I agree 100%. I always try to be polite with all inquiries, even though some questions show incredible ignorance. Same reason, I don't want people to be put off by breeders and run to the millers. Debbie Meyers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Gates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Breed names
> on 6/11/02 9:51 AM, Gerri Dueringer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Just today, I've had calls here at the shelter from people looking for > > Dash Hounds and Rodesian Razorbacks. We hear the term "Golden Lab" a lot too > > and I'm never sure whether people mean a yellow Lab or a Golden Retriever X > > Lab mix. A couple of years ago, there was a lady that came in several times > > looking for a "Sweater dog." > > Gerri - it's called the "dumbing down" of America. Came along with Hanna > Barberra cartoons (Yogi Bear/Scooby Doo/The Flintstones)...it's the short > attention span theater carried to the "nth degree". They don't mean to be > stupid but they are. > > And I'll tell you one big reason why pet shop/puppy mills get so much > business: "Breeders" have no compassion/tolerance for innocent ignorance, > and puppy millers' sales completely exist on that very thing! They tell 'em > what they want to hear! > > No matter how frustrated we are with the 'generic' pet buyer/inquiry, we > must never belittle their inquiry or their intentions. > > Were you never a 'stoopit pet person" prior to your educated self? Heck, I > was! So I KNOW others HAD to have been! > > Judy Gates > > ========================================================= > "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. > ========================================================= "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.
