The Stats Dogs and Cats Know the Truth and Who to Blame whats the REAL problem?

8/13/2019 The Stats Dogs and Cats Know the Truth and Who to Blame whats the REAL problem?

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there are good and bad breeders just because you have purebreds does not mean you are a

good breeder and certainly not if you are breeding mutts. in both cases you are perpetuating the

mistakes of our ancestors that bred indiscriminately as there was no idea back then of

inheritance or how diseases could occur. responsible breeders today should breed for healththen form and function without over emphasizing work drive or conformation at the cost of the

other or health.

a high drive dog is not for everyone and when the work is done or it is unable to continue they are

often unable to fit in their owners lifestyle because they have a large amount of energy that is not

being used and or have never experienced life out of the kennel and cannot adapt to life outside

of work.

breeding for just conformation to overemphasize key traits such as wrinkles or color also serves

to cause major health risks and judges should not be allowed to make this call.

however there are good and bad breeders a good breeders dog will rarely be placed in a shelter

unless someone broke a contract a bad breeders dog is placed in whatever home pays for them

or takes them and the breeder does not get to know or offer to take the animal back should the

time come it must be returned.

here are the stats.

Study shows 86 percent of pets surrendered toshelters are owner surrender.

in short, they bought a dog and couldnt handle it/train it or could no longer afford it all things a

GOOD breeder has in the contract to take the dog back under those circumstances.

Dog takes too much time, work and money (21 percent)

Owner is moving (19 percent)

Owner is ill or allergic to dogs (9 percent)

Dog part of a new litter (5 percent)

Dog is ill (4 percent)

Other (12 percent)

(30 percent) of dog owners who give up their pets to an animal shelter do so because of the

dogs' perceived behavior problems, new research suggests.

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The research was done at the Humane Society of St. Joseph, Mishawaka, Indiana. The team

compiled separate information for dogs and cats they interviewed 380 people who surrendered


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their dogs for adoption and 905 owners who kept their animals. The control group was chosen

from a random sample of dog-owning St. Joseph County residents.

Fifty-four percent of the dogs surrendered were six months to three years old and 15

percent were less than six months old.Fifty-one percent of dogs surrendered had been

purchased for less than $100 from a breeder or private owner. Nearly nine percent from

these private sources cost more than $100 Nearly 20 percent of the surrendered dogs came from a shelter, and about the same

number were acquired as strays.

Nearly 41 percent of the surrendered dogs were obtained free from the previous owner.

Behavior problems occurring daily that contributed to surrender were:

barking, 41 percent

chewing24 percent

hyperactivity, 45 percent

housetraining accidents, 21 percent

aggression to other pets, less than eight percent

aggression to people, less than nine percent.

Conclusions

Purebred pets are at lower risk of surrender to shelters than mixed breeds, and dogs

purchased for more than $100 have the lowest risk factors of all.

Dogs less than two years old are at highest risk for abandonment, especially if they are

mixed breed, unneutered, live in a family with children, or require more care or attention

than the owners expected when they obtained the animal.

Dogs acquired between the ages of one and two years are at higher risk for

abandonment than puppies, perhaps because they came to their new owners with

established behavior problems. Dogs that are adopted from a shelter are at relatively high risk of return, leading to the

idea that behavior counseling programs at shelters should be evaluated to determine

their effectiveness.

Dogs that spend most of their time separated from the family, either in crates or in the

yard, are at greater risk. This discovery should warn obedience instructors, shelter staffs,

and veterinarians who recommend the use of a crate that they must provide clear

information on its proper use.

Dogs that visit the veterinarian more than once a year and those that attend obedience

classes the best places to get educational information on behavior are more likely

to remain in their original homes.Curiously, the discovery that increased veterinary visits can influence a dog's longevity in the

home comes at a time when the trend is toward fewer visits, not more. Early rabies and

parvovirus vaccination and sterilization can wrap up a puppy's regular visits by the age of four

months before owners get tired of chewing, barking, and other normal but exasperating

behaviors.


