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EDUCATING COMMUNITIES

Treat all dogs as individuals and empower pet owners to be responsible. Humane communities are safer communites for people and pets!

ANIMAL SERVICES AND THE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP COMMUNITY MODEL

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Animal Services and the Responsible Pet Ownership Community Model by  Bill Bruce, Director of Calgary Animal Services and By-Law Services

"In North America, the vast majority of animals that fill our shelters or end up on our streets have arrived at that situation because a human relationship has failed them. The solution lies in responsible pet ownership and responsive animal services - not animal control and not building more shelters to fill."

REACHING COMMUNITY PET OWNERS

Community_Pet_Days.jpgCommunity Pet Days: A Guide for Reaching "Pit Bull" Dog Owners in Your Community

Community Pet Days are a simple, low-cost way to reach pet owners, including those who own "pit bull" dogs.

AMBASSADOR DOGS IN SHELTERS & BEYOND

Ambassador-Dogs.jpgWould you like to see the day when your adopters and staff and board look at a “pit bull” and just see a dog? And then consider whether that dog is a match based simply on his personality?

LIABILITY HYSTERIA
Liability-Hysteria.jpgDon't let liability hysteria keep you from sending dogs home.  Bonnie Lutz, President, American Veterinary Law Association, offers four simple tips to avoid liability and save lives.

RESIDENT DOG vs. FAMILY DOG: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

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  • Resident dogs are not afforded the opportunity to experience regular and positive interactions with humans.
  • Family dogs live inside the home and are given the opportunities to learn appropriate behaviors.

Resident dogs cannot be expected to exhibit the same behaviors and level of sociability as family dogs.

COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER PARTNERSHIPS
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Compassion not Compulsion: A common misconception about spay/neuter is that the only way to get the most animals altered is by making it legally mandated. However, time and experience have proven that education and compassion are far more successful in getting owners to opt for spay/neuter.

 WHAT IS A DOG BITE?
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While the question seems simple enough the answer is often not what we imagine.

Over the past 3 decades, increased awareness of the importance of humane care and control, the enactment and enforcement of leash laws, and dog bite prevention education have all been instrumental in lowering the number of reported dog-related injuries nationwide.

A COMMUNITY APPROACH TO RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP

Community-Approach-To-Responsible-Pet-Ownership.jpgAmerican Veterinary Medical AssociationTask Force on Canine Aggression and Human-Canine Interactions

To assist communities in avoiding such ineffective responses, the AVMA convened a Task Force on Canine Aggression and Human-Canine Interactions. Although the number of injuries will never be reduced to zero, Task Force members believe a well-planned proactive community approach can make a substantial impact.  The information contained in this report is intended to help leaders find effective ways to address their community's dog bite concerns.

FROM SHELTER DOG TO SUPERHERO

Sarge-the-Superhero.jpgAfter 14 years of abuse and neglect, this shelter dog became a superhero!

Reprinted with permission from stubbydog.org

A COMPARISON OF VISUAL AND DNA IDENTIFICATION OF BREEDS OF DOGS
A Comparison of Visual and DNA Identification of Breeds of Dogs  by Victoria Voith, PhD, DVM, DACVBVoith-AVMA-2009.jpg
 
"The discrepency between breed identifications based on opinion and DNA analysis, as well as concerns about reliability of data collected based on media reports, draws into question the validity and enforcement of public and private policies pertaining to dog breeds."

CDC & AVMA: "OUR RESEARCH DOES NOT SUPPORT BREED SPECIFIC LEGISLATION"
CDC-AVMA-Statement.jpg Why debate what the experts have already concluded?  There is no scientifically valid evidence and no reasonable argument to support Breed Specific Legislation.
 

t's Not "Just Semantics": Words Do Matter by Pamela Reid, PhD

Can we be reasonably confident that the way the dog behaves on a "test" reflects how the dog will behave in the future?

"Behavior is considered to be an expression of temperament. But temperament is more than just behavior... We need to acknowledge the limitations of the behavior evaluation and take it for what it is."

 HSUS GIVES VICTIMS A SECOND CHANCE TO BE SURVIVORS

 HSUS_Dogs_Feature1.jpgA New Day for Fight-Bust Dogs, James Hettinger, Associate Editor, Animal Sheltering Magazine, July/Aug 2011

The Humane Society of the United States updates an old school policy to give more dogs a 2nd chance at a happy life!

  

 

 COMMON LANGUAGE FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRUELTY
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  • People who fight dogs engage in animal cruelty.
  • The victim of the crime of dog fighting is the dog.


The victims of dog fighting suffer, just as other canine victims of cruelty suffer. All victims of cruelty are deserving of our compassion.
 
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