What a great post! Oh so accurate and oh so politically incorrect to actually point these facts out. But OH so necessary! Thank you thank you thank you for having the courage to post this.
Commercial puppy mills are disgusting but there is a fine grey line between the cleanest puppy mill and the less then scrupulous mass breeder. I refer to mass breeders as sanitary puppy mills. Personally I don't care for either of the above. My bet is we are doing no better at protecting Cavaliers then others did with Cockers. The future for many Cavaliers in this country on the current path is not bright. Dave CastleMyst Cavaliers http://members.aol.com/CMystCavs In a message dated Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:05:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I tried hard to be silent but alas, it seems impossible. I completely agree > with the posts re: this clever young girl's fresh faced approach to making > money in dogs...she is yet another example of why we rarely have litters > (takes too long to screen people and I might make a mistake). But one of the > problems with having been "in" this wonderful and fulfilling > hobby/sport/avocation/whatever is that I have seen too much and know too > many facts about too many people to remain innocent. Here comes the big > question (flame suit at the ready!): is Kelly any more reprehensible than > the older, more experienced breeders who dumped their original breed when > the demand dropped (not enough $$ to make it worth the effort), and now > pontificate great knowledge (gleaned mostly from merely quoting the old > books on breeding) to all who will listen? This latter example of a > commercial breeder has puppies available most of the time, has not been > successful in the Club and also cannot manage to finish them in AKC either > now that the numbers and the quality has risen, but comes across as a > self-appointed knowledgable breeder? I have always dubbed this kind of mill > as a "commercial puppy farm thinly disguised as a show breeder"...I offer > this observation only as food for thought, as the latter are, in my view, > more dangerous as they have learned how to present themselves and to adapt > to the environment, like the cockroaches and tapeworms that were found in > the tombs of Egypt (I read somewhere!). No doubt Kelly will modify her act > in time, I see she is still lurking on this list. Be careful out there good > friends, this breed is a magnet for the profit minded. Please do a better > job protecting it than we did with our beloved Cockers. > Michael Allen > Baliwick Am. Cockers > (Who is grumpy as the wonderful BIS Cocker was only Reserve > at Amsterdam) ========================================================= "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.