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Anecdotal and unsubstantiated reports state that 50% to 70% of all euthanasias are the result of

behavior problems. Recent studies of individual shelters have begun to

identify both human and animal characteristics that may put animals at increased or

decreased risk for relinquishment

1. 13% of the animals were strays (not owed by those relinquishing them).2. 8.3% of the animals were brought in while the interviewers were otherwise

occupied.

3. 6.1 % of the animals were brought in while shelters were closed (after hours).

4. 9.2% of the owners refused to be interviewed.

5. 2.6% of the owners were not interviewed due to emotional stress


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what is the cause? improper pet ownership and ignorance!

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Promote Proper Pet Ownership

This is one of the KEYS to protecting our right to have pets. as time goes on people get more and more

ignorant to whats going on due to media and slantedvideosand movies in short the public is willfully ignorant

and proud of it. You blame the breeders and not the people at fault.

there are good and bad breeders just because you have purebreds does not mean you are a good breeder

and certainly not if you are breeding mutts. in both cases you are perpetuating the mistakes of our

ancestors that bred indiscriminately as there was no idea back then of inheritance or how diseases could
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occur. responsible breeders today should breed for health then form and function without over emphasizing

work drive or conformation at the cost of the other or health.

many of you live under the vast misinterpretation "it's just a dog" and thus you believe no matter the

package you are getting the same thing, and yes some things are universal but not all, there are traits and

drives as well as physical features you may not be able to handle which gives us the biggest problem of all.

You can't handle it.

a high drive dog is not for everyone and when the work is done or it is unable to continuethey are often

unable to fit in their owners lifestyle because they have a large amount of energy that is not being used and

OR have never experienced life outside of work. there are many dogs that are strictly outside dogs that do

not know how to act indoors. a Greyhound that has retired from the race track often has issues adapting to

a life outside of its work. (link to that video)>>>

more dogs are given up by owners because they cant handle the traits, features & drives and everything that

is involved with those! THIS is why breeders are choosy about who gets their dogs and why many owners

think they are being "snobs " or "just in it for the money" they want to make sure you are serious they also
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want to make sure that puppy has all the genetic tests on it and its parents and the best start at life

possible with a home that he or she will remain in for life.

So you think you want a high drive puppy?

further, breeding for just conformation to overemphasize key traits such as wrinkles or color, also serves to

cause major health risks and judges should not be allowed to make this call.

however there are good and bad breeders. just as their are good and bad in every sport and hobby you ALL

have that person in your sport , hobby ect that you think sucks and want them to boil in the pot with a

lobster admit it.

the truth is there are plenty of good breeders however YOU the buyer prefer to go the "cheap way" because

you believe they are making a huge profit.

they might make a profit but in the end its probably less than the profit being made by the "cheap" bad

breeder you went with.

think about how much the genetic tests cost? on parents and pups? the prenatal care (ultrasounds ect)

micochipping, sometimes basic training,usually early socialization to make sure they turn out to be sound

in mind and body.

the above " Pedigree Dogs Exposed" was a slanted "documentary" though considering how much actual

research (none) went into it its more of a whiny fit from someone that didnt know what they were talking
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about and yet because it was put on TV people believe it. even though EVERY part of it was proven to be

false

Ruffly Speaking Debunking Pedigree Dogs Exposed

a good breeders dog will rarely be placed in a shelter unless someone broke a contract a bad breeders dog

is placed in whatever home pays for them or takes them and the breeder does not get to know or offer to

take the animal back should the time come it must be returned.

a bad breederNEVER tests parents or pups beyond general health checks, breeds for no purpose other

than to sell pups no form or function and DOES make a significant profit because they have done NONE of

what a good breeder does in the end THESE are the dogs dumped in shelter by their owners. their was an

investigation made by animal planet on Petland where families had bought puppies from petland because

they were cheap and available they didnt know it was filled with puppy mill animals. sick puppymill dogs .
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what you dont realize is many puppymills are LEGAL meeting the department of agriculture's standards.

"There are so many strays"

the Humane Society of the US initiated a "voluntary breeding moratorium" to urge dog breeders to stop

producing puppies until all dogs in shelters were adopted to new homes. "Until there are none, adopt one,"

the slogan said.

