...are given medication and regular therapy to help them improve their daily lives. For some, however, this is not enough. Service dogs are animals specifically trained to aid their disabled owners in their everyday lives. Service dogs are a common type of professional working dog and have several branches/classifications. Each classification is trained to preform specific tasks and are given different privileges/rights when it comes to public access. A service animal preforms specific tasks or provides aid in another form to their disabled owner while other professional working dogs are focused on aiding non-disabled persons (Watson par 7). It is extremely important for the...
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...The Terror of Drugs and Violence The Terror of Drugs and Violence For over seven decades the United States has experienced an increasing drug problem in it's larger cities. This growing drug problem has destroyed lives and spread violence throughout communities in North America. Violence has also become troublesome for government and city officials to police, and in most cities when the drug sales increase the violence does as well. Drugs and violence are two separate problems facing America, but they are both key contributors to crime, poverty, and deteriorating health in large cities. Crime The continuous increase in drugs and violence in America has caused crime to reach an all time high. The drug market is a competitive yet lucrative business that employs thousands of street dealers in the United States. The competition in the drug market becomes violent when street dealers begin to fight over territory for the sale of drugs. Street dealers sometimes travel in gangs for protection against other dealers and gangsters. Drug dealers are known for conducting business on street corners, but as police departments have improved their tactics in finding and arresting drug criminals, dealers have moved to dope houses referred to as “traps”. These dope houses are manned with four to five dealers at a time and may contain multiple guns along with a variety of drugs. Here drug users may come and purchase the drug of their choice and avoid being seen buying drugs by family and...
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...PERSONALITY PROFILES FOR DOGS Dog owners know that dogs’ variances are numerous. There are hundreds of different breeds and types of dogs, each breed with its own distinct personality traits and behaviors. These distinctive behaviors can be broken down into six separate categories based on the dog’s breed and instinctive qualities. These six categories are aggressive, confident, outgoing, adaptable, insecure and independent. These categories can be broken down individually, listing main characteristics for each division that will separate and individualize each category and can lend valuable information to potential dog owners when choosing a pet. The first division is the aggressive dog. This dog has an extremely dominant personality. He or she can be easily provoked to bite. The dominant nature of this dog can make him or her extremely resistant to human leadership or dominance. This type of dog will need persistent and rigorous training. This dog type will need a human to provide precise guidance and instruction. This type of dog does best with a one owner household or dominant alpha figure. They make excellent guard dogs or police dogs. Such examples of this being the German Shepard, Chow Chow and Doberman Pincher to name a few of the top nine most aggressive dog breeds. The next division would be the confident dog. This dog can be dominant and self-assured. This category can also be provoked to bite, but perhaps not as easily as the aggressive division...
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...How you ever seen a person being guided by a dog and thought, "wow, that isn't that amazing?" Well, there are certain organizations, known as guide-dog training facilities, that specialize on dog and human companionship. These warehouses are specifically made for training guide dogs, who their main purpose is to be a loyal companion and help people who do not see, or have a certain disability. If you happen to come face to face with one of these facilities, everywhere you look, there are a variety of dogs being played with, and working hard to improve their skills, and impress their trainers. Guide-dog training facilities are something that have a great impact on people's lives. Many people are intrigued while watching how a guide-dog takes...
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...friend for over 10,000 years. The domestic dog has lived within villages and towns, working, guarding, protecting, and even healing people. Lives are shared with dogs more than any other animal. After many DNA tests and diagnostics, it has been found that dogs most indubitably have descended from the wolf. Dogs are domesticated trainable animals that depend on humans for their survival, the relationship does not need to change whether they are or are not descendants of the wolf. This is scientifically discovered proving how much the development of dogs has progressed. The canine species “are the only animals who will answer to their name and recognize the voice of the family”(Piny...
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...Society has often viewed pets, whether it is a dog or a cat, as part of the family and they often get treated like a member of the family. Unfortunately, not all pets arrive at a family’s house under the same circumstances. Many families decide that they want to purchase their pet via a breeder because they feel like they want a purebred dog, as opposed to the dogs that are sitting in shelters for months to even years at a time. Society needs to adjust, as purebred animals will still have a high chance at being bought, but shelter animals have a chance to spend a large chunk of their lives living in hopes that someone will come by and adopt them. Society has long preferred the purchasing of purebred dogs over shelter dogs and for various reasons. The first reason is the predictability of the physical traits in a purebred dog. By breeding two of the same dogs together, it uses a very similar set of genes which means that the traits that are common amongst the parents are going to be common amongst the offspring that they give birth too. A second reason is that people will buy their purebred dogs for the intent to run the dogs through dog shows. Purebred animals are the only kind of animals allowed in dog shows, so therefore by adopting a non-purebred dog; it eliminates all possibility of entering into dog shows. A third reason is that some temperamental traits are predictable in the offspring of purebred dogs. If the parents have similar temperamental behaviors (ex. biting,...
