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Happy National Mutt Day!
#AdoptDontShop #MuttsRule
Until Next Time,
Good day, and good dog!
Saturday Survey: National Mutt Day
Although I didn’t announce it in advance, yesterday was National Mutt Day! Did you honor the day in any way?
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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Scruffts Competition Debuts at Crufts 2014
The RSPCA, Great Britain’s version of the ASPCA, began boycotting the Crufts show in 2009, due to the exclusion from competition of dogs who couldn’t prove their parentage. They made this bold move because of scientific evidence that shows that the in-breeding common in show dog circles can perpetuate inherited health problems. Their statistics show that one in four pure-bred dogs suffers from congenital defects including heart disease, epilepsy, and hyperthyroidism.
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Can You Guess the Breed?
VetStreet today ran an article on the importance of correctly identifying the breeds that make up a mutt. It can have drastic implications for insurance and for the application of breed-specific bans or other legislation. Studies have found that even experts are often wrong when trying to identify the breeds that make up a mixed-breed dog. Aside from my interest in the article, I thought it was fun to make a guess about the pictured dogs. I have to say I was wrong on most of them. How many can you get right at this link?
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Are Mutts Healthier than Purebreds?
Veterinarian Patty Khuly recently posted an article on VetStreet concerning the health of purebreds vs. that of mutts. What she came up with might surprise you.
Shelter Sunday: Mixed Mutts Mixed Breed Rescue / Auburn, CA
Meet Charlene, otherwise known as Charlie. She is currently being fostered by Mixed Mutts Mixed Breed Rescue in Auburn, CA. Although they don’t have their own independent website, they provide the following information about Charlie via a PetFinder’s post: Continue reading Shelter Sunday: Mixed Mutts Mixed Breed Rescue / Auburn, CA
Tuesday Top Ten: Results from the Mutt Census
More than half of our nation’s dogs are of mixed parentage, or as I like to say, mutt-i-grees. This is about 38 million dogs. So, Mars Veterinary (makers of Pedigree brand dog food) recently asked people to participate in the first-ever Mutt Census to find out which pure-bred breeds are most often identified in mixed breed dogs. Here are the top ten:
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Did you count your dog on your census form?
The good folks at Mars Veterinary (who bring you Pedigree dog food and Greenies chews) are running a census specifically for mixed-breed dogs.
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