[ SHOWGSD-L ] Letter to AKC re Fitchburg

From: Steve Reierstad <wmj1944@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:37:32 -0800 (PST)
    This is the letter I sent to Peter Gaeta at the AKC about the Fitchburg 
incident.  It will be interesting to see what kind of a reply (if any) I get.
   
   
   
  "First off, I was not at this Show.  I am reading reports from German 
Shepherd exhibitors, and I have talked to two exhibitors who were there.
   
  It is my understanding that the AKC rep physically assaulted not one, but 
several of the exhibitors, pushing them, putting her hands on them, and even 
punching one.  There is no call for this type of behaviour, at a Dog Show, or 
anywhere else.  It is against the Law for one person to physically touch 
another without that person's consent.  This is known as Battery.  Apparently 
the AKC condones this behaviour by the Reps.  I don't, and neither do most 
normal people.  Had your rep touched, pushed or hit me, I can guarantee that I 
would have had her arrested, and she, as well as the AKC, would be facing a 
major lawsuit right now.  How would the AKC like that kind of publicity???
   
  You need to remember, before your reps indulge in any more high-handed and 
illegal behaviour, that the AKC as a Registry has lost a huge amount of 
Credibility in the world of Purebred Dogs, due to your misguided support of the 
PAWS legislation in 2006, support which I understand is continuing now.  Now, 
to add to that, the story of the Fitchburg incident is all over the country, 
and guess what: the opinions I have read are overwhelmingly against the AKC 
rep, NOT the GSD fancy.  
   
  The GSD people do have a way to express their displeasure with the AKC and 
the misbehaviour of their reps at shows: ENTRIES (or lack of them).  Lack of 
Entries, of course, means less money for the AKC, as well as the Clubs.   We 
don't like being bullied, called  liars, or generally being pushed around, but 
evidently we have to speak a language that everyone understands.
   
  Stephen Reierstad.
  Member, GSDCA"

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Website updated 11/28/2006.
  Veritas vos liberabit.





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