In a message dated 7/11/07 10:53:56 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Stormy435@xxxxxxx writes: > Starting SOMEHOW German Shepherd Dog Rescue (rehoming) shelters. GSDs are > way too numerous in shelters and there are only TWO rescues in the southland > that I know of, ok, stormy brought it up so i'm going to open my big mouth here. i am a temporarily displaced californian but have every intention of going home in the next few years. i have also been doing gsd rescue for a number of years. i'm sure tari, diane roberts and any others on the list who do rescue will back me up on the following: WE NEED FOSTER HOMES!!!!!!!!! i can't take every homeless gsd south of the chicago area in illinois. tari can't take them all in ohio and diane is completely inundated in florida. as a breeder, i state in my contract(s) that i will take back any dog i have bred, at any time and for any reason. many of you do the same. but how much power would a bill like 1634 have in any state if each and every breeder was willing to evaluate and house just one homeless dog. honestly, i can ill afford the extra mouth to feed, not to mention the veterinary expenses involved, but agsra is there to help defray costs. perhaps all of us need to put up or shut up. if we were a constant presence at the shelters, taking care of and responsibility for our own breed, we might be able to drown out the aristas who say we are the problem. hate to say it, but we can yell all we want, if we don't become a more visible part of the solution, that bill or one just like it is going to pass eventually. that would be a very black day. instead of allowing others to police what we do, we need to police ourselves and do right by the dogs who have no voice. open up one of your kennels or ex-pens or crates to a gsd who is facing euthanasia simply because he's unwanted. jmo but it needed to be said. Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds "In dog years I'm dead." - Author unknown <BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour</HTML> ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================