Once again researchers at the Family Dog Project in Hungary have confirmed an ability that dog lovers have long suspected in our canine companions. In an ingenious series of experiments the Eötvös Loránd University ethologists demonstrated that dogs can d ...
Canine Behavior, Canine Research, Human-Canine Bond
AVSAB released a position statement expressing their opposition to breed-specific legislation. ...
Breed-specific legislation (BSL), Dog Bite Prevention, Policy, Responsible Pet Ownership
Second edition of "Dog Bites: Problems and Solutions" Released. ...
Breed-specific legislation (BSL), Breeds of dogs, Canine Behavior, Dog Bite Prevention, National Canine Research Council, National Canine Research Council Publications, National Canine Research Council Resources, Policy, Responsible Pet Ownership, Safe and Humane Communities
Breed-Specific Legislation on the Decline: 5 more states no longer allow BSL & more than 7x as many U.S. Municipalities repealed or rejected proposed BSL, than enacted it between: January 2012 – May 2014. The national trend is moving steadily away f ...
Breed-specific legislation (BSL), National Canine Research Council, National Canine Research Council Resources, Policy
The Telly Awards has named the National Canine Research Council and Safe Humane as a winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards, Employee Communications and Training categories, for their piece titled "Police & Dog Encounters Video Training Series.&q ...
Law Enforcement Resources, National Canine Research Council, National Canine Research Council Resources
The heartbreak of a family dog’s death in a police shooting can be avoided while keeping officers safe according to a recent Associated Press story [1] and video [2]. Police and Dog Encounters: Tactical Strategies and Effective Tools to Keep our Communit ...
Law Enforcement Resources, National Canine Research Council, National Canine Research Council Resources
National Canine Research Council (NCRC) is growing. Janis Bradley, who joined NCRC last year, has been named Director of Communications and Publications. The current Director, Donald Cleary, will continue working with NCRC as a policy and research consult ...
National Canine Research Council
This week is Dog Bite Prevention Week, and here’s something that most press releases, websites, and lists of do’s and don’ts may not mention: Dogs will do their part to prevent dog bites. All they need is a little help from us. That dog in front of you do ...
Canine Behavior, Dog Bite Prevention, Law Enforcement Resources, National Canine Research Council Resources, Responsible Pet Ownership
The City of Monash has spent almost $100,000 defending itself in court cases involving dogs targeted by the breed-specific provisions of Australia’s Domestic Animals Act. Cardinia, a suburb of Melbourne, spent $80,000 on a single case involving a dog that ...
Breed-specific legislation (BSL), Legal Issues, Visual Breed Identification
Most animal shelters continue to assign breed descriptors to dogs whose origin they do not know[1], even though current university research has shown that breed identification based on visual inspection correlates poorly with DNA breed signature, and that ...
Animal Shelters, Canine Research, Visual Breed Identification