On Saturday that just passed my daughter was visiting and we decided to go to the Bayshore Mall, she wanted a pair of boots, so off we went. While walking around we spyed a Pet Shop and of course, she says, lets go in and look. As we headed to the rear of the store to see the puppies. I stopped dead in my tracks, when I saw these blue ribbon signs on each of the cubby holes containing pups of all breeds including a german shepherd. These professionally made blue ribbon signs read "AKC registered" puppies. Needless to say my daughter took me by the arm and hustled me out of there, before I could say anything else. Even today I am at a loss for words as to how I can put together an intelligent letter to the AKC. If the general public can purchase AKC pups from the Pet Shop with credit cards, how do we keep them coming to us for their puppies. The AKC is now sanctioning puppy mills. This is a sad day for us as breeders of quality dogs. Diane P Home of GV Ch. Ossipee Ceasar v Clover Acre CD ROM, ROMC Select Ch. Deb-Mar's Pandora, & sister Ch. Deb-Mar's Phoenix _www.debmarsgermanshepherds.com_ (http://www.debmarsgermanshepherds.com/) _www.debmarscavalierkingcharlesspaniels.com_ (http://www.debmarscavalierkingcharlesspaniels.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/ ============================================================================