Due to media hype and over sensationalism of so called “dangerous dogs” breed specific laws have become an issue within today’s society. Breed specific laws are laws that restrict or completely ban the owning of a dog breed‚ some owners of the breeds must have their dog complete tests as to whether or not it is vicious and the owner must acquire permits to keep possession of their precious family pet. A typical person may think that a breed specific law does not acquire the town that they may live
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Golden Retriever Did you know legend says that Golden Retriever’s descended from Russian Sheepdogs brought from a circus? You may even have one in your backyard! Read this and you will learn where Retriever’s came from‚ what they look like‚ if they are are good pets‚ and if they are healthy. Have you ever wondered where Golden Retriever’s came from? If you have‚ they came from a group of matings brought by Lord Tweedmouth from Scotland‚ in 1864. Lord Tweedmouth was a Liberal Politician and
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Adopting Shelter/Stray Dogs To inform. To inform my audience about their ability to help stray and abandoned animals find a new life. Introduction ASPCA.org says that approximately 5 to 7 million animals enter the shelters nationwide every year. 3 to 4 million of those are euthanized. Private citizens can help animals rehabilitate from being strays‚ and find new homes. So far in my life I have adopted 5 strays from shelters‚ and found new homes for 11 more. Body No
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Applied Animal Behaviour Science 148 (2013) 150–156 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Animal Behaviour Science journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/applanim Food-related aggression in shelter dogs: A comparison of behavior identified by a behavior evaluation in the shelter and owner reports after adoption Amy R. Marder ∗ ‚ Anastasia Shabelansky‚ Gary J. Patronek‚ Seana Dowling-Guyer‚ Sheila Segurson D’Arpino Center for Shelter Dogs‚ Animal Rescue League of Boston‚ 10 Chandler
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Domestic dogs inherited complex behaviors from their wolf ancestors‚ being pack hunters with complex body language. These sophisticated forms of social cognition and communication may account for their trainability‚ playfulness‚ and ability to fit into human households and social situations‚ and these attributes have given dogs a relationship with humans that has enabled them to become one of the most successful species on the planet today. Although experts largely disagree over the details of dog
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Pit bulls are a breed that is completely misunderstood. Mainly because of the negative media attention they receive. . In all actuality‚ a pit bull is a crossbreed between different breeds of terriers and bulldogs. The media likes to portray the pit bull as a breed that can not be trained‚ much less handled by their owners. In all actuality it depends on how they are raised. People will always believe what they see or hear on the news‚ fact or fiction. Some people are firm believers that a pit
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The Truth about Pitbulls Ryan K. Smith University of Phoenix The Pit Bull breed of dog has a very bad reputation. This is because Pit Bulls are used as fighting dogs for some people’s amusement. Little do people know Pit Bulls are very good family dogs‚ and often called “The Nanny Dog”. I personally own three Pit Bulls‚ and have interviewed someone who does not own a pit bull. I have found a lot of information about this breed of dogs and everything points to one question. Although
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` Pit Bull Stereotyping Has anyone ever come in contact with a pit bull and felt fear that you were going to be attacked or mauled? I bet at least some of you have. I to was one of those people who thought I was going to be attacked‚ But after I owned a few I thought differently. Pit Bulls are banned in some state and counties because the government feels that it is the breed’s aggressive behavior is a threat‚ instead of the owners who made them that way. The pit bull breed has the stereo-type
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Contrast essay on The Great Dane to an American Pitbull Terrier The Great Dane and American Pitbull terrier are different in many ways. The Dane is a very complex dog‚ you have to have a lot of free time to care of he/she all the time. As for the Pitbull this dog doesn’t need much attention I mean yes give it attention but you don’t have to baby it so to speak for him/her to be occupied. In history‚ the Great Dane has many names some of them are; German mastiff‚ deutsche dogge‚ and gentle
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Dangerous Dogs...to be or not to be banned. My opinion on the issue of dangerous dogs is they shouldn’t be banned because of these reasons. I think that these so called ‘dangerous breeds’ shouldn’t be banned because it is only a few individuals from those breeds that are attacking. What about the families out there that own a very tame and gentle pit-bull that they have had in their family for a long time and have had no problems? Do you really want to take away that families treasured pet? It would
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