Thoughtful and caring dog breeders were put on the defensive, pet stores were vilified, and all commercial

kennels were lumped together as "puppy mills" no matter how they provided for their animals.

A new study that examined the reasons dogs - about two million each year - are surrendered to animal

shelters has shed new light on the problem. The main reasons dogs are surrendered is that owners fail to

obedience train or have unrealistic expectations of their pet the dogs at highest risk of surrender are those

acquired at low or no cost, especially those that do not visit a veterinarian regularly.

Gary Patronek VMD, PhD, one of the principle investigators on the study, presented the results at the NAIA

Purebred Rescue Symposium last March.

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Be informed of the facts.

"Venting to people who will understand my anger and frustration you know

who I am talking about) When you call yourself a "rescue" how about you

actually try and find good homes for dogs NOT guilt people into giving you

their dogs for nothing because you are a "rescue" and turn around andbreed them. Furthermore how about you also don't sell the dogs you get

that are so clearly not purebred you cant pass them off as pure to the first

person that texts you. Oh but you are a rescue hmm? Well then why turn

away all fixed animals offered to you to rehome!"

The work was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association on August 1, and is

corroborated in another study reported in the August 15 issue of the Journal. Patronek and his Purdue

University colleagues concluded that dog owners who pay more than $100 for a dog, take him to a

veterinarian more than once a year, and participate in obedience classes are more likely to provide a

long-term home for the animal.

Veterinary care and obedience classes may reinforce the bonding of pet and owner, the researchers wrote ".
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. . by allowing the owner to experience and appreciate the positive aspects of pet ownership such as

companionship, affection, entertainment, and security without overreacting to or being distracted by

disruptive or unwanted behaviour."

Their conclusions challenge the assertions of activists that breeders directly and indirectly produce an

"overpopulation" of pets and provide testimony for early intervention through education, a solution that

breeders, breed clubs, kennel clubs, and the American Kennel Club have promoted for years.

The numbers

The research was done at the Humane Society of St Joseph, Mishawaka, Indiana. The team compiled

separate information for dogs and cats they interviewed 380 people who surrendered their dogs for adoption

and 905 owners who kept their animals. The control group was chosen from a random sample of dog-owning

St Joseph County residents.

Fifty-four percent of the dogs surrendered were six months to three years old and 15 percent were

less than six months old. (The study included only acquired dogs, not surrendered litters.)

Fifty-one percent of dogs surrendered had been purchased for less than $100 from a breeder or

private owner. Nearly nine percent from these private sources cost more than $100 2.5 percentcame from pet stores and 3.9 percent from litters produced in the home.

Nearly 20 percent of the surrendered dogs came from a shelter, and about the same number were

acquired as strays.

Nearly 41 percent of the surrendered dogs were obtained free from the previous owner.

Behaviour problems occurring daily that contributed to surrender were:

Barking, 41 percent

Chewing, 24 percent

Hyperactivity, 45 percent

Housetraining accidents, 21 percent

Aggression to other pets, less than eight percent

Aggression to people, less than nine percent.

Conclusions

* Purebred pets are at lower risk of surrender to shelters than mixed breeds, and dogs purchased for more


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than $100 have the lowest risk factors of all.

* Dogs less than two years old are at highest risk for abandonment, especially if they are mixed breed,

unneutered, live in a family with children, or require more care or attention than the owners expected when

they obtained the animal.

* Dogs acquired between the ages of one and two years are at higher risk for abandonment than puppies,

perhaps because they came to their new owners with established behavior problems.

* Dogs that are adopted from a shelter are at relatively high risk of return, leading to the idea that behaviour

counselling programmes at shelters should be evaluated to determine their effectiveness.

* Dogs that spend most of their time separated from the family, either in crates or in the yard, are at greater

risk. This discovery should warn obedience instructors, shelter staffs, and veterinarians who recommend the

use of a crate that they must provide clear information on its proper use.

