>I don't think the government should in any way be in control of what
>I do with my dogs. My dogs have a good life, their puppies have good
>lives and I don't expect the dogs to pay my bills. people who want
>puppies from me are screened and I turn down people I don't feel make
>suitable homes - as do most small show/working/performance breeders
>that I know. I breed litters because I am a dog person, because I
>show and train dogs, because I have quality dogs, because my dog's
>temperaments and conformation are correct for their breed, because
>I want to continue having future generations from them and because
>other people enjoy having dogs like mine as well.

Nikki - I would have bet my house when I saw yesterday's post with the
general statement about not wanting law to restrict your pet ownership
that you were a dog breeder. Been around that community and there's a
whole of talk but no walk. Minn and NE laws won't restrict small show
breeders. Its still being fought. AKC is a for profit organization.
I've met one halfway decent breeder who shows and breeds a litter every
few years. She ran a large breed rescue org in Michigan for her breed
for years. Every other dog breeder, including the "good" ones who say
all the right things - well if their lips are moving their lying. And
so animals suffer because they don't want any restrictions - not even
ones that won't affect them - or at least won't affect them if they are
as pure as they say they are. And I personally hate the whole property
thing.

Sorry,
Mary, Nebraska

Ecclesiastes 3:19
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they
have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast:
for all is vanity.

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