About the National Canine Research Council Research Library
National Canine Research Council’s Research Library houses, in one searchable database, scholarly materials in our areas of interest and expertise.
July 7, 2016
News
Canine Research
The Telephone, Science, and Dogs
In the press and in the academic literature, a complex version of Telephone is played every day. If not diligently and knowledgeably researched, reports in the press and the scientific literature may distort messages contained in the underlying reports they are citing.
July 7, 2016
Canine Behavior
Dog Bite Prevention Week Fact Sheet: Companionship is the best prevention
You are your dog’s first line of defense.
May 18, 2015
Are you happy? Disgusted? Your dog can tell the difference
Once again researchers at the Family Dog Project in Hungary have confirmed an ability that dog lovers have long suspected in our canine companions. In an ingenious series of experiments the Eötvös Loránd University ethologists demonstrated that dogs can discriminate between human expressions of happiness, disgust, and simply blank indifference. [1] They built on earlier studies which had shown that dogs can tell the difference between smiling and “blank” photos of their owners’ faces, but did not recognize these differences on
August 27, 2014
Breed-Specific Legislation is myth-based and ineffective according to the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB)
AVSAB released a position statement expressing their opposition to breed-specific legislation.
August 4, 2014
Breed-Specific Legislation
New Edition of “Dog Bites: Problems and Solutions”
Second edition of “Dog Bites: Problems and Solutions” Released.
July 14, 2014
Breed-Specific Legislation
Breed-specific legislation on the decline
Breed-Specific Legislation on the Decline : 5 more states no longer allow BSL & more than 7x as many U.S. Municipalities repealed or rejected proposed BSL, than enacted it between: January 2012 – May 2014. The national trend is moving steadily away from breed-specific legislation (BSL) and toward breed neutral laws that hold all owners equally accountable for the humane care, custody and control of their dogs. The list of states that are considering and passing legislation to preempt municipalities from
June 25, 2014
Law Enforcement Resources
National Canine Research Council & Safe Humane Selected As Winners In The 35th Annual Telly Awards
The Telly Awards has named the National Canine Research Council and Safe Humane as a winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards, Employee Communications and Training categories, for their piece titled “Police & Dog Encounters Video Training Series.” With nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is truly an honor. The video training series, produced by Karl Productions, provides officers with hands-on skills and information to protect themselves, the public and the dogs they encounter in
June 17, 2014
Law Enforcement Resources
Associated Press reports on NCRC video series that keeps both family dogs and police officers safe.
The heartbreak of a family dog’s death in a police shooting can be avoided while keeping officers safe according to a recent Associated Press story [1] and video [2]. Police and Dog Encounters: Tactical Strategies and Effective Tools to Keep our Communities Safe and Humane is a new five-video series prepares law enforcement officers for interactions with dogs in the line of duty. Police and Dog Encounters is about staying safe. It gives officers hands-on skills and information to protect themselves, the
June 4, 2014
National Canine Research Council is growing.
National Canine Research Council (NCRC) is growing. Janis Bradley, who joined NCRC last year, has been named Director of Communications and Publications. The current Director, Donald Cleary, will continue working with NCRC as a policy and research consultant. Donald co-authored both The Problem of Dog-Related Incidents and Encounters, a handbook for police responders, published by the U.S. Department of Justice, and of “Co-occurrence of potentially preventable factors in 256 dog bite-related fatalities in the United States (2000 – 2009),” a comprehensive
May 29, 2014
