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Anne writes:
>A possible alternative to simply not allowing these ferrets into shows or
>severely penalizing them is to only allow then to be shown in specialty
>and alter classes. I'm not going to be the person to tell a ferret owner
>that their deaf, sweet tempered, gorgeous, well maintained MF blaze can't
>be shown.
An excellent possible solution. I would go one further and not have
blaze/panda specialities. That doesn't mean one couldn't show a blaze or
panda--show them in the ring of their color type. For example, a blaze
chocolate in a chocolate ring would not have points deducted for the blaze.
And also:
>All that said, I WOULD like to see shows become less centered on breeding
>and more centered on ferrets as a pet and a forum for the exchange of
>information on health and maintainenece.
Hear! Hear!
Linda Iroff
Oberlin OH
[Posted in FML issue 3219]
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