Arnie and Ziggy are 2 dogs that were rescued from a sad situation. They've been living in kennels for the last year, a step up from their original arrangements, but not they need to move on due to their caretaker's illness.
These wonderful dogs need your help. Please network them and disseminate their flyers to anyone who may be looking for a new love in their life. Thanks!
This is a blog dedicated to the West Los Angeles shelter dogs. Here you will find useful information on these wonderful adoptable dogs and what type of person might be a good match for them. The main goal of this blog is to encourage more people to adopt shelter dogs! Please support SAAFLA, a non-profit organization that facilitates the rescue of shelter dogs as well as offering education and support to adopters of shelter dogs.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Another lesson in don't judge a book by its cover. It's in the DNA!
Don't call me a Pit Bull! |
I had to laugh at some of the results because you have to wonder how some of these dogs got together?! It's a fascinating study and it will definitely make you reassess what you thought you knew about identifying dog breeds. All I can say is those American Eskimo Dogs sure get around! ;-)
On a more serious note, I can tell you that every shelter out there is WAY off on their guesses as to what kind of dog breeds they have. One reason there are so many Pit Bulls in the shelters is that most mutts look like a what we think of as a "Pit Bull." How many dogs on this list would be categorized as a Pit Bull at your shelter?
Most importantly, this study proves another reason why BSL is such nonsense. How do you identify a dog as a Pit Bull? I seriously doubt they are doing DNA testing on every dog. How can BSL be legal when they don't even know the breed of the dog? I'm starting to think that we need to eradicate the term Pit Bull from our vocabulary and call a spade a spade: it is a mixed breed dog!
So, check out this study, you'll be really amazed at some of the mixes.
http://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/library/research-studies/current-studies/dog-breeds/dna-results/
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