There are Legislative staff recommendations to the AKC Board. These are important recommendations, and is indicative of how difficult it is for the AKC Government Relations Staff to bring AKC Legislative Position statement out for us to utilized. (my opinion, of course) Some areas that were covered were APHIS (Margaret Poindexters staffs analysis of APHIS as regards to possible legal action, recommended position statements on fraudulent service dogs accommodations, dogs on public transportation, Animal Terrorism Act (AETA), breeding restrictions/regulations, They will be taken up again at the December meeting. If you want input to the Board, read the recommendations here: images.akc.org/pdf/board_minutes/2013_Oct.pdf . Stormy Stormy V. Hope https://www.facebook.com/GSDCA.LegislationAwareness https://www.facebook.com/CaRPOC.CaliforniaResponsiblePetOwnersCoalition ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================