TiVO Alert: Hero Dog Awards on Hallmark November 11, 2011

Don’t forget!  The Hero Dog Awards, sponsored by the American Humane Association and presented by Cesar Canine Cuisine are on the Hallmark Channel THIS FRIDAY, November 11th at 8 pm Eastern.  Don’t miss your chance to see the finalists in each of these categories:  Guide Dogs, Search and Rescue Dogs, Hearing Assistance Dogs, Military Dogs, Law Enforcement / Arson Dogs, Service Dogs, Therapy Dogs, and Emerging Hero Dogs.

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Detroit to Euthanize Stray Pit Bull. Just because he’s a Pit Bull.

To be killed this Friday

A stray dog named Ace, after the store he was found near, is going to be killed.

Why?  “Ace is considered unadoptable because he is a pit bull.”

You can follow the story on the Facebook page (now with more than 12,000 likes) for the Detroit Dog Rescue and Save Ace campaign,  and read the full story from the Oakland Press by Karen Workman here.

From the Oakland Press

Dogs Walked by Men Four Times Likelier to Show Aggression: Study Shows

A dog’s age, sex and size, as well as the owner’s sex and whether or not a leash is used all affect canine behavior.

An interesting new study out of Mendel University in the Czech Republic, which is set to appear in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, examines various factors that can affect a dog’s level of aggression toward other dogs while being walked.

The study spearheaded by Petr Řezάč, an associate professor in the Department of Animal Morphology, Physiology and Genetics, found that a dog’s age and gender can affect his or her inclination to threaten another dog.  More surprisingly, by observing 1,870 dogs in 30 different public places in the city of Brno from May to September of 2009,  the study also found that the sex of the person walking the dog and whether the dog is on a leash has an affect on the dog’s likelihood to attack or threaten another dog.

So what do you think of this study?  We’d love to hear your opinion/experiences in the comments below!

Read the full article on the study here

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