The Yellow Dog Project is a global movement for owners of dogs that need space. It
hopes to educate the public and dog owners to identify dogs needing
space, promote appropriate contact of dogs and assist dog parents to
identify their dog as needing space.
Yellow Dogs are dogs who need
space - they are not necessarily aggressive dogs but more often are
dogs who have issues of fear; pain from recent surgery; are a rescue or
shelter dog who has not yet had sufficient training or mastered
obedience; are in training for work or service; are in service; or other
reasons specific to the dog. Here’s a list of what a yellow dog is NOT.
The Yellow Dog Project seeks
to educate appropriate ways to approach or make contact with a dog with
permission of a dog owner only, whether or not a dog is a “yellow dog”.
They also seek to promote the use of yellow ribbons to identify yellow
dogs needing extra space.
As a
not for profit organization, all of the monies raised/donated are used
to buy more material for ribbons, t-shirts for representatives, and
posters for display.