The article was for shock value. What the article failed to say was that I had two spayed bitches, a handicapped bitch and one too old to breed plus quite a few males, and three bitches that had never been bred. The AKC defines a Hobby Breeder as someone who breeds 50 or less puppies a year and I have never come close to that. If I ever had that many puppies in a year I would shoot myself. Every puppy of mine gets individual care and I couldn't do that with all the puppies some people are talking about. I don't put my dogs down or find them new homes when they get old they get to live out their lives in peace and quiet. The people that are saying you can't judge by the number of dogs you have are correct. I'd actually like to meet a person who at my level made money selling puppies between c sections and vet bills taking good care of the dogs. I certainly don't breed to make money only for quality. I have made quite a few good people through the puppies. No limit law in my town. -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy Bryan Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:48 PM To: stormygsd@xxxxxxx; inquestgsd@xxxxxxx; kgsawler@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: GSD-List Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Hobby breeder guilty I have not posted on this list for so long because it is not worth getting into to it with people because we all have different opinions. But my question to you Sue, is how many dogs make a hobby breeder? There are big time people in our breed who are hobby breeders and have 17 dogs or more. Your opinion is different from what other people think a hobby breeder is and your opinion would put a lot of our greats in the breed as not hobby breeders. This is what is giving the Animal Rights people a victory time after time again. Judy Riata German Shepherds From: Sue M <stormygsd@xxxxxxx> To: inquestgsd@xxxxxxx; kgsawler@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: GSD-List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:17 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Hobby breeder guilty I read the news article sent yesterday. I am not judging, i say this from experience. She has, reportedly, 17 German shepherds. If she ls a "hobby" breeder, what is she doing with 17 dogs? From where i sit a hobby breeder is one that has a few breeding/show quality pets that they show and breed along with the Dog's usual family pet activities...they are breeding for the joy of it (ummmmm puppy breath). They sell those puppies with the idea to offset some of the costs of having that litter. (registrations, vaccinations, vet costs etc) To me, anything else constitutes commercial. If litters are bred and sold to offset expenses related to maintaining the rest of the dogs - commercial, to offset travel and show expenses- commercial, to pay vet bills- commercial. in these examples the breeding/selling is a part time job... NOT a hobby. Back to my corner.. Susan Madlung Shadowacre German Shepherds - retired Sent by Sue from cyberspace -----Original Message----- From: Ileana Sent: 13 Jan 2013 15:19:51 GMT To: kgsawler@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: GSD-List Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Hobby breeder guilty That is exactly my point. This sets a dangerous precedent for us dog owners that live within city limits. I don't know Danielle, nor know how many dogs, cats, or whatever she has. All I know is that one disgruntled GSD person has turned on another for who knows what reason and a judge had decided that he is a god, and the entire situation stinks to bad justice. You need to separate yourself from Danielle and her dogs and look at this as a case decision that can negatively impact you and your dogs. Even today I have received 6 emails of people telling me she is a puppy mill, has almost 20 dogs in a very small home, rotates the dogs with her mother, her dogs are in poor health. Meanwhile I have it from people that have been to her house and attended the court hearings that none of this is true. Why are we doing this to ourselves?? Who needs enemies? Ileana Sent from my iPhone On Jan 13, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Kathy Sawler <kgsawler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I usually lurk on the list but this one scares the begeezes out of me. My point on my last post ref. to rescues is that they could be next! For me, it is about he implications that this judgement can have on not only hobby breeders but other situations as well. 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