Sentences with phrase «when breed labels»

In the study, when breed labels were not placed on the dogs, potential adopters ranked pit bulls and non-pit-bulls as «equally attractive.»

Not exact matches

I think it's a great idea... People go to a shelter looking for a specific breed and then may be disappointed when it turns out what the dog was «labeled» with is not what they got.

Each one from a breeder folks would likely label a BYB simply because they are «farms» (I saw more than one article online specifically defining farmers whom breed dogs as BYBs because hey — someone who breeds goats, cows, etc. for a living and to feed the rest of us clearly has no idea when it comes to breeding dogs).

proved our point, which is your guess is as good as ours when it comes to visual breed labeling.

Our foster - home based rescue group, Animal Rescue of the Rockies, adopts out mostly «mixed breed» dogs, and we see all sorts of mistaken breed labels when we pull dogs from shelters.

Did you know that when genetic test results are compared with breed labels put on dogs by experts (like veterinarians and shelter workers), the labels turn out to be wrong over 85 % of the time?

When Bolsheviks came to power in 1917 this breed as well as Borzoi was labeled «bourgeois», and the number of these dogs decreased critically.

Cheryl Schneider, Williamson County animal services director, explained, «When you remove breed labels, you open the door to possibility.

The Pit Bull Rescuer should clearly label Pit Bull mixes as mixes and attempt to identify exactly what breeds the dog is mixed with when labeling.

Commissioner Layne Dicker said that city shelters are already misleading the public by having breed labels because breeds are often wrong when they are judged visually.

And when the label «pit bull» is applied — which can refer to several breeds, including the Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier and bull terrier — it could place a stigma on the animal.

Another study, featured in an e-book published by Animal Farm Foundation, found that shelter workers were incorrect nearly 75 percent of the time when labeling mixed - breed dogs.

One thing you won't find when scanning dog foods is a large breed senior formula, but that's only because they aren't labeled as such.

Samantha: And as for the rescuing aspect of it, I think that's something that as dog lovers we kind of all advocate for is rescuing and I think like you said, huskies are one of those breeds that kind of they're known for being high - strung and when they get turned in to a shelter or surrender to a rescue somebody might say they're destructive or they're not good with kids or whatever the case may be, and it's not necessarily that the dog is destructive or the dog doesn't like children but just that they have so much energy and then they get labeled as such and then other people don't want to adopt either.

These breeds are not at risk for trouble when using the low - dose heartworm preventive products, but only when using the off - label skin parasite protocols.

For some dogs labeled as pit bulls, when their DNA is tested it's nearly impossible to assign even one main breed.

When used according to the product label, it's been shown safe for dogs and puppies of all breeds who are 8 weeks of age and older and weigh 5 pounds or more.