* Dogs that visit the veterinarian more than once a year and those that attend obedience classes - the best

places to get educational information on behaviour - are more likely to remain in their original homes.

Curiously, the discovery that increased veterinary visits can influence a dog's longevity in the home comes

at a time when the trend is towards fewer visits, not more.


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Study shows 86 percent of pets surrendered

to shelters are owner surrender.

in short, they bought a dog and couldnt handle it/train it or could no longer afford it all things a GOOD

breeder has in the contract to take the dog back under those circumstances.

Dog takes too much time, work and money (21 percent)

Owner is moving (19 percent)

Owner is ill or allergic to dogs (9 percent)

Dog part of a new litter (5 percent)

Dog is ill (4 percent)

Other (12 percent)

(30 percent) of dog owners who give up their pets to an animal shelter do so because of the dogs' perceived

behavior problems, new research suggests.

21+19+9+5+4+12+30=100%

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the following are blatantly honest quotes from people that KNOW whats going on.

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"Truthfully many of the organizations are fake

many rescues are puppy mills as are shelters

I am not saying all. I AM saying there are good and bad, as

well as fakes out there"

"I've left a rescue when they bought a pregnant Yorkie from a

byb, asking if her puppies were purebred, they were. They

bought her for $200, 1 week from delivery asked me to foster

because it would be a litter and that is what I did for them.

They advertised mom and babies are rescued from a horrible

breeder and placed them for a $900 adoption fee, each. My

cousin had wanted to adopt the mom and I was floored when

I asked the adoption fee. That was selling and for a huge

profit, especially since they didn't have to pay to whelp orraise the litter because they left her with me. I never fostered

for them again."

"I had a hunting dog stolen, a dogo argentino, the rescue came onto my property and used bolt cutters to

get her out of the large dog run. how do i know it was them? because when i found my dog listed as a

rescue they claimed my dog had been there for months, that she came from a puppymill and had just

recovered from being altered (i had this dog altered at 6 months of age!) i proved she was mine thankfully

with a microchip but they tried to claim i was dog fighting because she had scars from working. even a

herding dog will have some scars but a pig dog even with the kevlar cut gear may still get cut."


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" the only rescues i trust are the ones registered with a breed

club and then ones registered with the state agriculture

department. I tried to adopt a Rex cat, they wanted 900.00

for a cat but the stray tabby was 10.00. they were chargingmore than the good breeders and bad breeders i had seen!"

Only 2% of dogs die in shelters yearly.

0.5 million dogs produced by pet store puppymills.


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4 million back yard bred yearly (recorded that have actually been recorded through a registry)

1-2 million produced by hobby and responsible breeders yearly.

Taking control of rescue dog trafficking

" It's trendy to adopt now, so people will go to great lengths

to get on the "I saved a life" bandwagon . I overheard a

woman talking at the vets office a while back, she was

admiring another lady's Chihuahua and she said "I'll always

have a Chi, they're such wonderful little dogs! But I REFUSE

to buy one from a breeder, all mine are rescues!" And all I

could think was "lady, if it weren't for breeders there

wouldn't be a Chihuahua in the first place and if it weren't

for sh*tty breeders there wouldn't be any Chihuahuas to be

rescued at all!" They'd honestly rather buy (yes, buy) a rescue

dog so they can play "holier than thou" than go to a breeder.

Makes no sense......"

"I had a run-in with a rescue group in PetSmart once. Besides the usual assortment of

older dogs they also had this whole litter of pups there that the rescue woman told me were Chi-weenies


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angrily informed me that her friend breeds Chi-Weenies and he told her that they were AKC recognized, so

there.

I looked pointedly at their banner that clearly identified them as a rescue group, looked at the sign attached

to the ex-pen with the pups in in that said "adoption fee $200", and said "You know, I find it to be an

amazing coincidence that your friend HAPPENS to breed Chi-Weenies and you HAPPEN to have an entire

litter of Chi-Weenie puppies here for adoption for $200 each. How did your RESCUE organization HAPPEN

to come by these lovely puppies?" The woman's jaw dropped, her face turned red, and she turned her back

on me and walked off LOL."

