screenwriter who gets caught up in his best friend's (Sam Rockwell) dog - napping scheme: take the puppy, return it to its owner, and collect the reward.

«If the animal is a dog or cat and your insurance company successfully subrogates against the owner of the animal, you could have your deductible, and the amount of repairs you had to pay out of pocket before your comprehensive coverage kicked in, returned to you,» Becker says.

Her Facebook page is sprinkled with witty tales of stopping by the side of the road to collect befuddled and lost dogs and return them to their worried owners.

As she spent time at the shelter, she realized that it would be helpful to offer some basic training tips to new dog owners in an effort to help adopted dogs settle into new homes successfully and reduce the number of dogs that are returned to the shelter.

«The goal is to teach a dog to build his confidence about his owner returning.»

Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine found that shelters adopt out 2.6 million dogs and return almost one million to owners each year.

However, when one owner found that the urn returned to him did not contain the ashes of his dog, his nightmare had only just begun.

She then passed some of the «forbidden» treat to the dogs while the owners were away before asking the owners to return to the room.

In 1925 a dog named Hachiko waited at a train station for his owner to return from work, as he had always done.

An amazing 90 percent of dogs are returned to their owners in Calgary, 9 percent of impounded dogs are adopted and only 5 percent are put down.

A special dog, who lost his home when his former owners moved, and then a two subsequent adoptive homes (including one who returned him to the shelter because he was sick) is being treated to a special bucket list by staff and volunteers at an Arizona animal shelter.

This is one of the easiest things for an owner to do with their dog, and arguably offers the greatest return on their investment of time and energy.

However, the return - to - owner rate for microchipped dogs was over 52 %

The mixed breed dog, who lost half her face when she jumped in front of motorcycle two years ago, saving her owner's daughter and niece, met the media upon her arrival in Manilla yesterday and received a rousing welcome this morning upon her return to Zamboanga, a city in the southern Philippines.

I can think, right off the top of my head, of three dogs I recently trained that got loose from their owners, running for traffic, the owners commanded the dogs to Come, the dogs instantly turned around and returned.

Winter Park vet Robert Hess said the purpose of chips goes beyond returning lost dogs and cats to their owners.

Citing a study of more than 7,700 stray animals, she said microchipped dogs were returned to their owners about 52 percent of the time, compared to roughly 22 percent of dogs that did not have a chip.

Some lost dogs may be returned to their rightful owners out of kindness or for a reward, but a greedy stranger may instead end up keeping the dog or selling it for profit.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, a study by Lord et al found that lost dogs with microchips were more than twice as likely to be returned to their owners as dogs who did not have microchips, and lost cats with microchips were more than 20 times more likely to be returned to their owners, when compared with cats who did not have microchips.

Policies: This program has written policies This program works with Goldens and Golden mixes This program requires an application fee of $ 40.00 They adopt out of the service territory under special circumstances only with a home visit and referral Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs are altered (spayed or neutered) before adoption We microchip every dog prior to adopDogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs are altered (spayed or neutered) before adoption We microchip every dog prior to adopdogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs are altered (spayed or neutered) before adoption We microchip every dog prior to adopdogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs are altered (spayed or neutered) before adoption We microchip every dog prior to adopdogs are altered (spayed or neutered) before adoption We microchip every dog prior to adoption

Fleas can be a real nuisance for dogs and their owners, but catching them and treating the dog quickly is the key to eliminating the infestation and preventing the insects» return.

We have projected those views onto companion animals: we treat them as children, while we shrug shoulders at children who are mauled / killed by dogs and then return those dogs to owners who can't bear to be parted from their «family member.»

After those several weeks, the dog is returned to the owner fully trained, and the owner normally gets some instructions on maintaining the training that the dog learned during their stay.

Of the 4,987 dogs impounded, 1,210 were adopted or returned to their owners.

Unfortunately for both owners and animals, only 16 % of the dogs and 2 % of the cats were returned to their owners.

From Aug. 1 through Tuesday, Animal Friends reported saving 1,150 dogs and cats through adoptions and returns to owner, 147 more than last year.

52 % of dogs who enter a shelter with a microchip are successfully returned to their owners and Billy's story serves as an important reminder to microchip your pets.

Sadly, 100 percent of all of our young dogs that have been returned to us, the owners did not hold up their end of the contract and did not enroll in a class.

But his owners recently told the Catahoula Rescue organization they were moving and planned to return the dog to the shelter.

It is not known when Rhames four dogs will be returned to their owner.

It frequently occurs when the owner returns home or visitors to the house greet your dog.

Others are fine with rescue dogs from a shelter, but I have known more than one dog who was returned to the shelter because the new owner could not deal with the behavior problems the dog came with (and the reason they were initially turned in).

If owners can't provide adequate proactive care to dogs with elbow dysplasia — or if a dog's quality of life is deteriorating — UAP surgery has proven to be about 60 percent successful in returning dogs to normal function.

It has been our experience that a cat or dog with a registration tag attached to its collar / harness is often returned to the owner the same day that it is found.

Relates to owners of lost pets and return of lost pets to their owners; requires the entity with possession to take steps to check the dogs for any identification including tags, tattoos and microchips; makes information available to the public on their website to assist owners in finding their pets.

Dogs have a good internal clock and I am known more than one dog to disappear after the owner has left for work and return well before the owner comes home.