The more I'm learning about dog behavior, the more large -
scale dogs events make me cringe.
Not exact matches
On average, these
dogs would have spent around eight years serving the nation as SAF guard
dogs, or sniffer
dogs that conduct bomb sweeps during large
scale events like the National day Parade.
Instead of these large
scale events, I am always a supporter of smaller ones that are more controlled, like B - More
Dog's walks where the
dogs aren't allowed to meet each other, and Pittie Trails where we work specifically on skills around other people and
dogs.
The 300 or so
dogs, overall, appeared no more or less frightened, troubled or fearful of people than the countless
dogs I've met at large -
scale rescue and shelter
events.
In addition to the cruelty, this
event is a public health risk because the commercial trade in
dogs for meat involves the large -
scale transport of
dogs across international borders in Asia, and incidence of rabies has been linked to
dogs in the trade.
International and national protest against the killing has resulted in seeing the
scale of the
event reduced from as many as 15,000
dogs killed during the festival days in 2010, to an estimated 2 - 3,000
dogs killed last year.
The FIR team points out that Gilligan's story exemplifies their experience: Even though some
dogs might be returned after large -
scale events, they're placed with the right fit the second time around.
The Badass Brooklyn Summer Festival is a large -
scale community
event filled with artisanal merchants, local food vendors and
dog friendly activities.
Subsequently, the validated 7 - point S.H.A.P.E.
scale was used to assess body condition and a questionnaire was designed to evaluate risk factors for obesity in 399
dogs attending an equestrian
event (Holmes et al. 2007).