A Plea From A Dog

Can Dogs Detect Cancer?

Man’s best friend may also be a lifesaver, as a weapon in detecting cancer.
Odours given off by bowel cancer have been sniffed out by a specially trained dog with a 98% accuracy.
One Labrador in a Japanese study identified the disease in 33 out of 36 breath samples and 37 out of 38 stool tests.
And it was most successful when the disease was in the early stages, a crucial time for treatment.
Dogs are able to detect volatile organic compounds which flag up the presence of cancer.
Using dogs would be impractical and costly but a sensor could be developed.

The Colours Dogs Can See.

Dogs can see more than just black, white and grey but their colour range is limited compared to humans.
A dog’s colour palette consists mostly of yellows, blues and violets, so colours such as red, green and orange are not distinguishable to them.
Dogs do have superior night vision and are better at tracking movement than we are.

A Plea From A Dog.

I don’t judge.
I don’t hate.
I don’t discriminate.
I don’t hold grudges.
I don’t care about money.
I do know how to love unconditionally.
And that’s all I want in return.

Inbreeding Causes Diseases.

Inbreeding and rigid adherence to artificial rules about the perfect physical dimensions of show-winning dogs have seriously depleted the gene pools of many breeds and left the animals prey to truly horrible diseases.
Some bulldogs and pugs have been bred to have such big heads that their mothers’ pelvises can no longer accommodate them and they can only be delivered by caesarean section.

Dogs Respond To Reward Not Punishment.

Modern scientific research has proved conclusively that wolf packs in the wild are not governed by dominance and aggression.
In fact, they are family units presided over by a mother and a father figure, and far from wanting to fight each other to win status, wolves prefer co-operation to conflict.
There are modern dog trainers who have taken on board the latest evidence and modified their approach accordingly.
They use dog-training methods based on the idea of reward, not punishment, and there is no evidence that animals schooled in this way are any less obedient than those subjected to military discipline.
But the old myths persist, reinforced by TV shows in which so-called problem dogs are ruthlessly put in their place by no-nonsense trainers.

Battery Beagle Farm Is Barbaric.

Hundreds of dogs at Harlan Laboratories in Wyton, Cambridgeshire, Britain’s biggest beagle ‘farm’, spend just 20 minutes a week outside their small cages.
The dogs are kept in pens with little daylight before being sold for experiments for around £2,000 each, after which most are killed.
Some cages measure two by three metres and are used to house two large dogs or eight puppies.
The few animals not sold are used as breeders or donors and have their blood drained for medical use.
Harlan Laboratories is exempt from animal welfare law as it complies with a Government Home Office code of practise.

Huskies Slaughtered At Ski Resort.

A hundred huskies were slaughtered because a tour company specialising in sled rides failed to secure enough bookings.
Some of the dogs were shot while others had their throats cut in the Canadian ski resort Whistler.
Outdoor Adventures policy now states dogs have to be put down humanely by a vet.
Well, that’s ok then.
What a nasty, bloody lot!

The cow, pig, or lamb you ate is emotionally the same as the dog you love.
( Doris Fenlow )

Sit with a dog quietly and they will show you their heart.
Sit with them kindly and they will help you locate yours.
( Rose Winfold )

There are no bad days when you come home to the love from your dog.
( Florence Emily Hookins, 1896-1962 )

Cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens and other animals that are brutally killed and butchered to feed humans have the same emotions as your cat or your dog.
They all feel pain like your cat and your dog.
They all feel pain like you.
( Rose Winfold )

It’s better to have loved and lost an old dog than to let one die alone in a shelter.
( Wilfred Soon )

Yes, my dog is on the sofa.
No, I don’t care what you think.
My dog lives here.
You don’t.
( Rose Winfold )

We can breathe.
We can walk.
We can hear.
We can see.
We can smell.
We can eat.
We can taste.
We can feel.
We can love.
And yes, we can suffer.

We may think we are smarter than all other animals, but our destructive acts to nature and other animals do not validate this.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Exactly what, or who, gives us the right or the authority to deprive other living beings of their freedom to live?
( Eileen Hutchison, 1926-2008 )

We interfere in Nature and attempt to control the life and the growth of every other species on the planet except our own.
( Rose Winfold )

If they breathe, they live.
If they live, they think.
If they think, they feel.
Just like you and me.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

We can all save lives by not buying animal products.
( Rose Winfold )

Look at animals kindly, and they will see.
Talk to animals gently, and they will listen.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Imagine being so fragile, you get offended by people who choose not to hurt, kill and eat animals.
( Rose Winfold )