Thank you Michael. I'm sure you would be happy to "name names" if asked privately. <g> PI?? phooey Jo Ann
> 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.
