Your work has made us (cautiously) optimistic that the BC SPCA will start apply the PCA act and its own guidelines to help chained and
isolated yard dogs in BC.
Not exact matches
Living in the
yard is pretty socially
isolating for a
dog, and they may bark for attention, or out of boredom.
Owners often keep resident
dogs isolated on chains or in junk -
yards, or allow their
dogs to roam unattended.
Isolating a Great Dane to a fenced
yard and
dog house for instance, because your desire was a Giant, mean, aggressive guard
dog is cruelty to the breed and will surely ruin a loving Dane.
With
dogs, as with farm animals, it was soon discovered that by selecting types of
dogs and genetically
isolating them in kennels, homes or
yards, and then inbreeding and line breeding them, a great deal of variety could be expressed.
Isolated dogs can develop a wide range of problems, ranging from hyperactivity, obsessive compulsive disorders, stress related illnesses, destructive tendencies, tendency to get in fights with the other
dogs in the home, and enhanced drive to kill prey animals in the
yard.