Sentences with phrase «many breed labels»

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

Since pit bulls are typically targeted based on physical appearances, the lecture complemented the new research on breed labeling conducted by Dr. Julie Levy, Director of our program.

Lindsey Huffman, director of the Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center, has also been moving away from breed labeling at the shelter.

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.

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.

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.

It limits the possibility of adoption for certain breed labels.»

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.

«Many breed labels go off bias and characteristics of a general idea,» Huffman said.

A session at Michigan Pet Fund Alliance's «Getting to the Goal» Conference in Flint, Mich., on Sept. 15 - 16, 2016 will focus on breed labels presented by Tawny Hammond, Director of Animal Services for the City of Austin, TX.

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.

Breed labeling is a hot topic.

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.

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

I am very excited by the innovation in the field and the movement to remove breed labels for adopters in their initial view of a pet.

Here's where I worry about the shift to fully remove breed labels: We then can potentially lose proper tracking on the back end to help ensure that we can identify what types are most at risk and then support them.

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.

Is it really unusual and specific to the unspecified number of breeds labeled «Pit Bull»?

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

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.

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.

The other half comprised a long tail of many breed labels, over 300 in all.

Dogs labeled «Pit Bull» constituted 15 % of all adopted dogs, yet made up one third of the dogs that took one month or longer to reach adoption, a characteristic that can be seen in the following plot for the top three breed labels:

It took over three weeks for half the transferred dogs to exit the shelter, and two months for three - quarters to exit, versus ten days and three weeks, respectively, for other top breed labels.

Also, keep in mind that visual breed labeling in animal shelters and DNA testing show great disparities.

Impounded dogs are assigned a primary breed label.

Consequently, many modern shelters are dropping breed labels, since the assigned labels can unnecessarily prolong a dog's stay in the shelter.

In the recent cycle, the top four breed labels accounted for nearly half of the dogs in the shelter.

The shape of the distribution was also much flatter, such that it took over two months for three quarters to be adopted, appreciably longer than the other breed labels (e.g., three quarters of all adopted adult dogs labeled «Chihuahua» had departed the shelter within eleven days).

From there, they found 15 dogs that were labeled as pit bulls and another 15 that were very similar to the «pit bulls» but that had not gotten the same breed label.

In the study, when breed labels were not placed on the dogs, potential adopters ranked pit bulls and non-pit-bulls as «equally attractive.»

Loosely defined the breed labeled as «Pit Bull» was in 5th place, surpassed by the cat, German Shepherd, Chow, and Lab.

proved our point, which is your guess is as good as ours when it comes to visual breed labeling.

Here's some more information about why we don't breed label our dogs.

That's why in 2015 PAS decided to stop breed labeling the dogs and cats that come to the shelter.

If not, I would not be opposed to breed labels being done away with as long as shelters can provide a description of an adoptable dog's physical appearance and temperament.

Our foster - home based rescue group, Animal Rescue of the Rockies, adopts out mostly «mixed breed» dogs, and we see all sorts of mistaken breed labels when we pull dogs from shelters.

Did you know that when genetic test results are compared with breed labels put on dogs by experts (like veterinarians and shelter workers), the labels turn out to be wrong over 85 % of the time?

The pit bull is just one breed that is categorized under the bully breed label.

Cheryl Schneider, Williamson County animal services director, explained, «When you remove breed labels, you open the door to possibility.

An open - intake animal shelter in Williamson County, Texas, has eliminated breed labels for the homeless dogs who are in their care.

WCRAS has removed the use of breed labels at their shelter.

On October 1st, MAS ended breed labeling, which Pugh believes will increase the chance of adoption for some dogs, like pit bull or German shepherd mixes, which are often mis - identified or discriminated against.

We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.

According to numerous studies, including one in The Veterinary Journal, breed labels are frequently inaccurate and have negative impacts such as breed discrimination and a higher rate of dogs being returned to shelters.

Commissioner Layne Dicker said that city shelters are already misleading the public by having breed labels because breeds are often wrong when they are judged visually.

«Honestly we've had the test pilot here for about 6 weeks with the mixed breed labels for the small and large dogs and the reaction has been neutral, we haven't had people coming for it or against,» she said.