I wrote: > And perhaps you'd like to explain that to pet owners who watch > their dogs *suffer* and die from early onset MVD.
Judy responded: >These are supposedly differently from caring breeders who agonize over the >same thing? C'mon! Breeders, as a whole, do not keep their dogs till they die. Most sell their puppies or show/breeding stock when they're through with them. It's pet owners who buy a dog and invest their souls into these dogs. And pet owners do not see owning dogs as a business. Nobody is saying that pet owners have all the answers......heaven knows if that were the case we'd have a lot more discriminating buyers out there. But neither do breeders have all the answers. Too many of them 'talk-the talk' (quite well, I might add) then turn around and make one exception after another. There's always a reason (or excuse). Of course we want dogs that are bred for type, otherwise we wouldn't want a Cavalier, would we. BUT, that doesn't mean dogs should be bred without doing *everything* possible to stack the deck in favor of health at the same time. There are some very creative excuses for not breeding according to the recommended protocol. And I'm not here to debate them. I'm AM wondering how the attitude of "Us vs. Them" is going to help.....as in the following comment posted earlier: <<<<.."The only thing you can do with <<<<ignorance is watch it grow." <<<<Isn't it the truth... Winnie Columbus, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dogs are made of love and fur. ========================================================= "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.
