Physical And Psychological Health Issues In Puppy Mill And Hoarding Rescues

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Animals entering shelters after being rescued from life in a puppy mill or hoarding environment may be afflicted with numerous physical and psychological health problems at varying levels of severity. Dr. Franklin D. McMillan, DVM, DACVIM, Director of Well-Being Studies at Best Friends Animal Society, presented Physical and Psychological Health... see moreIssues in Puppy Mill and Hoarding Rescues at the University of Florida's Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Conference 2012.
This presentation covers an array of important physical and psycho-behavioral conditions exhibited by these animals that require therapeutic and rehabilitative intervention. It also specifically speaks to the impact of change in the animal's environment, often marked by leaving the familiar and entering a threateningly unfamiliar world. see less

2. Please complete Dr. McMillan's definition of a puppy mill: "A dog breeding facility of _____dogs, where the needs of the breeding dogs and puppies are not met sufficiently to provide a reasonably decent quality of life for all of the animals."

1,500 or more

1,000 or more

500 or more

100 or more

Any number of

3. The puppy mill environment harms dogs both physically and psychologically.

True

False

4. Dogs rescued from a puppy mill environment are less likely to be trainable than pet dogs by nearly:

25%.

40%.

55%.

70%.

85%.

5. Dogs rescued from a puppy mill environment are much more likely to be aggressive towards other dogs, unfamiliar people and owners.

True

False

6. Please complete the following sentence regarding animal hoarding. "No other type of abuse or neglect has a:

Smaller gulf between the intent to benefit the animals and the harm inflicted on them."

Wider gulf between the intent to stimulate the animals and the exhaustion inflicted on them."

Wider gulf between the intent to benefit the animals and the harm inflicted on them."

Smaller gulf between the intent to engage the animals and the fear inflicted on them."

Wider gulf between the intent to feed the animals and the starvation inflicted on them.

7. Hoarding conditions that contribute to physical harm include:

8. Dogs rescued from a puppy mill environment are more likely to be fearful of unfamiliar people than pet dogs are by:

215%.

190%.

165%.

140%.

115%.

9. Dogs rescued from a puppy mill environment are likely to be very trusting toward humans.

True

False

10. Dogs rescued from a puppy mill environment are more likely to be sensitive to touch than pet dogs by:

Almost 125%.

Almost 100%.

Almost 75%.

Almost 50%.

Almost 25%.

11. The level of house-training of dogs rescued from a puppy mill environment is most likely to be:

Fully house-trained.

Mostly house-trained.

Somewhat house-trained.

Poorly house-trained.

Not house-trained at all.

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