Sentences with phrase «than the animal owner»

Such practices require that the primary care veterinarian contact them rather than the animal owner.

Not exact matches

And, according to public relations manager Lisa Conklin, these animals are less destructive than their owners.

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Rather than penalising certain breed types, which compromises the welfare of the animal, Dogs Trust wants to see a clear legislative focus on «deed not breed» and a new dialogue on the social problem of «dangerous owners»..

This makes it a great tool for any farm owner or person with more than one type of animal.

As many dog and cat owners can attest, neutered male animals often live longer than their intact counterparts.

There was a common tendency for victims to blame themselves for the attack, rather than the animal, or in cases where the dog was not known to them, they blamed the dog owner.

More than 30 percent of Americans live with at least one cat, and they re probably getting the same stress relief and happy - hormone release from their pet of choice that dog - owners get; there are simply fewer studies to prove it, says judge Alan Beck, ScD, director of the Center for Human - Animal Bond at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.

While I am not happy with some of Organic Valley's business practices which treat member farmers more like medieval serfs than the independent business owners that they are, I find these practices less onerous than feeding animals GMO feed without clearly informing the end consumer.

It further stipulates that if a contract is used instead of pre-adoption sterilization, the pet must be altered within 30 days (exceptions are made for animals under six months of age), and the new owner is to pay a deposit of no less than $ 10, which is to be refunded upon proof of surgery.

He stated categorically that the phenomenon of owners seeing or experiencing their animals after the pets have died is far more common than the general public believes.

A 2015 Human Animal Bond Research Initiative Foundation study by George Mason University found that pet owners saved the U.S. healthcare system more than $ 11 billion by going to the doctor less and, for those who walk their dog at least five times per week, fewer incidences of obesity.

For example, a 2015 Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) study conducted by George Mason University found that pet owners saved the U.S. healthcare system more than $ 11 billion by going to the doctor less.

Small animal owners are also looking for food dishes that are safer and more durable and eco-friendly than some plastic dishes.

A new study from the University of Tokyo has confirmed this, showing that although pet cats are more than capable of recognising their owner's voice they choose to ignore them - for reasons that are perhaps rooted in the evolutionary history of the animal.

This is mainly because dogs are larger than other indoor domestic animals, which is why cat owners don't have a similar problem.

The idea for Dogs on Deployment (DoD) was born, and since June 2011, the Santee, Calif. - based nonprofit organization has helped «deploy» more than 600 animals — from dogs and cats to guinea pigs and chickens — with foster families while their beloved owners fulfilled orders of their own.

PB: With pet owners more concerned and educated than ever about the quality of the products they provide to their animal companions, how does Loving Pets ensure that it consistently offers high - quality products?

Small - animal - pet owners have more options than ever to choose from, and retailers, too, can benefit from the growing selection of cages with which they can build a profitable and pet - friendly assortment.

The prevalence of this trend among Millennial consumers, in particular, could be problematic for pet stores this holiday season, considering that PwC's study indicates this demographic is expected to spend 30 percent more than the average pet owner on gifts for their companion animals.

Being a dog owner in Oklahoma requires more than providing tender loving care for your animal.

We're animal lovers and owners too, so nothing makes us happier than seeing their friendly tail wags and hearing their contented purrs!

More often than not they are picked up by animal control, a benevolent stranger, or are never seen by the owner again.

A study released this month in Applied Animal Behaviour Science finds that environmental factors and even owner characteristics have more to do with whether or not a dog will be aggressive than merely breed type.

Great Danes by nature are loving caring animals, somewhat sensitive and want nothing more than to please their owners, they're pretty smart and often catch - on quickly.

This exciting and family - friendly event will take place at the Shipley Arena in Westminster from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. With more than 60 vendors participating, visitors will have opportunities to interact with pet professionals such as veterinarians, animal behaviorists, kennel owners, artists, groomers, trainers, and businesses that provide products and services to pets and their owners.

Prior to joining Zoetis, he practiced veterinary medicine in Kansas for more than 20 years, spending the last 18 of these years as an owner of mixed - animal practices and a consulting business dealing with feedyards, backgrounders, stockers, cow / calf and dairy clients.

As these pet owners came from lists of Dog Fancy and Cat Fancy magazine subscribers, they were likely more attentive pet owners than average, as evidenced by their investing in learning more about their animal.

There are more than 60 million animal owners and we should not be whining, we should be fighting for our animals!

Citing a study of more than 7,700 stray animals, she said microchipped dogs were returned to their owners about 52 percent of the time, compared to roughly 22 percent of dogs that did not have a chip.

They take their time to make sure the animals are comfortable and want nothing more than happy, healthy pets and owners.

There are now more than 100 in shelters with their owners, and a mobile animal medical clinic is cruising decimated neighborhoods in Queens» Rockaways and on Staten Island.

If an owner is more than 2 hours away, the Animal Poison Control Center may be able to provide the owner with an oral dosage of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting.

The 2011 ASPCA $ 100K Challenge is a nationwide competition for animal shelters (and their communities) aiming to get more animals adopted or returned to their owners than ever before.

Animal Medical Center has supported the pet owner community for more than 50 years.

Last year, the event attracted an audience of more than 7,000 theater fans, pet owners and animal lovers.

The Animal Medical Center has supported the pet owner community for more than 50 years.

The results of 129 surveys (80 relinquishing and 49 continuing) showed that relinquishers scored lower on companion animal attachment than continuing owners.

As they're a banned breed for domestic owners in many parts of the US, an added attraction is that it's less expensive to rescue them from animal shelters than to buy them from established breeders.

From Aug. 1 through Tuesday, Animal Friends reported saving 1,150 dogs and cats through adoptions and returns to owner, 147 more than last year.

Vicky Shook, director of the city's animal control department, said she began looking into regulations more than six months ago to prevent negligent pet shop owners from operating in the city.

In the three weeks following those two grisly June incidents in California, more than 300 pit bulls and pit bull crosses were turned in to the Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control Department, most of them by owners who no longer wanted the responsibility of keeping them, or who had simply become frightened of their own pet by the breed's reputation.

The pit bulls involved in these cases were identified as pit bulls or pit bull - mixes by animal control, law enforcement, owners, victims, neighbors, etc. and they know more about what the dogs were than YOU do because YOU weren \» t there.

Only about 30 percent of the more than 10,000 animals that came into the shelter in 1985 were either adopted or reclaimed by their owners.

The activists say higher fees and penalties will drive scared working - poor pet owners to abandon animals rather than give them up for adoption.

More than 500 Montreal pit bull owners have received letters ordering them to either find their dogs new homes outside of the city or surrender them to animal shelters in the next 4 weeks.

Like their counterparts in big cities, dog owners in Lake County may have to start cleaning up after their pets with pooper scoopers.That was one of several changes to the county's animal control ordinance suggested during a public hearing Tuesday.The revamped proposal, which aims primarily to stop vicious animals before they bite or harm someone, will undergo more tinkering to include suggestions like cleaning up after dogs.Pooper scoopers will be needed if the county sticks with the idea to ban defecating by dogs on both public and private property other than that belonging to the animal's owner, County Commissioner Richard Swartz said.

Not to be confused with a service dog or an emotional support animal, a therapy animal is any companion pet that has undergone training and certification to provide comfort and affection to someone other than its owner.

I tell my puppy owners to search for a large - animal veterinarian who joined a small animal practice rather than retire as age demands when they are no longer able handle «testy» bulls and stallions.

Alarmingly, pet owners who responded to the survey believed that older pets require less medical attention than younger animals, and that indoor pets need very little veterinary care because they are less exposed to environmental threat.