Sentences with phrase «of dogs in shelters»

Along with a variety of mixed breeds, there are many pure breeds looking for homes too — in fact, an estimated 25 percent of dogs in shelters are pure breeds.

Although reducing the number of dogs in shelters is an important goal, it's more important to prevent them from ending up at the shelter.

Sadly, the majority of dogs in shelters are pit bulls or pit bull mixes.

Because there are literally millions of dogs in shelters all over the country, it is not impossible to find the one that fits in perfectly with you and your home.

In fact many of the dogs in shelters are picked up by the staff of rescue groups and then adopted out from there.

A new article sheds light on the practice of behavior evaluations of dogs in shelters for the purpose of identifying dogs likely to express dangerous behavior toward people.

The logic is that if you stop unwanted litters, you will end the killing of dogs in shelters.

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

You can generally find any breed of dog in a shelter or rescue — often even locally.

Though lots of dogs in shelters are mixed - breed dogs, many times you can even find a purebred dog!

It also adds to the stress of the dog in the shelter.

Even within no kill shelters, «pit bull - like» dogs are often the most common type of dogs in the shelter, and are usually there longer, providing particular challenges.

Increasing consumer demand and a diminishing availability of dogs in shelters has raised new questions about how the demand will be met.

There are millions of dogs in shelters waiting to find forever homes.

Though Fear Free certification is intended, primarily, for veterinary practitioners, implementing certain aspects of the program may greatly improve the wellbeing of the dogs in your shelter.

Thirty - two years later, that message is as strong, true and important as ever, as millions of dogs in shelters await adoption every year.

Is making a video of a dog in your shelter or rescue group worth the trouble?

Most of the dogs in shelters around here are dogs I just couldn't possibly provide a home for.

The main goal was to help them get adopted and show people that there is a wide range of dogs in shelters looking for homes.

Leave a description of your dog in the shelter's lost / found book.

We believe that educating children on how to be a responsible and caring friend to their dog, is a good way to reduce the number of dogs in shelters.

The majority of dogs in shelters have not received any formal training, and close to a third have been surrendered because of behavior problems.

Purebred pets can become homeless just as easily as mixed breed dogs, and one quarter of dogs in shelters are purebred.

Pit Bulls make up a majority of dogs in shelters across the U.S..

The same California that claims to have a massive overpopulation of dogs in their shelters when they ship dogs north to Oregon, Washington, Utah and Canada is importing dogs from Korea.

The investigative and protest movement that was started by a few women in Beverly Hills has spread throughout the city, with large animal rights organizations jumping on board in an effort to educate shoppers that 20 % of the dogs in the shelter system are purebred dogs who need homes.

There are thousands of dogs in shelters all over the United States just waiting to be adopted.

7) BREEDERS are NOT responsible for the presence of dogs in shelters.

Unfortunately, pitbulls and pitbull mixes accounted for 20 percent of the dogs in shelters in 2014.

The truth is that many of the dogs in shelters all across the country are purebred.

Dogs Trust's winner, Isabella Marshall was placed at the charity's Salisbury centre and investigated the welfare of dogs in shelter kennels.

«A majority of dogs in our shelters today are there because of perceived behavior problems.

In its September Bulletin, the American Heartworm Society released a set of recommendations for the relocation of dogs in shelter and rescue situations.

Breeding dogs for appearance or based on popular trends results in unhealthy dogs that are not properly tested for temperament or genetics, undesirable physical and mental traits, and often a surplus of those dogs in shelters.

In general, what determines the age restrictions for a dog are the dog's temperament, size, age, our observations of the dog in the shelter and the dog's history, which is unknown for strays.

Roughly one - fourth of all dogs in shelters are purebred.

An article in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior sheds new light on the practice of behavior evaluations of dogs in shelters for the purpose of identifying dogs likely to express dangerous behavior toward people.

The Bathe To Save Tour is on a mission to save the lives of the dogs in shelters across America that don't find a home each year.

As Associate Director of the Center for Shelter Dogs, Seana helps set the Center's strategic direction and priorities, including research conducted by the Center on behalf of dogs in shelters.

Infectious respiratory disease can be a significant challenge affecting the health of dogs in a shelter setting.

Friends of the Shelter Dogs is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that provides assistance to the dogs in the Athens County Dog Shelter by providing veterinary support for sick and injured dogs, spaying and neutering, rescue operations and the promotion of the dogs in the shelter.

But this isn't true when there is a regional / local mismatch between the supply of dogs in shelters and demand.

As a 100 % volunteer organization we do not have the personnel to follow - up in this manner with the abundance of dogs in shelters, nor can we simply copy a shelters listing for this webpage without their authorization.

I think about two years have passed since I first started seeing pictures of dogs in shelters appear in my Facebook newsfeed.