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The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ THE BREED ID ___________________________________ ___________________________________ GAME ___________________________________ ___________________________________ C A I T L I N Q U I N N K R I S T E N A U E R B AC H ___________________________________ A BIT ABOUT US ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Kristen Auerbach Caitlin Quinn Deputy Chief Animal Services Officer Director of Operations ___________________________________ Austin Animal Center HeARTs Speak, Inc. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ TO KICK THINGS OFF: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • We ’ re not saying there is no such thing as breeds – Pure ___________________________________ breeds of dogs definitely exist! ___________________________________ • It ’ s estimated that 75% or more of dogs in shelters are ___________________________________ MIXED BREED ___________________________________ • Community members are looking to us, the animal shelters, as the experts on pets Photo Credit: Jill Flynn, Visual Harmony Photography, HeARTs Speak, Inc. pg. 1

The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ BACKGROUND ___________________________________ ___________________________________ INFO ___________________________________ ___________________________________ THE LATEST AND GREATES T IN RESEARC H AND SCIENCE ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ” WHAT KIND OF DOG IS ___________________________________ THAT? ” ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Photo Credit: Lisa Prince Fishler, Printz Photography, HeARTs Speak, Inc . ___________________________________ MEET THE CANINE GENOME! ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Variation across only 50 genes determines “ breed defining ” physical characteristics ___________________________________ ___________________________________ THAT MEANS: Less than 0.25% of a ___________________________________ dog ’ s genes determine physical ___________________________________ features Approximately 20,000 Genes make up the dog genome Photo Credit: Lisa Prince Fishler, Printz Photography, HeARTs Speak, Inc. pg. 2

The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Credit: Animal Farm Foundation, www.animalfarmfoundation.org ___________________________________ “ INSTEAD OF ___________________________________ DEPENDING ON INACCURATE BREED LABELS, WE WANT ___________________________________ PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR FUTURE COMPANIONS B ASED ___________________________________ ON ACCURATE PERSONALITY PROFILES … ___________________________________ THE PROBLEM IS THAT BREED IDENTITY ELICITS BEHAVIORAL ___________________________________ EXPECTATIONS ON THE A TRIED & PART OF THE NEW OWNER, EVEN THOUGH ___________________________________ RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND ENORMOUS TRUE CONCEPT BEHAVIORAL VARIABILITY WITHIN ALL BREEDS. D R . A M Y M A R D E R , V M D, C A A B ___________________________________ LET ’ S PLAY A GAME: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ If these two 4-month ___________________________________ old puppies came in to your shelter … ___________________________________ ___________________________________ What would you label them? ___________________________________ pg. 3

The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ MEET THE PARENTS! ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Scott and Fuller, 1965, Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog ___________________________________ IN LATER GENERATIONS, ___________________________________ THINGS GET EVEN MORE COMPLICATED ___________________________________ "None of the 72 puppies in the total F2 population ___________________________________ showed an exact resemblance to either ___________________________________ parent breed. “ ___________________________________ REMEMBER: ___________________________________ These pups have only Basenji and Cocker Spaniel in their background ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Credit: Animal Farm Foundation, www.animalfarmfoundation.org pg. 4

The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ RESEARCH ROUNDUP! ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ MIND-BLOWING FACTS: ___________________________________ ___________________________________  The offspring of two different ___________________________________ pure breed dogs isn ’ t a member of either breed ___________________________________  Once a dog is less than 100% of a single breed, they are ___________________________________ members of no breed at all  Looks DON’T Equal Behavior ___________________________________ Photo Credit: Lisa Prince Fishler, Printz Photography, HeARTs Speak, Inc. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ GUESSES AT BREED LABELS ___________________________________ CAN CAUSE CONFUSION AND FALSE EXPECTATIONS Photo Credit: HeARTs Speak, Inc. pg. 5

The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ SO WHY ARE WE STILL ___________________________________ GUESSING? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Photo Credit: Jill Flynn, Visual Harmony Photography, HeARTs Speak, Inc. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ LABELS AFFECT ALL DOGS Photo Credit: Lisa Prince Fishler, Printz Photography, HeARTs Speak, Inc. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ BEYOND THE ___________________________________ ___________________________________ RESEARCH ___________________________________ ___________________________________ BREED LABELIN G IN THE REAL WORLD ___________________________________ pg. 6

The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ THE EVOLUTION OF SHELTER ___________________________________ SOFTWARE ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ SHELTER SOFTWARE ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ pg. 7

The Breed ID Game January 19, 2017 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ FREQUENTLY ASKED ___________________________________ QUESTIONS ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ DOESN’T THE PUBLIC CONTINUE TO GUESS? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Photo Credit: Jill Flynn, Visual Harmony Photography, HeARTs Speak, Inc. pg. 8