Canine Issues
BORDER COLLIES CONTROL GEESE ON FAIRWAYS, RUNWAYS
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Border Collies are intelligent dogs developed to herd sheep in the harsh climate of the border country between England and Scotland. The Border Collie energy and willingness to work are legendary, but alas, too few opportunities…
DOCTOR DISPUTES ARTICLE DENIGRATING PUREBRED DOGS, BREEDERS AND AKC
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012On January 1, the New York Times published a millennium section that included a short piece disguised as a look at genetic engineering that was actually an excuse to castigate purebred dogs as physically malformed and over-refined…
ANCIENT SPORT MEETS MODERN FOE: ANIMAL RIGHTS EXTREMISM
By Gary Guccione | Published: 01/9/2012Greyhound racing is an exciting, highly regulated sport conducted in just less than a third of the United States, as well as in England, Australia, Ireland and a dozen or so other countries.
CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION REPORTS ON BLOAT STUDY
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012Stomach bloat is a major disease for deep-chested dogs, especially those with a family history of the disease or behaviors such as gulping food, drinking lots of water after eating, or over-exercising after eating. Bloat can trigger…
DOGS NEEDED FOR TWO HEALTH STUDIES AT UNIVERSITIES
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012Two institutions funded by the AKC Canine Health Foundation are in need of samples to continue their research. If you have two or more dogs in a family in which a clinical diagnosis has been made for the following diseases, you…
AKC CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION HAS BEST YEAR EVER
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012“Generous donors concerned about canine health led the way to the most successful year ever for the AKC Canine Health Foundation” according to foundation president Dr. Robert Hritzo.
A CHANGING PUBLIC
By Diane Vasey | Published: 01/9/2012Dog fanciers today are living during a time of many changes in public policy regarding animals. As society moves further and further from its agricultural roots, so do people’s perspectives of animals. Although there are many…
GERMANY BAND BREEDS, REACTIONS EVOKE HOLOCAUST MEMORIES
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012In the wake of two deadly attacks by dogs in the last three months, German state governments have banned or restricted more than three dozens breeds of dogs.
Orion Pet Products Pty Ltd v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012ORION PET PRODUCTS PTY LTD (ACN 010 638 721) and INNOTEK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 010 408 983) v ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (VICTORIA) INC and HUGH WIRTH
NBC’s Dateline Features Puppy Mills
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012The long-awaited NBC Dateline feature on puppy mills filled the entire hour of the television show on April 26, 1999, and the villains of the piece were substandard commercial kennels, pet stores, and the US Department of Agriculture.
DDAL Sues Government over AWA Enforcement
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012Following national exposure of puppy mills on Dateline NBC in April and May, the Doris Day Animal League has once again filed a lawsuit to force the US Department of Agriculture to change the way it enforces the federal Animal Welfare…
Breeds Targeted By Media When Dog Bite Report Released
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012In mid-September, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association published a report on dog bite fatalities1 that placed the Rottweiler at the top of the list for deaths in 1997-98, a position the breed and its mixes…
Masters of Foxhounds Cancel Meets and Lead Attempt to Prevent Disease Spread
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease generally limited to tropical and subtropical areas, has been found in several Foxhound kennels in the US.
Joy and Enthusiasm Mark Sporting Dog Trials
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/8/2012The day was more late summer than mid-fall. Dark clouds scudded the skies, dumped brief showers, and scrammed, leaving patchy blue sky behind. The temperature hovered in the 60s; a mild breeze cropped up now and again to cool sweaty…
Greyhounds will Continue to Race in Massachusetts
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012Voters in Massachusetts narrowly defeated a proposed ban on Greyhound racing in the state in spite of an over-the-top effort by anti-racing activists. Final vote tally was 52 percent against the ban, 48 percent in favor.
Initiation: Fighting Revere’s Pit Bull Ordinance
By Dina Fraumeni | Published: 01/8/2012On July 10, 2000, I received a letter from the animal control officer in Revere, Massachusetts, stating that the city was going to begin strict enforcement of its pit bull ordinance. This ordinance states that if you own a “pit…
New Book Highlights Working Partnerships Between Dogs and Man
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/8/2012Dogs with Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World by Merrily Weisbord and Kim Kachanofe DVM; Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, New York; hardcover, 250 pages, $24.95.
Earth Dogs are Having Too Much Fun!
By Patti Webb | Published: 01/8/2012Dogs having fun with their human buddies? It’s an automatic red flag to animal rights groups that means there must be something to complain about. This time it is the American Kennel Club earth dog trials, sometimes called…
If the Radicals Can’t Get Us One Way, They’ll Try Another
By Kenneth Strand | Published: 01/8/2012By now, most of the field trial community is aware of the disastrous actions taken by the US Fish and Wildlife Service utilizing the provisions of the Pittman-Robertson Act. For those who may not be familiar with what has happened…
BUILDING THE FOUNDATION
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/8/2012Dog breeders know that a good dog comes from a good foundation and that a good dog-and-owner relationship begins with compatibility between the dog and the humans involved.
Page 3 of 9 pages < Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 Next Page > Last Page>>
