Hoarder is becoming the NEW insult word straight from HSUS' mouth. They wore out "puppy mill" and now are working on legislation about "hoarders." Just in the last few days, I have received emails from 3 people, yours is the fourth, of decent people with a few dogs, even rescues, being called "hoarders." Watch for legislation near you with that term, coming soon. ONE person recently was cited as a "hoarder" with 4 dogs and 2 cats!!!! Stormy On Apr 7, 2010, at 1:35 PM, <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At a recent Specialty show and Futurity/Maturity, I was confronted > by a "breeder" who implied that I am a hoarder. > My husband and I live on 3.5 fenced acres and have 5 GSD's. (Soon > to be 4 as one is dying of cancer.) We did have 6 dogs, but lost > one a few weeks ago. Our dogs get the very best of care. My husband > and I have not taken a vacation in over 15 years because we can not > take *all* the dogs with us. Our dogs are EVERYTHING to us. They > are our WORLD. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================