In a message dated 10/13/2006 10:42:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, NHANSBURG@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > that teh majority of 'overpopulation' comes from feral cats and > mixed dogs who have been abandoned to teh streets - not owned > animals.......... check out the reclaim rate in your area to see Cats, yes this is probably true but dogs? No way - not in Ohio. There are few dogs running feral and filling the shelters with pups. Most of the dogs that are in our shelters have been owned by someone. The pups bred so the kids can experience birth, because they love their dog and the dog across the street was pretty cool also, because their friend loved their dog and wanted a puppy from her, they thought they had all the dogs placed before they bred their dog to a neighbors, they didn't think their dog could get pregnant because she only went out to go potty and 101 other stupid reasons. Notice I said feral dogs do not produce many of the dogs in shelters and not that all the people in Ohio were all that bright In fact one family wanted to donate the litter of pups they bred to us for service dogs - they bred on purpose their German Shepherd Dog (well they actually said their German Shepard) to a Hound dog to produce the perfect service dog for their child and that the pup she was keeping was already fully trained in service dog work - now for their age 10 WEEKS old. I told our service dog trainer he was going to be out of a job if he didn't get on the ball, since this person had their service dog fully trained at 10 weeks of age. <<<sigh>>> ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================