Sentences with phrase «pet dog population»

But since dog owners tend to have just one pooch and people who have cats often have more than one, the pet cat population in the United States of 93.6 million is larger than the pet dog population of 77.5 million.

Nine - month - old dogs are no more representative of the pet dog population that this drug was to be marketed to than 15 - year - olds are representative of the human population that takes cyclosporine.

The question will be asked: Just how generalizable are these findings in Rottweilers to other segments of the pet dog population?

Not exact matches

Dear EarthTalk: Are as many cats and dogs being euthanized these days as back in the 1970s and 1980s when indiscriminate breeding led to explosions in pet populations?

Journalist Peter Heller's debut novel, The Dog Stars, follows Hig, a Cessna pilot who flies the lonely skies of the southwestern U.S. after a flu pandemic kills 99 percent of the world's population.

The cat recently surpassed the dog as the most popular pet in the world, with a global population size estimated at 600 million.

Written by Anderson from a story by Roman Coppola («Moonrise Kingdom»), Jason Schwartzman («The Darjeeling Limited») and Kunichi Nomura, Isle of Dogs is a stop - motion animated adventure about a boy and his faithful pet out to prevent the genocide of the dog population of Megasaki City in Japan.

Dog populations are threatened by breed - specific bans, pet store sales bans, and excessive local and state breeder regulations.

Dogs may be man's best friend, but cats are actually the largest portion of the pet population in America.

On February 28, to continue its efforts to reduce the homeless pet population in Tulsa, HST plans to board a record - setting 70 dogs and puppies on PetSmart Charities ® Rescue Waggin» ® vehicle, for their life - saving trip to Boulder, Colorado, where pet overpopulation is non-existent.

It's no secret spaying and neutering controls the pet population, but research from the University of Georgia shows the procedures can prolong dogs» lives.

That means, given an average canine lifespan of 11 years, we would need nearly eight million new dogs each year just to keep the pet population at its current level.

Cat allergies are twice as common as dog allergies in the 10 percent of the population with pet allergies.

The American Pet Products Association estimates the population of pets includes 95 million cats and 83 million dogs in homes nationwide.

Kate Jones, president of Platinum Pets, says trends they're following include the increase in small - dog ownership, an aging pet population, greater concern over feeding dogs healthier foods, and Millennials becoming the largest sector of pet owners.

For more than half the population, being able to visit with a therapy dog in the airport would ease the burden of missing a pet at home.

Our family unit has grown to include dogs and cats, and the desire to feed one's family the healthiest food has prompted a new population of home - cooking pet parents.

Spaying or Neutering Your Puppy Offers Many Health Benefits Dogs not intended for breeding should be spayed or neutered, not only for health reasons but to keep pet population down.

Author and artist, Lisa Begin Kruysman, has resurrected the NDW to encourage pet population control through spay / neuter (S / N) and novel models for housing shelter dogs.

About 15 million of the national human population of 23 million people live in the intensely urbanized Taipei area, at the extreme north of the island nation, where most of the dogs and cats are pets, or are descended from lost or abandoned pets, in an environment affording some suitable habitat for feral cats, but little or none for street dogs.

The main reason for spaying dogs is that it reduces the pet population.

In addition to great outdoor opportunities, St. Petersburg has a touristy downtown area where the city's growing pet population is catered to by the pet bakeries and dog - friendly restaurants that line the streets.

Spay and neuter veterinary services are vital in lowering the homeless pet population, decreasing the risk of certain dog and cat illnesses, and in eradicating pet behavioral problems.

The goal is to reduce the numbers of homeless pets, as a smaller population of dogs and cats in need of a forever home can be better managed by the already overburdened rescue system.

Unfortunately, there is a large population of dogs that are homeless and by spaying your pet you are helping reduce the population.

Up to 44 percent of the pet population in North America is obese, making this condition the most common nutritional disorder among cats and dogs.

Flea shampoos, dips, sprays, and collars are not recommended because they do not efficiently control the flea population, and can be very harmful to the pet, especially cats and small dogs.

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Some of these puppies go on to organizations that train other sorts of service dogs — dogs that help people in wheelchairs, for example — and the rest are sold as pets (with an agreement that the dog will be spayed or neutered, in order to help control the pet population).

«This is a concern because senior dogs and cats are the pet population at greatest risk of developing chronic and degenerative diseases that result in a decrease in quality of life,» said Dr. Janice Trumpeter, Co-Chair of PHP and Deputy Chief Executive Director of AAHA.

It's not just your pet who benefits from sterilization; removing a dog or cat's ability to reproduce also helps the population of pets in your community.

«No one spays or neuters their cats or dogs in the dusty town, meaning the pet population is out of control.

The connection is made to the irrefutable, massive, negative impact puppy mills have on this country's pet population crisis and how our society deals with it — Millions of dogs are born in puppy mills every year, while, in the same period, millions are put to death in animal shelters across the country.

Annie's Orphans currently has a maximum capacity of 70 dogs and has become a safe - haven for the abandoned, neglected, and abused pet population throughout the greater Four Corners area.

The virus was first identified in the pet population in spring 2005, when the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine isolated and identified a strain of the influenza virus as a cause of a serious respiratory illness in dogs in shelters, humane societies, boarding facilities, and veterinary hospitals in that state.

Christiansen wrote that the dog population has increased from 30 million animals in 1970 to 52 million animals in 1996 but the number euthanized has declined substantially to about 2.5 million animals, a decline he credited to massive education about pet sterilization.

Up to 44 percent of the pet population in North America is obese, making this condition the most common nutritional disorder among dogs.

About 150 dog and cat owners a month are taking advantage of a county rebate if they sterilize their pets.However, that's barely denting the county's mushrooming population of stray pets.

In the past week 269 animals had to be killed at the animal shelter because homes could not be found for them.The county animal control department pays $ 25 to eligible owners of dogs and cats who have their pets spayed or neutered to control animal populations.

Don't contribute to the homeless pet population by allowing your dog or cat to breed.

In 2012, the new grant program will help 65 non-profit spay / neuter clinics around the nation provide high - quality, affordable spay / neuter surgeries for more than 23,000 cats and pit bull terriers during February and August — ultimately reducing the homeless pet population by tens of thousands of at - risk cats and dogs that would otherwise wind up in shelters because of unplanned litters, said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director of

Waggin» Tails Dog Rescue routinely rescues dogs who would be euthanized at rural and area shelters that destroy pets in an effort to control population.

Our mission is to be the voice of the local dog community and an essential resource for people who love their pets — the wonderfully dense and diverse population of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Our mission is to facilitate the placement of stray and unwanted animals and pets in desirable homes; to establish and maintain an animal shelter and associated procedures which promote the health, care and handling, and prevent over population of cats and dogs.

Despite the demonstrated emotional and physical benefits of companion pets, more dogs and cats are killed each year than the populations of Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota and Vermont combined.

Grey Muzzle's piece will support the outreach initiative by funding the cost of veterinary care for senior dogs in the program and we hope that, together, we can strengthen and expand the collective reach, creating positive outcomes for at - risk pets while promoting this emotional bond that is so critical to the health and wellness of these vulnerable populations.

Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik loves dogs and is an ardent supporter of animal shelters and a champion of pet sterilization to reduce the unwanted pet population.

In fact, 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats over three years of age suffer from some form of dental disease, making it the most common pet health issue among our pet population in San Diego, CA.

By Providing public awareness of pet over population by ensuring that any dog adopted is spayed or neutered.

Early neutering in dogs and cats is a safe and effective means of pet population control.