homework assignment 3-14-2003

Homework due 3-14-2013

I chose google  scholar which was cited 135 related articles. I looked at an article of Effects of Phenotypic Characteristic on the Length of Stay of Dogs at Two No Kill Animal Shelters.  The abstract showed the younger puppies had the shorter length of stay.  Medium size dogs had the greatest length of stay.  The extra small dogs and puppies remained in the shelter the least amount of time.  Their findings showed  that the different traits of the animals in a specific shelter and their different characteristics that is desired by the people adopting  them are critical for them to improve the welfare of animals served by that shelter.  The other article I read was Behavioral Reasons for Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats to 12 Shelters.  This shelter is sponsored by the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy is a national research project designed to explore the characteristics of these cats and dogs and the reasons for their relinquishment.  They look at the aggression of the animals to humans.  It didn’t show any thing towards his, or how many times they are mated, or the amount of babies they have had, or if they we pure bread status or not.  The associations were found between relinquishment and the number of pets in a household, length of ownership, training, age of pet, the difference between the state and the income level of the owners.

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Homework assignment 4-10-13
I looked at the other websites you listed. I didn't know so many different ones existed. I am using power point for my project. I have looked at power point and I like the things I saw so at this time I choose to use it. I would be afraid at this point to try and use something different because it may not all work out for me and I will be stuck trying to tell about something I wasn't so sure about. I am not familiar with the other websites. I should stick with this one because I am a little more familiar with it.

March5, 2013 homework assignment

The shelter I visited on Reddit was so much in need for staff, money, space, food, etc.  They had a lot of animals a total of ninety three.  They have about thirty five dogs coming daily.  The animals suffer because of the lack of essentials and space.  This network was useful in finding information for my paper.   I didn’t know it existed.  Now that I know about it I will use it because it seems to be beneficial to me. This is a very useful  source and you can find other valuable information from other sources that is listed to be used in class. I don’t use social media because I was not aware of it until I took this course.  I will be using it a lot to do other things now that I know about it.  I do plan to use these different source engins.