At 05:57 PM 10/8/2009 -0700, you wrote: >Just a personal aside...I have to say that I find the term "mutt" >offensive. ALL dogs have value; be it purebred or mixed. And while we at >LHSH have chosen to diligently save the lives of our beloved breed, just >take a moment and look into the eyes of a mixed bred dam as she is trying >to protect her babies that are being torn from her and killed...If the >picture does not move you to tears, you might want to question what you >are doing "in dogs" to begin with. >What makes her less valuable than our Champions?...it is purely by Grace >that we gifted with them...and a tragic accident that the mixed bred >mother was brought into a family who did not care enough about her to have >her altered. JMHO. >The Team From LHSH >Dawn Restuccia, Pres. This deserves repeating! Sandy Sandra Kozub KcK Kennels http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================