South Carolina Code of Laws - Title 47, Chapter 3, Article 13, Section 47-3-710: (C) An animal is not a "dangerous animal" solely by virtue of its breed or species.
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MYTH: American Pit Bull Terriers lock their jaws.
Dr. Brisbin: "The few studies which have been conducted of the structure of the skulls, mandibles and teeth of pit bulls show that, in proportion to their size, their jaw structure and thus its inferred functional morphology, is no different than that of any breed of dog.
There is absolutely no evidence for the existence of any kind of "locking mechanism" unique to the structure of the jaw and/or teeth of the American Pit Bull Terrier.
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National Research Council has a pdf pamphlet available called "Your Dog's Nutritional Needs - A Science-Based Guide for Pet Owners"
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Those are great. I just spent way too much time looking at them.
Haha, that's my album. Glad you enjoyed them. Reading the books is nearly as fun as looking at the pictures -- some of the history and gossip about early breed clubs is pretty entertaining.
Oh Pai - small world! In this case, since we're already BFFs, please do tell if you have additional pieces (such as the complete pages) on the subject of dog feeding. I would most def love to read those!
You can read all the books online, I've bookmarked the ones I used pictures from in the album here on Internet Archive.
The two that I have food paragraphs from are 'Dogs as Home Companions' and 'The Dog Book Volume 1'. Almost all of the books have sections on feeding, though. It's interesting reading the debates over how much meat vs veggies dogs should be eating going on even back then!
One thing that is so important is that all companion animals are living longer than just a couple of decades ago. The animal life span is growing just as that of a human being. Better knowledge and better food = longer life.
Those old flat-coats look like golden retrievers, just they are black. The reason why the two look so differently today is because they have been bred to different standards for enough generations to change them. The dog in my avatar is more lightly built than some of those flat-coats, whereas it's really unusual to find lightly built goldens (except in hunting tests) or heavily built flat-coats.
Here are some really heavy-bodied flat-coats: http://retrieverman.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/some-heavy-bodied-flat-coats/
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