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...1101 Dr. Kenefick Paper three Jeremy Franklin English enc 1101 Dr. Kenefick Paper three There’s many different types of dogs in this world. But only one being the most useful is the American Bully. The American bully comes in many different shapes and sizes. They are categorized into Pocket, Standard, Classic, Extreme, and XL. Many people tend to confuse them with the American Pit Bull Terrier which would be on the slimmer side. They have many different uses besides being the family pet. One being Show dogs. The American Bully has it’s own Kennel Club called the American Bully Kennel club or ABKC. Secondly, they are used to be therapy dogs for people with mental and physical disabilities. Their loving nature and the desire to be part of your pack makes it real soothing for one with a mental disability if trained accordingly. Lastly, they are commonly used as working dogs, considering that Only the Best of the best are Show dogs, The timid natured ones are usually therapy or service animals, and they ones that are left usually make fine working dogs. Working can be defined as herding, Guard, weight pulling competitions and more. Showing bullies has become very popular today. Their form and figure brings a lot to the table considering that they are the best dogs on the market. The standard of American Bullies in shows are pretty cut and dry and the closest dog to the standard wins and is named Champion. To be named Champion you must acquire 150 points in a ABKC show. Must earn...
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...seems to have been introduced by the Chinese. It was only brought to Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. The Chihuahua is named after the Mexican state of Chihuahua where he was brought to the rest of the world by travelers. This breed is believed to have been sacred to the Pre-Columbian Indian nations. | | Temperament | The Chihuahua is a good companion dog. Courageous, extremely lively, proud and enterprising, it gives and demands affection. Bold and saucy, it moves swiftly to avoid being stepped on. Chihuahuas are strong-willed, intensely loyal and become very attached to their owners, even to the point of jealousy. Chihuahuas generally recognise their own breed, but sometimes disapprove of other breeds. They are very intelligent although a bit stubborn, and are trainable with patience, persistence and practice. | | Upkeep | The Chihuahua is a lively dog that nonetheless can get its exercise running from room to room indoors. It enjoys exploring the yard or going for short walks on a leash and especially enjoys accompanying its owner on outings. The Chihuahua is not an outdoor dog; it hates the cold and seeks out warmth. Care of the long coat entails brushing two to three times a week. | | Official Breed Standard | CHARACTERISTICS: An alert and swift...
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...Dogs are known as a man’s best friend and are widely used as guard dogs , service dogs or just merely as house pets . Thus , it is not a surprise that dogs are trusted to be used during wars as well. These dogs are called Military Working Dogs and without them , many of our brave and heroic soldiers would have lost their lives . There is a story about a dog name Brutus , who served in Iraq . At that time , his handlers and four other soldiers were taken hostage by the enemies . Brutus and his handler were able to communicate by sign language and he gave the sign to Brutus which means ‘ go away but come and find me later’ . When he came back later , he killed two guards and manage to free his handler and soldiers by jumping against the door repeatedly . Looking at this story , it tells us of the importance of these military dogs . There are many type of war dogs that are trained to serve but today , I am only going to point out the roles and duties of military working dogs in explosives detection , locating...
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...President Theodore Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, and Thomas Edison have all owned this type of dog. The three types of dogs considered to be a “pit bull” are the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. These breeds have developed from bull-dogs over centuries in England. They were originally used for “bull-baiting”, and require much exercise because of their pasts. Pit bulls have worked as many things and are now used as therapy dogs. Despite their history and personalities, many people have differing views. In the beginning they were America’s...
