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·I am always interested in what dogs are like in other countries. Do you have overpopulation? Do you have breed restrictions? What are your abuse laws like? Do people chain their pets outside? Keep them in crates? Do many people train? Neuter?
I heard on NPR that there was a dog rescue group started in Iraq. They wanted to neuter the stray dogs and the population was aghast. They had a hard time finding a vet to do it.
I find other cultures so fascinating. Even here in the US things vary from state to state. I live in TN, the puppy mill capital of the world. Our shelters are full of puppies.
At our main city shelter we eutahinze 60 dogs a day every day simply because there is no where for them to go. We have a huge overpopulation problem.
Neutering can be quite expensive even with the incentives and special programs. I think all vets should do this for free.
About 10% of people have their dogs professionally trained which is up from 5% when I first started training.
Some states or cities have out and out bans on certain breeds of dogs but ALL states has bans whether they talk about them or not. For instance insurance companies won't insure your house if you have certain breeds of dogs. Airlines won't fly certain breeds of dogs. Most shelters won't adopt out some breeds of dogs.
We have laws against chaining dogs but they are not enforced. Mnay people crate their dogs for long periods of time and for their whole lives, not just when they are puppies.
The law here is that an animal must have food, water and shelter. That's it. No one really enforces that either.
I would say that the pet industry is pretty much unregulated here in the US and pets are considered disposable. :-(
I heard on NPR that there was a dog rescue group started in Iraq. They wanted to neuter the stray dogs and the population was aghast. They had a hard time finding a vet to do it.
I find other cultures so fascinating. Even here in the US things vary from state to state. I live in TN, the puppy mill capital of the world. Our shelters are full of puppies.
At our main city shelter we eutahinze 60 dogs a day every day simply because there is no where for them to go. We have a huge overpopulation problem.
Neutering can be quite expensive even with the incentives and special programs. I think all vets should do this for free.
About 10% of people have their dogs professionally trained which is up from 5% when I first started training.
Some states or cities have out and out bans on certain breeds of dogs but ALL states has bans whether they talk about them or not. For instance insurance companies won't insure your house if you have certain breeds of dogs. Airlines won't fly certain breeds of dogs. Most shelters won't adopt out some breeds of dogs.
We have laws against chaining dogs but they are not enforced. Mnay people crate their dogs for long periods of time and for their whole lives, not just when they are puppies.
The law here is that an animal must have food, water and shelter. That's it. No one really enforces that either.
I would say that the pet industry is pretty much unregulated here in the US and pets are considered disposable. :-(