>Since we all know that magazines are prepared months in advance, we >know they were planning the magazine's demise long before they quit >taking subscriptions!!! That's not a very nice thing to do. At least >they are returning peoples' money. I renewed mid Dec at a dog show with a Bowtie rep - kinda annoying, as I haven't even gotten my first renewal issue. >No offense to anyone here who writes for Ferrets, but I think a lot of >the problem was that they never got any new blood in there. It was the >same writers, the same information with a different twist, nothing new >and exciting. After a while, it got boring to me. I have to agree. I still subscribed to the magazine but it was fairly typical of Bowtie's offerings - short articles, same old-same old, typical format and LOTS of advertising. There were some decent articles but overall the magazine IMO was lacking (kinda feel the same about Dog Fancy and to a tad bit lesser degree Dog World these days too). nikki [Posted in FML 5865]