Kelly, And I hope Kim will indulge me here....<VBG> Yes, you were attacked on the list and I will freely and willingly admit to also having my hackles raised! Having your dogs not in the house wasn't a problem for me...I'd love to have a separate dog room! What bothered me, and I think bothered a lot of people, is the overwhelmingly commerical aspect of your business. That's a lot of breeding with a lot of breeds!!
Most of us on this list are dedicated to the breed. We've watched other breeds become the "hot dogs of the moment" and the resulting indescriminate, thoughtless and rampant overbreeding ruined breeds. (Michael Allen mentioned something similar in one of her posts regarding her beloved Cockers. I can certainly speak to it with my 20 some odd years devotion to the Jack Russell Terrier.) So when we saw someone breeding not just Cavaliers, but 6 or 7 other breeds as well, that caused great concern. That says, to most, that you are operating a commercial kennel solely for profit, NOT a kennel dedicated to the preservation of the breed that we have come to know and love. Perhaps I am totally and completely wrong, but I cannot see how anyone can put careful thought and study and effort into carefully breeding that many breeds. There just aren't that many hours in a day! :o) Financially, how can one afford to test for even the major problems in each of those breeds? Hearts and eyes (at least) in Cavaliers, eyes and hips in Pugs, eyes and thyroid in Springers (not to mention Rage Syndrome that can't be tested for), hips and hearts in Boxers (where Boxer Cardiomyopathy and aortic steosis are as rampant as MVD is in Cavaliers) not to mention a host of cancers, portosytemic liver shunt problems, hypothyroidism and luxating patellas in Yorkies, epilepsy, glaucoma, and hips in Brittany Spaniels, Cushing's disease, Mycobacterium Acium Infection, hepatic liver shunts, Urinary Stone Disease, in Schauzers, etc. I'm truly not "Kelly bashing" here...I am sincerely asking how you can breed that many different breeds and feel that you are doing each individual breed proud? Gerri Dueringer ========================================================= "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.
