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An Undercover Weekend ~ Continued
a shelter or dumped on the side of the road or as bait for a dog fight.

And I refuse to slam or denigrate these folks further. They are
providing a service not ONE of us wants to do. And they have been
working for at least the last 18 years to improve what they do - both in
what they produce and the conditions under which they produce it. That JQP tends to treat dogs as a throw away commodity isn't entirely their fault. It's not ours either. It's a societal thing and ALL of us must
work to change that. Somewhere between dogs in shelters and puppy mills lies the answer. I don't know what it is. But JQP wants dogs - that much is obvious. And right now, even our basic rights to HAVE dogs is under attack. I for one am willing to work with the folks who have the experience and the know how to fight these things. And I'm willing to give credit where credit is due - here in Missouri at least, we have come under LESS attack than other areas and I recognize that a good part of that is because of the professional breeders and their lobbyists efforts.


Betsy

Betsy & Kevin Cummings
Tribute Salukis

Tribute@centurytel.net

have those puppies out and about every week or two so that not only do I immunize but I give their
immune systems exposure to things outside of home so that when we do go on the road to shows and such they aren't suddenly overwhelmed and have a chance to fight. I'm not sure I changed his mind exactly, but I did give him something to think about.

I admit, I went for the chance to see Pat Hasting's seminar for free.
Beyond that I was prepared to keep my mouth shut. Instead, I found
myself going...wow. Just how many of us would go to this level of effort
to keep our dogs? These people put their money where their mouth is.
And I am quite willing to allow them the title Professional Breeder and
to stop having a knee jerk reaction and give them some credit for things
even "we" don't do. That doesn't mean there aren't "Bubba's" in this
world, or that I include those folks in the term Professional Breeder. A professional of any kind be it lawyer, doctor, handler, veterinarian, engineer, architect, etc has professional standards to meet. These folks do too. And since *I* don't care to provide puppies for every home that wants a dog, I'm willing to allow the professionals to do so. It keeps MY dogs safe in the hands of those I feel will have respect for the dog, treat it the way I want my dogs treated, and HOPEFULLY they never end up in
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