In a message sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:26 PM "Helen" <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx> writes: Most of us, including myself, prefer not to have many dogs, but hats off to those that do and also do a good job of it. I thank them for the incredible animals they have given us to have in our pedigrees and the amazing amount of work and dedication it takes for them to do it as well as they have. Their work is 24/7 and we are the beneficiaries. Thanks, Helen. Eloquently put! Paulette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx> To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:26 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Breeding in mass Paulette writes: In message Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:36 AM "Barbara or DTA Amidon" <amidon@xxxxxxxxx> writes: What do you think of breeders who have 10 litters a year or more... Some of our top breeders like the K kennels and Woodside are BIG operations.. I'm not trying to defend mass breeders, but since the K kennels were mentioned in Barbara's post, I decided to relate my experiences visiting two of the K kennels... Paulette wrote glowing reports of the two "K" Kennels she visited and I will write a glowing report of Woodside Kennels, where I recently stayed for a few weeks. Not only is the kennel spotless, dogs well fed, happy, professionally groomed weekly, exercised, trained and loved, but they all get to run and play in turn, on three beautiful acres of grass and trees. Many of our very best and most beautiful important dogs come from large breeders and we need to be grateful to them for they dogs they do and have produced. This year's judges of both the U.S. and Canadian Nationals, Covy-Tucker Hill Kennels, are and were a large producing kennel that gave us top dogs as well. Most of us, including myself, prefer not to have many dogs, but hats off to those that do and also do a good job of it. I thank them for the incredible animals they have given us to have in our pedigreesand the amazing amount of work and dedication it takes for them to do it as well as they have. Their work is 24/7 and we are the beneficiaries. Helen Franklin ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================