> I have suggested before, and do so again, that our breed clubs need to run > ads in the newspapers, maybe only on weekends, to direct the public to our > puppy referral telephone numbers. I am sure that reputable breeders and the > clubs would be glad to donate financially to the effort. > > Donna Hovey >
Donna is right. Years ago when we were fighting some dog legislation in our county, we had a private conference with the County Commissioners. One of them told us that he had purchased all of his pets from the pet store...."I thought that is where you got them." this was really an eye opener for us. Our all breed club and also the all breed club across the river from us, advertise "Breeder referral" in the major newspapers in our area. You cannot imagine the calls we get. Like, "My Great Dane puppy is trying to breed my goat what can I do?" The person who was in charge was constantly answering the phone. We finally got a seperate phone line with voice mail. The caller would leave their name, phone number and what breed of dog they are looking for, or the question they want answered, and then we would call them back with the information. This is a HUGE job!!! If you do this be prepared to get calls from people looking for other breeds as well. I had to research all the very rare breeds and find reputable contacts for them as we had people looking at books and thinking they wanted one of these very rare dogs where there are only two or three in the country! But you still have to be pollite and answer the questions. Carol ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
