Sentences with phrase «on breed alone»

Einhorn, which offers dog liability insurance, says it doesn't judge based on breed alone.

The new law sets forth a statewide dangerous dog law, and specifically prohibits regulations based on breed alone.

But I also believe that restrictive laws or policies that discriminate against dogs based on breed alone without considering any other factors are very much missing the point.

• Twenty - two jurisdictions instituted statewide bans on breed - specific legislation (or «BSL») by either prohibiting municipalities from regulating or outlawing certain dogs based on breed alone, or otherwise require proof of a dog's supposed dangerous propensities beyond mere breed: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware *, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

Additionally, trends in animal control enforcement have moved from differentiating an animal's propensity to aggressive behavior based on breed alone, to establishing a consistent response to all aggressive acts by any animal.»

What's unfair about these bans is that they judge dogs based on breed alone, and not the behavior or personality of the individual dog.

A dog's activity level is often determined by breed, but it does not mean you can rely on breed alone to determine how energetic your dog could become.

You just never know, and its very good to be cautious, but just don't want anyone to reject a dog based on breed alone.

In fact, many prominent allergen researchers have declared that there is no scientific evidence to back up the claim that certain dogs are more or less allergenic than others based on breed alone.

Not exact matches

Migratory birds, on the other hand, can traverse entire hemispheres and end up just a couple miles from where they bred last year, using their senses alone.

«More than 2,000 threatened species rely on successful reproduction through captive breeding programs for conservation alone,» said Dr Grueber, from the University of Sydney's School of Life and Environmental Sciences and San Diego Zoo Global.

«It is widely accepted that breeding efforts focused on aboveground traits alone are not sufficient to achieve the necessary agricultural yield to meet this future global demand.

Weston Price reported that lions could not breed in captivity when fed on steak alone.

FThe global industrial food system relies on crops that have been bred primarily for higher yield and ease of transport, while farmers involved in local food systems often place a higher value on plant varietals that are more nutritious by virtue of their variety (i.e., not bred for yield alone) or by their method of production.

If you can live with the ride — it's a lot easier to accept now examples of the breed can be found for as little as # 5000 — and don't mind the chassis» deficiencies, the Civic Type R is one of those cars where an ownership case can be made on its engine alone.

I saw breed restrictions in so many places that I was truly bothered by the unfairness of it and decided that on principle alone I did not want to rent from any of those places, regardless of what type of dog I decided to get.

You can spend thousands of dollars on pure - bred puppies or exotic birds, just to purchase them, let alone feed and care for them.

This breed thrives on attention and does poorly when left alone for extended periods of time.

This breed thrives on human companionship and affection and does not do well if left alone for extended periods of time.

All alone, on one very bitter cold, dark winter night this poor dog gave birth to ten tiny mix breed puppies.

The general rule of thumb when breeding a pair of Catahoulas based on coloring alone is best to breed Dark to Light, Dark to Medium, Medium to Medium.

While certain breeds are more «active» or playful than others, you should not base your decision on breed temperament standards alone.

If you work with a pit bull or any other breed of dog from the puppy stage on, you can train it to leave something alone, or to drop something that it has in its mouth until you give it the next command.

The second is that it is also nearly impossible to define any dog by breed based on sight alone.

Over the last months and years, we have published numerous articles on how much we hate unethical dog breeding (let alone puppy mills) and that the word business in breeding business simply means exchange of money for a dog which as far as I know, everybody does.

While we are a recognized Golden Retriever Rescue and member of the Golden Retriever Club of America National Rescue Committee, we do not focus on Goldens alone - we are an all breed rescue dedicated to finding good dogs good homes - regardless of breed, age, size or health.

If the following celebrities were breeds of dogs, based on their personalities alone, what type of breed do you think they'd be... Beth Hart (singer and animal advocate)-- I would say Great Dane.

In her 2 short years (maybe less), Roxy was bred and left outside, alone, on a chain with a mostly empty, dirty water bowl and some food when the neighbors felt safe enough to feed her.

There are changes in the structure of many breeds over the last hundred years of purebred dog breeding that reflect selection on phenotype alone.

We have seen hundreds of rabbits (including my own three; a Flemish Giant, a mini rex and a mixed breed) that are in excellent condition on a hay and fresh food diet alone.

It has been reduced simply by studying the litters instead of just choosing a male or female to breed based solely on their colors or attributes alone.

Of the dog attacks on humans reported in the study, a full 60 percent involved two breeds alone.

They do however have chickens on the farm which for some breeds like Huskies can be difficult to leave alone.

He does not do well when left alone for hours on end and, in common with many breeds, may become destructive and loud when bored.

Remember, Breeders who breed for color alone also pick their breeding dogs based on color alone.

Experienced breeders do not however, just breed based on these paper clearances alone.

While a dog with a sound structure of an identifiable breedtype is desired, selection of breeding stock on the basis of conformation titles alone is not.

If the breed of dog was the primary determining factor in all dog attacks, it would stand to reason that since there are literally hundreds of thousands of pit bulls in the United States alone, there would be countless more statistics on pit bull bites.

However, this breed won't be a good choice if you don't spend a lot of time at home, as these dogs suffer from separation anxiety when they are left alone for hours on end.

A study by The Animal Farm Foundation found that adoptable dogs in shelters and rescues are misidentified at least 75 % of the time when shelter staff and volunteers rely on appearance alone to determine a dog's breed.

It's really difficult to find more than on best DNA test for dogs, since most of them provide information about the breeds alone.

If the prevalence in the breed is high, health tests should be mandatory but, regardless of prevalence, breeding decisions should never be made on genetic testing alone.

Because of this, they assign the dog a breed based on appearance alone.

«Animal shelter staff and veterinarians are frequently expected to guess the breed of dogs based on appearance alone,» said Julie Levy, DVM, Ph.D., a professor of shelter medicine at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine and lead author of the study.

But we're going to switch it around this time, so based on personalities alone, which famous people come to mind when you see these breeds of dog...

Purchase of puppies produced by the sires and dams with the lower breeding values will result in puppies with better hips and elbows than if I based breeding decisions on hip and elbow radiographs alone.

Based on all of the reports (from the USDA, Better Business Bureau and the State Auditor's department), this single act alone would do more to solve the primary issues with illegal and unethical dog breeding in the state than Prop B. It's a good first step.

Recent research utilizing canine DNA has demonstrated that dogs who are commonly identified as pit bulls based on their appearance are quite often a mix of multiple breeds, so we now know that relying on visual identification alone for breed identification is inaccurate and even misleading.

Dogs are often labeled as Pit Bulls simply based on looks alone, but one study of 120 dogs at four different shelters found that less than half of the dogs given that label didn't even carry the DNA of breeds that fall under the Pit Bull label.

While some in the breeding community cheered the USDA's bulletin and said regulation of rescuers by the USDA was long overdue, others voicing an opinion said the federal government should leave rescuers alone and instead focus on what they call «puppy mills.»