> > Excuse me?? This "sport" is made up of living, breathing, little > > creatures, and frankly, my "investment" as "only a pet owner" is just > > as great as ANY breeders.
I beg to differ here. Have you had to place dogs that you have grown to love with all of the time you've spent training and bonding, because they will not be an asset to the breed as a whole for whatever reason (health, structure) no matter that it is breaking your heart to part with them? Have you watched puppies fade, whelped them deformed, breathe life back into the stillborns, had a bitch with mastitis and had to hand feed 10 puppies every few hours, put down a beautiful puppy or dog because of a congenital defect that will affect its quality of life, traveled across the country and even beyond to find out all you can about the choices you will make when taking the breed in any given direction, attended countless seminars to learn all about health problems, canine genetics, reproduction, canine anatomy etc., taken the time to truly study the history of the breed including pedigrees so that you may better understand where the breed has come from and be able to make the best choices you can for where it is going, picked the brain and truly listened to those who have been there before you and grasp their pearls of wisdom so that one day you to will become an asset to the breed? If you have then I apologize. > We make an initial investment in the rather > > large cost of a Cavalier, So does the person who bought theirs from the pet store. Terrie:) ========================================================= "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 2002 by its original author.
