A Federal judge has ordered that Snickers, a service dog prevented from offering crucial assistance to his owner because of a breed ban, be allowed to return to the Aurelia, Iowa home of Vietnam veteran and retired Chicago police officer James Sak – but o ...
The recent Maryland Court of Appeals decision in Tracey v Solesky modifies the common law in Maryland regarding liability for bites attributed to dogs the Court alternately referred to as “pit bull”, “pit bull mix” or “cross‐bred pit bull mix”. The decisi ...
Investigators from the schools of Business, Medicine, and Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University released a preliminary study of dogs in the workplace in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management. They claim it is the "first quant ...
With the passing of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s voyage, a new focus has been put on the other passengers of the historic ship: pet dogs. While stories of dogs on the Titanic have been largely unheard until now, it is reported that at least twel ...
In a recent Frederick County Circuit Court case, $620,000 in damages was awarded to a couple whose dog was shot in their home by a law enforcement officer. The court found that the rights of the couple who owned the dog were violated under the Maryland co ...
Note: This blog was originally written in 2012, the below document was updated in 2016 to reflect the most recent research. For almost 2 decades, The Family Dog Project has been at the forefront of research demonstrating that dogs have a special ability ...
Title: APDT Webinar: The Relevance of Breed in Selecting a Companion Dog Location: APDT Webinar Link out: Click here Description: People often say, “they’re not like other dogs,” of their favorite breed. No one disputes selective breeding can influence be ...
After 25 years, the State of Ohio has eliminated its statewide breed-specific law. Gov. John Kasich signed the bill Tuesday morning eliminating the law that automatically declared the “pit bull” to be an inherently vicious dog. Ohio's breed-specicifi ...
In an October 2011 essay in The New York Times, Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, observed that, “love and emotional dependence – most especially the love of animals – are still seen as too feminine, too lightw ...
Americans love dogs. There is roughly one dog for every four people in the United States, and they live in a variety of relationships with humans. Because dogs are such a part of American society, police routinely encounter them in the line of duty, not j ...