I apologize Claudia I thought you were one of the 3 that stated they had emailed the newspaper. I honestly do apoligize. To read the post below is almost comical, me being libelous (then so are the other 15 or so people that continue to run me through the mud). Maybe Judith needs to re- read some of the posts!!! I would say being called a puppy miller is quite libelous and defaming to someones reputation. Come on out to South Dakota Judith and take a look at the situation of my cavaliers, you won't find them cowering in the corners or tail between their legs, they are happy and get plenty of TLC. Their coats are clean and shiny and are taken on walks all the time. I agree that this may not be the way most of you raise you cavaliers (I'm sure you'd be suprised at how many are not as ethical as you would all believe) but I don't believe you should criticize someone without first hand knowledge of how they take care of their dogs or cats or even their children. Kelly Kelly
Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Gates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Enough Already! > on 7/11/02 7:42 AM, Susan Van Luchene at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > To speak out against the > > ethics of a commercial breeding operation such as the one you and your > > sister in-law run is also not against the law, in fact it is one of the > > freedoms we enjoy in a free society such as ours. Your words written to this > > list making disparaging remarks about one of its members for taking an > > action that she is within her rights to take, without any proof that she > > took any such action, and with the intention of harming her reputation and > > making her look bad, is potentially libelous. > > Hey, all! May I suggest we all back off on this one? Kelly and her family > are not about to divest themselves of their business ventures, and we'd do > ourselves, this list, and Cavaliers far greater service to address issues > that are of concern to stewards of the breed worldwide. One way to attack > the puppy mills is to advertise and work always thru your Cavalier breed > club, regionally and Nationally. Education of the surfers in cyberworld via > our breed club link FIRST on any and ALL of these generic puppy search > engines is a very strong statement. Puppy-mill/commercial breeders do not > have these kinds of links because they are not the caliber of breeder who is > accepted for membership in these organizations. I cannot seem to convince > (yet) breeders of the value of using their parent club ONLY as the link to > their web sites, rather than putting themselves out there with the > commercial breeders on the 'generics' lists. > > I dunno...maybe I'm just part of the old school of thought that says work > thru and behalf of your AKC breed club and make it realistically represent > and address your breed. As frustrating as this is sometimes, it is the > major approach to combating the puppy-mill 'ethic'. Incidentally, has > anyone ever reasearched just how the commercial breeder/pet shop came about? > It's an interesting historical search, and it's a classic case of the 'best' > of intentions gone amok. Like Gypsy Moths, sorta...<G> > > 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.
