[ SHOWGSD-L ] (In the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy) YOU MIGHT BE A PUPPY MILL IF......

From: Cinosam GSD <cinosamgsd@xxxxxxxxx>
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 09:53:45 -0700 (PDT)

  You might be a Puppy Mill (bad breeder) IF
   
  
  
  You can?t count the number of litters you breed in a year on one hand?
  Everyone in town can give the lost potential buyer directions to your home?.
  Neighborhood kids skip over your house when trick or treating.
  You get nervous when you hear or see the word "inspection"
  You have special vehicles to transfer puppies to their "new" homes
  You have Checkmate installed in your home to guard against bad checks.
  Everyone on your Christmas card list co-owns a litter with you.
  You have a waiting room set up in your house for potential puppy buyers.
  You never have a puppy on your property that is over 8 weeks old that you 
weren't planning on keeping.
  The site of a HSUS representative sends you into convulsions?even when you?re 
on your meds.
  You have a fantastic website bragging about your next litter out of champions 
that you didn?t breed or Working dogs that you didn?t title.
  You have a "Buy it Now" option on your puppy page.
  You?ve never seen a cash paying puppy buyer you didn?t like.
  You align yourself with others of questionable character to make yourself 
feel better.
  You?ve never been in a rescue shelter.
  You have a lot of suspicious looking trailers and out buildings scattered 
around your property
  You own and use a manure spreader but you don?t own livestock.
  You have your very own "special" link on the AKC website to register puppies
  You?ve been a featured under cover story on the local news during sweeps week
  You?re considered a huge contributor to the breed by your peers, but not in a 
good way.
  Your kennel name draws raised eyebrows and snickers
  You?ve owned and bred several breeds throughout the years, usually in 
succession.
  You boast about the money you?ve made breeding dogs.
  You have to breed litters just to have some stock on hand to replace puppies 
that have died mysteriously.
  You own a lot of very large freezers.
  You have a crematorium on your property.
  Besides the times you?ve moved, you?ve changed your home phone number more 
than twice in your adult life.
  You have special exemptions from city ordinances to operate your "business".
  You?ve threatened to sue someone for saying something bad about your breeding 
practices.
  You have sued someone for saying something bad about your breeding practices.
  You refer to your breeding program as a business.
  You?re sister is also your wife (okay wrong list)
  Andrew Hunte is your mentor.

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[ SHOWGSD-L ] (In the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy) YOU MIGHT BE A PUPPY MILL IF......

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