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The Relevance of Breed in Selecting a Companion Dog
Janis Bradley, author of Dogs Bite, but Balloons and Slippers are More Dangerous and Dog Bites: Problems and Solutions and founding faculty member and instructor for ten years at the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, explores the relevance of breed in selecting a companion dog.
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The \"Pit Bull\" Placebo: Media, Myths and the Politics of Breed Specific Legislation
Presentation by Donald Cleary, Director of Communications and Publications for the National Canine Research Council. Learn the history of discrimination against different groups of dogs, and how media-reinforced attitudes created the crisis confronting \"pit bulls,\" including breed specific regulation. Regulating dogs on the basis of breed has justified animal cruelty, but has not resulted in safer communities. Veterinarians can help break the cycle of discrimination by showing that we can abandon discredited stereotypes, and by encouraging a higher standard of accountability and care for all dogs.