Sentences with phrase «than a shelter dog»

First know that, as a result of their breeding, purebred dogs very often have genetic disorders and medical issue predispositions, certainly no less often than shelter dogs.

If you want something better than a shelter dog you will need to do your homework.

I read and understand why your fees are much higher than shelter dogs.

We found dogs living in homes persisted longer in this resistance - to - extinction task than shelter dogs.

All this hopefully helps give an answer to the emotional question about why we train purebred dogs almost exclusively, rather than shelter dogs — in short, because it is often impossible to know the trauma histories of shelter dogs, or which breeding characteristic of the «mixed breed» might prevail when the dog is faced with an unfamiliar situation.

In this day and age, admitting you adopted (or, more correctly, purchased) a pedigree dog with a known history, rather than a shelter dog in need, is akin to denying climate change, smoking or publicly declaring that you miss having plastic grocery bags in Los Angeles.

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That's even worse than it sounds: Commonly eaten farm animals are rarely euthanized, so the presence of those drugs raised the possibility that meat from horses or even dogs and cats from animal shelters had made it into the supply, as has been known to happen.

Three and a half acres of tents, more canvas than is used for any circus, will shelter from sun or rain some 3,000 dogs and their entourages.

Animal Care Centers of NYC, a nonprofit that runs the city's animal shelters, opened a pet food pantry in the Bronx in December, and in the first month alone, the pantry gave out more than 2,000 pounds of food for 71 dogs and 50 cats.

In 2013, evolutionary psychologists found that shelter dogs who raised their brows more frequently were adopted more quickly than other dogs.

Every day, more than 4,100 dogs and cats are killed in America's shelters, simply because they don't have safe places to call home.

A recent Mississippi State University study determined that more than five million dogs enter U.S. shelters annually.

Sharp's goal for the shelter training program is to show people how to communicate clearly with their dogs in a manner that focuses on positive motivation rather than correction - based training that might include yanking on the leash, yelling at the dog, or using prong collars and choke chain collars.

The IFAW arrived in Nepal less than a week after the earthquake to collaborate with several local animal welfare services such as Kathmandu Animal Treatment Center, Soi Dog Foundation and Worldwide Veterinary Services to assess and provide food, shelter and health check - ups.

What started with three pets in the first year now shelters 150 — from hamsters and cats to horses and dogs — in kennels or foster homes, and provides relief for more than 1,000 people seeking safe temporary housing.

First, there are more animal shelters than we thought — more than 7,000 — providing the valuable service of caring for and finding homes for 5.5 million dogs.

What could be more uplifting for both dog and human than bringing some inexpensive «kitty or doggie gift baskets» to a local shelter, and watching the residents enjoy them?

All logistics aside, it's hard to imagine how a limited number of lucky dogs are selected from a shelter population that averages more than 200 dogs daily.

To that end, the Humane Society of Tulsa and the Washington County SPCA are among 60 animal shelters across the country that participate every month in PetSmart Charities ® Rescue Waggin» ® program — a national transport program that has saved more than 52,000 dogs and puppies since 2004.

So, when I see that shelters can not meet the annual demand for new dogs — more than eight million a year and rising — the stakes for our lives and our health are enormous.

The National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy report found that 96 percent of relinquished pets came from somewhere other than a pet store, and 70 percent of the time the reasons owners relinquish a dog or cat to a shelter could have been prevented with consumer education.

According to the Humane Society of the United States, more than 3 million cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters every year.

Adopting a dog from a shelter is cheaper than buying from a pet shop.

A There's nothing more awful than an animal lover seeing a dog suffer in the shelter.

Fewer than one fourth of cities have procedures that actually support compliance with the 1986 Oklahoma Dog and Cat Sterilization Act, a law intended to keep shelter animals from giving birth to more unwanted animals; many do not keep records of the number of animals handled and 28 shelters refused to return calls or told us they would not discuss their shelter policies with the public.

Over time we've established protocols that meet their standards, saved more homeless dogs and cats than we could have ever imagined and work directly with 14 other shelters / rescues.

Today we have more than 15 area rescues / shelters who collaborate with us so every Tuesday evening 30 + dogs (and sometimes a few cats) head to a new home in Colorado.

«We want people to understand what they want in a dog and what will work in their lifestyle rather than going into a shelter and saying, «I want a black Lab,»» said Stephen Bardy, Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando's executive director to ABC News.

And for a shelter that is helping more than 10,000 dogs and cats find forever homes each year, a helping hand — or paw — is always a welcomed sight.

In 2017, Purina provided more than 395,000 pounds of Purina Pro Plan dog and cat food and Tidy Cats cat litter to SDHS, giving the shelter one less (big) thing to worry about and allowing them to focus more resources on helping the pets in their care find forever families.

More than 800 adoptable cats and dogs will be featured from more than 20 NKUT (No - Kill Utah) coalition partner shelters and rescue groups across Utah, each committed to making Utah a no - kill state.

A cohort study of shelter dogs conducted by the College of Veterinary Medicine University concluded that infectious diseases were more common in dogs that were sterilized at less than 24 weeks of age.

Study: Save 5 times more dogs, cut costs and improve health in your animal shelter Short of finding a magic wand, there's really nothing better than foster care programs for boosting lifesaving, cutting costs and improving health in animal shelters.

Right now, more than 200 dogs — most of them rescued from a life of dogfighting and now at our temporary shelter in Ohio — need your help.

Notably, dogs from rescue shelters were two and a half times more likely to be aggressive towards people than dogs obtained from breeders.

So you would rather have a dog languish in a shelter or boarding than have them in a home where the parents work?

More than half of all dogs and cats in shelters were received as strays, but that doesn't mean by any stretch they're automatically aggressive, come from abusive environments, or have medical challenges.

More than 5,000 dog experts, including breeders, trainers, groomers, veterinarians, shelter staff, rescuers, and others completed the survey.

«In this difficult economy, shelters and rescue groups need donations more than ever to keep up with the demand for their lifesaving efforts, «said Jane Hoffman, President of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, a coalition of more than 150 animal shelters and rescue groups committed to ending the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at New York City shelters.

We typically will allow dogs who have been in the kennels at our shelter for more than 2 - 3 weeks to go into foster.

Today, IHDI staff and volunteers have trained more than 1,300 shelter dogs to assist individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.

An ill - mannered intact male dog can be a chore to deal with day in and day out, but common sense dictates that neutering and training are a better course than surrendering the dog at the shelter because he is difficult.

Last year alone, more than 38,000 dogs and cats were taken in by local shelters and rescue groups — each in need of a loving forever home.

Volusia County allows residential households to have four cats or dogs older than 6 months, but zoning rules allow for an exception for an animal shelter in certain agricultural areas, including Grant's, which is considered forestry - resource land.

The shelter can only house about 40 cats at a time and adoptions for cats are much lower and slower than for the dogs.

Of the 7,600 cats and dogs killed in L.A. city shelters in 2016, more than 2,600 were underage kittens (two months of age or younger), simply because they didn't have safe places to call home.

More cats than dogs enter shelters, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and 70 percent of shelter cats end up euthanized, compared to just half of shelter dogs.

In fact, behavior problems probably account for more deaths (due to euthanasia or abandonment at pounds and shelters) among dogs and cats than any other cause...

The ASPCA is on the ground assisting in the removal, transport, sheltering and medical treatment of more than 130 dogs from a large, substandard breeding facility — frequently referred to as a puppy mill — in Needham, Alabama.

The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) spends more money on Receptions and Award Dinners in Hollywood and Washington DC for entertainers and celebrities than it does in direct financial support of animal shelters for dogs and cats.