A small thought to ponder, as breeding dogs and selling the puppies is legal, and if the dogs being bred are well cared for, why do we often 'attack' those who breed and sell but don't have an occasional champion? The new law defining 'breeders' will lump everyone together, as long as puppies are sold. Is it not possible for someone to really like dogs but to breed a couple of litters a year to supplement their income? Does showing and having some perceived success in the ring and using puppy sales to pay the handler, entry fees, vet bills, etc mean that we are superior to the home based individual who does not feel competitive and has no desire to show, but applies their $$ from their puppy sales to a new car, clothes, etc? Of course show folks do health testing and one assumes that the non-show person does not but sometimes is not all this merely a different point of view, like the blind men and the elephant? Please, no flames, this is a philosophical query over my coffee this AM. And please, don't yell at me! Being a bit of an activist at heart, I don't sell my dogs, we truly do this as a hobby, and the few stud fees we have taken are donated directly to the parent club Health Foundation. VBG. Michael Allen
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