Breed guardian NO! That is Animal Rights language! We are fanciers and owners, NOT guardians! It is the ARistas who coined the term guardian...please don't try to be clever and adopt the use of that term! Just as it has become "tacky" to inquire about buying a dog...the pc term nowadays is "adopt" a dog. That, too, is ARista talk. We breed them, we buy them, we sell them, we own them. We do not guard them. They guard us, for heaven's sake...let's not buy into the AR talk...for ANY reason! Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "sheila lieberman" <dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx> > Ellen, I love the idea, a breed guardian. You don't have to have puppies > to be a guardian of the breed, you have to understand that guardians are > the future of all pure bred dogs. Without guardians, who will produce our > next generation of sound stable trainable dogs? > > I love the term, we should all adopt it. Breed guardian, yes! > sheila > ellen penington <epeningt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I think we should > refer to ourselves as "Breed Guardians" and turn the tables on them. > Ellen Penington ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================