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Breeds and Behaviorby Janis Bradley reprinted from The Bark (April/May 2011)
Reading Suggestions
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.
Bill Bruce, Calgary's Director of Animal and By-Law Services discusses ineffective dog laws such as breed-specific legislation, pet limit laws, and mandatory spay-neuter, and why these broad-based forms of legislation are ineffective.
NCRC Interview with Bill Bruce on Ineffective Dog Laws.
Dr. Marder discusses the concept that dogs are individuals and the particular relevance of that concept when selecting a companion dog.
Dr. Victoria Voith describes her research concluding that there is little correlation between dog adoption agencies' identification of probable breed composition with the identification of breeds by DNA analysis.
NCRC Interview with Dr. Victoria Voith.
Dr. Kristopher Irizarry discusses the genetic basis for why dogs that look alike do not necessarily act alike.