Paul - a week and half ago I would have been right on board with the idea that the club was full of responsible breeders and held the GSD in the highest regard....then the Hunte thing started. Paul adds... This is an absurd statement...as are many that declare the man a puppy mill. Where is the proof? He is a broker. I too have searched the net and found articles both pro and con. MOFed...the pro dog and owner group in his home state of Missouri doesn't give his organization any grief...rather a very honest observation of a visit to a Hunte facility by a 4-H group. Go to www.mofed.org and see for yourself. MOFed is on the cutting edge to maintain our rights as breeders and owners. Don't get me wrong here folks...I'm just trying to get all of the facts out and let some of you who care know...this man doesn't have horns and sell dogs to Korea for Kim Jong Il to snack on. That said...there are many of you...actually virtually all...who have fallen victim to the ARO strategy to keep "hobby breeders" at odds with the evil "commercial breeder or in Mr. Hunte's case...broker". They have stirred the fire with idealistic rhetoric and you've bought into it. The people that have been on the front lines of this battle for 25 + years know that to be true and would wish the exact opposite to be true. We could use that unity. All of the Hunte's and the GSDC of A "hobby breeders" should be working together to defeat the ARO's. Perhaps I should remind Cindy and Dawn that Plank 10 of the Animal Rights Agenda is..."Abolish the breeding of all companion animals...especially pedigreed or purebred dogs and cats." Even tho that's not on the HSUS web site Cindy...it's their burning desire and they're succeeding at an alarming rate. I know I find myself on the "short straw" faction of this argument...but I have been doing this for a long time and know of the truth...by fact and not supposition...behind my words. It is by "design" from the ARO's and many of you are proving it's worked to a "T". Paul ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================