In a message dated 8/28/2005 5:55:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pmick@xxxxxxxxx writes: > The POINT of the original complaint, however, wasn't about > doubling. It was about presenting the wrong image to the public about > our sport. THIS is against the AKC rules...doing things that would > make a family or a person attending their first dog show to think it was > a bad activity for them to get involved in. > Image is what it's about, at this point, because people who are NOT > involved in conformation shows, at least not in AKC shows, witnessed all > that went on at last week's show, and reported it because they thought > it was awful........... > You are right Peggy It is the APPEARANCE that matters. And in this case to the general public it will appear to be animal cruelty. Tish ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================