Posted by: marilyn day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rhiannon:
Thank you.
Marilyn Day
Staffoird, VA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In a message dated 11/8/1999 7:46:19 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> << Back in the 70's a breeder sold me a white dane
> with blue eyes for less than she usually got because she said he could not be
> bred as he was a genetic anomoly. He was a sweet, smart boy and we got lots
> of
> pleasure from him.>
> ===========================
> When issues like this, (puppy mills, and irresponsible breeders)
> come up it will always generate some strong heartfelt feelings
> about a mismarked pet.
>
> NOTE: 'My' first Dane was a mismarked puppy who at that
> time many were destroyed. Every part of his color was wrong
> per the standards. I loved him and to this day, which is
> 29 years ago, there is not 'one' day that I do not think of him.
> My e-mail address is his name and everytime I sign on it
> brings wonderful memories of my best friend.
>
> This will generate a lot of posts but to keep it simple here
> goes;
>
> We breed for the betterment of the breed, striving for the
> perfect representation of the breed, ~being the conformation
> set forth for the breed, the colors set forth for the breed, and
> temperment.~
>
> Along the way, as in 'all' things in nature, not quite perfect
> specimens will happen.
>
> It is just ludicrous to think that a person would take these
> specimens and call them "rare" continue to breed for them
> to profit from someone who is not stupid but uninformed.
>
> Breeding takes place in numerous areas, cows, horses,
> dogs, cats, birds, the list is endless.
>
> Where we separate the men from the boys is...............
> Responsible breeders place the non-conforming animals
> in homes and ~Do Not~ use these animals in their breeding
> programs.
>
> The irresponsible breeders can only be summed up as
> using these animals for their personal profit. With
> ~~Total~~ disregard for preserving the particular breed,
> that they are using to profit.
>
> I think a good book for anyone to read is the one that
> shows the extent some countries went to during the
> war to ~preserve~ the breed of some animals.
>
> Pick up any book on the story of how the Lippizans
> were saved and how to this day, they strive to keep
> this horses legacy alive and pure.
>
> I feel that by reading books about how countries
> tried to save their breeds of dogs and horses during
> the most horrible time of war, one would totally understand
> this issue of responsible breeders and just what they
> consist of. Please just go and pick up one book from the
> library and see what these people had to do to save and
> preserve these breeds. It has touched me so deeply and
> has given me a better understanding of what a breeder
> "should" be in any category.
>
> Because that is what we do today in their honor to continue
> to preserve what they fought so had to save.
>
> The End,
> Rhiannon
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Marilyn Day
Stafford, VA
