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.
Here's some more information about why we don't breed label our dogs.
Not exact matches
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, the bill states that in order to require a
label, foods must «contain genetic material that has been modified through in vitro recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) techniques» and «could
not otherwise be obtained through conventional
breeding or found in nature.»
But the coercion of mandatory
labeling ought to be reserved for information that is relevant to health,
not GMO content, because government - sponsored assessments have repeatedly concluded that approved GMOs are at least as safe and nutritious as their conventionally
bred counterparts.
From the time of British -
bred sensation Coldplay's first major -
label release in the summer of 2000, music journalists have written that the band doesn't Coldplay's Chris Martin invited personal trainer Rob, 29, onto the stage at Croke Park, Dublin, to perform after he made it to the front in style - held
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.
Besides the fact of them
not knowing the
breed, Huffman hoped dropping
labels would help drop stereotypes.
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.
I agree with
not labeling breeds in shelters unless they know one hundred percent what
breed it is.
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.
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.
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.
While there are no hard and fast rules to
label any dog
breed as dangerous, it's hard
not to take Dobermans,...
The problem with
labeling multiple
breeds «pit bull» and further
not having a set criteria for what
breeds can be
labeled this way is in the numbers.
If you choose a good, quality food that is
labeled for large -
breed puppies, this should
not be an issue and you can continue to give it to your puppy for a full year.
Any teacup, toy, tiny, mini, miniature, pocket - size, micro and so on, puppies are all the same
breed — don't be fooled by the
label.
Educate them if they're new, actually ask them what their practices are (I find a lot of people automatically
label people as a BYB just for having the gall to
breed any dog at all, it doesn't matter what the persons standards were — BYB is just a negative slang term intended to attack / offend any given breeder — it actually doesn't mean anything in a legal sense, there is no legal definition of it because there is no way of defining it in a legal manner without also applying it to all breeders).
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.
Pit bulls aren't the first
breed to be adversely
labeled as a result.
In the study, when
breed labels were
not placed on the dogs, potential adopters ranked pit bulls and non-pit-bulls as «equally attractive.»
Because pit bulls are restricted, some owners may be
labeling their dogs as other
breeds or mixes, so they would
not have to comply with the regulations.
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.
Don't let a designer
label or popular puppy fads get in the way of choosing a healthy companion — whether pedigree, mutt or designer
breed, listen to your head as well as your heart.
The truth is that trying to
label a dog's
breed based solely on looks is
not only unfair, it's inaccurate.
It is interesting to note that Delta Cargo does
not have «Dangerous Dog
Breed» restrictions, a
label that many pet owners rightly find offensive.
Will
label pit bulls and pit bull mixes (see Item 2) as accurately as is possible and will
not misrepresent a dog's
breed / mix in order to boost adoption interest.
I certainly don't mean any offense, I just think that the fact almost any mixed
breed dog can be
labeled «pit bull» &, in attack scenarios, this leads to the further prejudices against the
breed (or
breeds) that the term typically encompasses.
«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.
X spoke further with the workers there and learned that the dog - aggressive
label on this girl is because she didn't get along with a female weimeraner at her house, after the weim was
bred.
A dog with a square head, short ears, and a solid, muscular body might appear to be one of the
breeds that falls under the «Pit Bull»
label, but that isn't necessarily the case.
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.
One thing you won't find when scanning dog foods is a large
breed senior formula, but that's only because they aren't
labeled as such.
Many hypoallergenic
breeds were only
labeled as such after people began noticing that they didn't affect allergy sufferers.
Similar efforts locally are being made at Lollipop Farms, but spokeswoman Ashley Zeh said the facility has
not yet gone to removing
breed labels entirely.
Samantha: And as for the rescuing aspect of it, I think that's something that as dog lovers we kind of all advocate for is rescuing and I think like you said, huskies are one of those
breeds that kind of they're known for being high - strung and when they get turned in to a shelter or surrender to a rescue somebody might say they're destructive or they're
not good with kids or whatever the case may be, and it's
not necessarily that the dog is destructive or the dog doesn't like children but just that they have so much energy and then they get
labeled as such and then other people don't want to adopt either.
These
breeds are
not at risk for trouble when using the low - dose heartworm preventive products, but only when using the off -
label skin parasite protocols.
We
label them with
breeds that aren't actually in their genetic makeup, and we often aren't able to identify
breeds that are in their genetic makeup.
You can
not compare that many
breeds grouped under one
label to the rest of the dog population.
If a dog food is
labelled «Large
breed formula» then it will
not be suitable for small dogs like Yorkshire Terriers or Chihuahua's as it will be higher in calories which will lead to obesity if fed to a small dog and may also contain ingredients to minimise diseases that affect large
breeds.
Many dog foods aren't necessarily
labeled for medium - sized
breeds but they are often formulated for dogs in the weight range of the Aussie.
A popular joint supplement that we have used for over 10 years (and in hundreds of
breeding situations) also says on the
label «Safe use in pregnant animals or animals intended for
breeding has
not been proven.»
If the bill stands as written, any pit bulls — a vaguely defined
breed label attached to any number of dogs with physical similarities to American Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Bulldogs, and other mixes of any of those
breeds —
not registered with the city by January 1, 2018 will
not be allowed to legally live within city limits.
Foods that have highly digestible proteins might
not be enough for large
breed dogs if
label claims say the food is 85 percent digestible.