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...12/16/13 Police dogs have become a vital part of the police force. They are well trained, obedient dogs that, unlike humans, do not fear the daily challenges that are put upon them while on the job. Police units throughout the world use K-9 units. They are employed by many different police forces and by many different governmental agencies through out the world. Police dogs can search 400 to 500 packages in a half an hour. They can search a car every minute. When a dog searches a car the speed that a dog does it in saves time, when a human searcher could only do about one car every twenty minutes. Also, according to Canada Customs, in one year, 1993, the dogs searched 80,000 cars, 11 million packages and 6 million units of cargo. From this, they found 58,000 pounds of marijuana, 3,027 pounds of hashish, 18 pounds of cocaine, 29 pounds of heroin, 5 pounds of opium and 4.3 million dosage units of illegal prescription-type drugs. The combined value of all these drugs in 1993 was $192.5 million dollars. Throughout the years, dogs have been trained using natural scents as well as artificial scents; they continue to use this training by tracking people and substances in training drills and in real life situations, despite every on the job hazard. As man evolved, he began to use dogs to help hunt prey and search for food to be able to survive. However, as he became more civilized, he needed to use dogs for more than those three simple things. He needed dogs to be trained to perform...
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...full-access service dogs and skilled companion dogs. EAC performs intensive training called "team training." The purpose of team training is to select best match for each diabetic and dog while providing important training for the diabetic partner and dog. At this time team partners start to build a strong bond. Full Access Service Dogs are trained and placed with diabetic adults and children age 12 and up. These dogs are well trained diabetic alert dogs and attend work, school, shopping, running errands, even flying on airplanes with their diabetic partners. These dogs are considered certified service dogs and can legally accompany their diabetic partners anywhere the general public is allowed. Access Service Dogs are perfect for people who can commit to having a dog with them all hours of the day. Skilled Companion Alert...
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...Keeping Pets Sweet: Treating Diabetes in Dogs N. Affenzeller, J. G. Thalhammer, M. Willmann. Home-based subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring in 10 diabetic dogs. Veterinary Record, 2011; 169 (8): 206 December 5th, 2011 Alexandrea Schramm Abstract In this article, scientists try to find a way to incline to the dogs with diabetes. They tested this on 10 different dogs but one of the dogs lost the apparatus in the course of a fight and the system stopped working before the end of the monitoring period in two other cases(Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien (2011, September 23). Other than that they were successful on being able to give the dogs the incline. Summary of Article This article starts out staying that some people thing that only humans can get diabetes, but truly dogs can get it as well, emphasizing that dogs are people too(Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien (2011, September 23). The problem with this is that humans are more willing to do the change , but with dogs it’s more of a hassle, otherwise the dogs probably don’t know what’s going on or why it’s changing(Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien (2011, September 23). Diabetes is a defect in the body’s ability to convert sugar into energy because the sugar is the main source of fuel that makes us have the energy to do things like think, or simply walk to the gas station across the street. Today there is a number of insulin’s to help some peoples, or dogs, specific needs, which is good because...
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...anthem at sporting events, and we also support our military troop. But is enough being done for our veterans after they leave the service? What about those who become disabled after the fact? If I were to given a million dollars for a serving project, I would use that money to give emotional support and service dogs to veterans with disabilities. Dog are considered man’s best friend, and for the veterans returning from difficult situations and have some type of physical or mental disability by having a companion by their side would have a much more positive impact on their lives. In order to start my projects I would first reach out animal shelters and rescue clinics and let them know of this program I am starting, promptly named “Heroes Companions”. Being able to reach out to shelters and have them take part in the program by allowing their sheltered dogs to train as service animals it would give not only the benefit of having a working service dog for the veterans but would be able to allow for dogs that have no home to get adopted by a caring family. The money I would be given would be used in obtaining adoption...
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...generalizes the t-test to more than two groups. As doing multiple two-sample t-tests would result in an increased chance of committing a statistical type I error, ANOVAs are useful in comparing (testing) three or more means (groups or variables) for statistical significance. The analysis of variance can be used as an exploratory tool to explain observations. A dog show provides an example. A dog show is not a random sampling of the breed: it is typically limited to dogs that are male, adult, pure-bred, and exemplary. A histogram of dog weights from a show might plausibly be rather complex, like the yellow-orange distribution shown in the illustrations. Suppose we wanted to predict the weight of a dog based on a certain set of characteristics of each dog. Before we could do that, we would need to explain the distribution of weights by dividing the dog population into groups based on those characteristics. A successful grouping will split dogs such that a) each group has a low variance of dog weights (meaning the group is relatively homogeneous) and b) the mean of each group is distinct (if two groups have the same mean, then it isn't reasonable to conclude that the groups are, in fact, separate in any meaningful way). In the illustrations to the right, each group is identified as X1, X2, etc. In the first illustration, we divide the dogs according to the product...
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