"Why we need good breeders....

Many people hear dont buy while shelter pets die but there is much more to that than simply banning all

breeders.

Responsible breeders, as an example, do their best to preserve the breed they love. They look at what

makes their breed unique and breed the next generation to improve on that ideal image. Usually when they

are ready to keep a dog for themselves, given limited space, so it is not often that they do breed a litter.

They educate buyers and will always take a pup theyve bred back rather than have them end up in a

shelter. In almost every case they also require owners take classes with their new dog and spay/neuter

when the dog is old enough to prevent unplanned breeding.

In most cases breeds are limited by the number of new generations out there meaning there are not

endless supplies of puppies and different dogs being born. Responsible breeders simply do not have the


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space and finances to keep large volumes of dogs to breed often they have one litter a year and turn away

many more people than they ever sell to. Some are turned away because they dont have the puppies to

sell, most are turned away because they dont want to wait or are not good candidates for that breed.

On average, the percentage of puppies a responsible breeder produces is very small, compared to the

irresponsible breeders the commercial puppy farms, the pet breeders and the oops we dont know how

puppies are made type sources. These less responsible breeders usually do not screen homes, do the

health testing to ensure the puppies are healthy and do not care where the dogs end up. Unfortunately most

rescues do not know of anything other than these types of breeders and assume all breeders are the same.

The people who purchase puppies from less responsible sources are not always bad owners, but are often

not prepared for what the breed they get ends up being like or they may have other issues that result in the

pup not being in the right home. They may not have been told what the breed is really like, or get a pup that

is not true to the breeds description. They often do not take any sort of training or make any effort to

socialize or housebreak (in some cases) their puppies or may find their dog has other issues related to poor

breeding and hygiene before they got the pup. When they run into problems, the breeder who sold them the

pup is not a support, and they often drop the dog off into rescue or shelters. Unfortunate for the dog, they

are no longer a puppy and harder to place (you will notice there is mostly adult dogs in shelters and

rescues, few puppies). Or because nobody insisted they NOT breed their dog, they choose to repeat the

cycle and also breed their dog, continuing the cycle of irresponsible pet ownership.

The problem is if ALL breeding stopped, even for five years, we would lose many breeds, or at least the

quality of the breeds themselves would decline rapidly. Stop for 10 years and we would not have dogs at all

in about 15 years. Not a solution unless you are an extreme animal rights activist that feels all animals are

better off dead in a dumpster than in loving homes.

The solution may just be to promote responsible dog ownership by including HOW to select a breeder, and

more important, how to walk away from an irresponsible breeder. By having rescue minded folks spout off

endless chants of there are no good breeders it simply removes that chance to educate the public and

gives them permission to go to the less responsible breeders and buy a dog after all they were told


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theres no difference, no right breeder to support."

Another major issues with pet owners is not properly

containing their animals

this leads to Breed selective legislation when dogs are allowed to roam free and prove a potential danger to

strangers or other animals.

it does not matter how well behaved your animal is in your yard around you it is completely different when

they leave your influence. you know that dog that barks harshly and growls when someone opens the door

but doesnt want to be touched by them and may even lunge after you have introduced them to the person?

thats not cute its not just a "bad habit" its a bad sign.

to often actions are ignored because they are "cute" when in fact they present a legitimate concern. not to

mention these dogs can be picked up and euthanized in a shelter as shelters are not very good at

identification an owner could continue to call shelters and rescues asking for their "merle greatdane" and be

told there is only a catahoula.

Leash your dogs!

for the very same above reasons! walking down the road with you doesnt mean your dog will behave just

because it follows you now you cant control every situation


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How do you fix whats broken?

you will often hear "fix your dogs" for various reasons , because it will alter temperament ect the truth is the

ONLY thing its meant to do is remove the ability to reproduce. the fact is altering a dog under 1 year of age

by the AVMA's own admission is far more risky than altering later in life.

lets look at it this way if you alter a child or adult woman whats the reaction? how many doctors are willing

to do it when its not necessary?

NONE, the risks of other health issues arising from the removal of those organs and hormones are too high!

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