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	<description>Resources for Understanding and Preserving the Human-Canine Bond</description>
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		<title>Of Mice and Dogs: Their Personalities May Be Up To Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us easily acknowledge the likelihood that specific behaviors can be influenced by learning, in ourselves and in other species, including the one closest to us, our companion dogs.  We can learn to tie our shoes, and our dogs &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/of-mice-and-dogs-their-personalities-may-be-up-to-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut joins state ranks preempting breed-specific laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has signed a bill that preempts municipalities from regulating dogs on the basis of breed. HB6311, which was co-sponsored by 31 state representatives and senators, addressed only the issue of breed-specific legislation.  It provides that “no &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/connecticut-joins-state-ranks-preempting-breed-specific-laws/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada law prohibiting BSL signed by the Governor.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 14:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nevada will become the 14th state to preempt its towns and counties from discriminating against dogs on the basis of breed or appearance. Governor Brian Sandoval has signed Assembly Bill No. 110, which both describes the circumstances under which local &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/nevada-law-prohibiting-bsl-signed-by-the-governor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Animal professionals shown to disagree with each other when assigning breed(s) to dogs of unknown parentage.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Identifying Breeds of Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria L. Voith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual and DNA ID of dogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/?p=1190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary A survey of more than 900 people in dog-related professions and services showed that they frequently disagreed with each other when making visual breed identifications of the same dog, and that their opinions may or may not have correlated &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/animal-professionals-shown-to-disagree-with-each-other-when-assigning-breeds-to-dogs-of-unknown-parentage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Swedish study found no link between modern breeds and their traditional work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenth Svartberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selecting a companion dog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/?p=1152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction People commonly assume that much of their pet’s personality is a remnant of the traditional work dogs of his breed once specialized in. The investigations over the last few years of Swedish scientist Kenth Svartberg suggest that this is &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/swedish-study-found-no-link-between-modern-breeds-and-their-traditional-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCRC Video Interview with Janis Bradley</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Janis Bradley, veteran dog trainer and author of the NCRC Vision Series publication, &#8216;The Relevance of Breed in Selecting a Companion Dog,&#8217; discusses whether breed is a useful indicator of the suitability of a companion dog. Click to view other &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/ncrc-video-interview-with-janis-bradley/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland legislature unanimous in support of breed-neutral liability, divided over terms of bill to abrogate Tracey v Solesky ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/maryland-legislature-unanimous-in-support-of-breed-neutral-liability-divided-over-terms-of-bill-to-abrogate-tracey-v-solesky-ruling/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=maryland-legislature-unanimous-in-support-of-breed-neutral-liability-divided-over-terms-of-bill-to-abrogate-tracey-v-solesky-ruling</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, in its final legislative session of 2013, despite unanimous agreement that the 2012 Maryland Court of Appeals decision in Tracey v Solesky warranted legislative action, the two branches of the Maryland State Assembly failed to agree upon the terms of a bill that would abrogate that ruling. <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/maryland-legislature-unanimous-in-support-of-breed-neutral-liability-divided-over-terms-of-bill-to-abrogate-tracey-v-solesky-ruling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study underscores that we can only learn what dogs are capable of from capable dogs.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/?p=1089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The human community has changed dramatically in the modern era.  Both dogs and people are continually adjusting to new phenomena (trains, cars, streets teeming with other people and other dogs, to name a few) and new expectations that arise from &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/study-underscores-that-we-can-only-learn-what-dogs-are-capable-of-from-capable-dogs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCRC Interview with Dr. Kristopher Irizarry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Irizarry discusses the genetic basis for why dogs that look alike do not necessarily act alike. NCRC Interview with Kristopher J. Irizarry, PhD from Kara Gilmore on Vimeo.]]></description>
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		<title>How long before we discard visual breed identification?  A new survey confirms that even dog experts can’t tell just by looking.</title>
		<link>http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/how-long-before-we-discard-visual-breed-identification-a-new-survey-confirms-that-even-dog-experts-cant-tell-just-by-looking/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-long-before-we-discard-visual-breed-identification-a-new-survey-confirms-that-even-dog-experts-cant-tell-just-by-looking</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1960’s, John Paul Scott and John L. Fuller showed that mixed breed dogs may bear little or no resemblance to their purebred ancestors.[i] In 2009, Dr. Victoria Voith and colleagues from Western University published a short report indicating &#8230; <a href="http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/how-long-before-we-discard-visual-breed-identification-a-new-survey-confirms-that-even-dog-experts-cant-tell-just-by-looking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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