Louise I have to make a comment here about your statement regarding Frank Tate being a puppy mill....Frank has bred a lot of dogs as MANY and I repeat MANY on this list have done to get where they are today; that does not constitute a puppy mill. Frank's dogs are not housed in pens, on wire, in filth and he follows every law the State of NY has regarding dogs. His dogs live in his home, they are well taken care of and he is proud of what he has accomplished in GSDs. He has his AKC judging license. He has bred and imported some absolutely gorgeous dogs into the US and has competed in many German and American events with his dogs and done extremely well with them. You cannot say that about "puppy mill" breeders. "Puppy Mills" breed many breeds to get the money and will sell to anyone to get rid of them to pet stores, brokers, etc. You WILL NOT see that with Frank. Just my 2 cents worth and I am stopping at this post. Pat Lukos ----- Original Message ----- From: <Fior49@xxxxxxx> To: <dan-ann@xxxxxxxx>; <mlward@xxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:53 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: who is Frank Tate? > In a message dated 9/4/2009 9:36:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > dan-ann@xxxxxxxx writes: > no need for private - Frank is a very opinionated man who you either > loved > or hated. I happened to love him.-He went from some gorgeous American > bred > dogs to predominately German bred. I laughed a lot when he was on the > list > Sally > > > And he also was the biggest puppy mill in Long Island > Louise Lepore Fiorellino > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================