[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Lets put our thinking caps on
- From: Cinosam GSD <cinosamgsd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: caggra@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:21:48 -0800 (PST)
Wouldn't that be interesting...if the club took a stand against puppy mills,
brokers and pet store sales just as we acquired a member that makes a living in
this industry. Maybe he will just quit the club on his own.
A couple of cheap ways to protest sales of puppies in Pet Stores....bumper
stickers www.makestickers.com, our own websites...devote a page or paragraph on
your website about all the reasons for not buying at pet stores.....
My latest bumper sticker is going to read "Stop Puppy Mills - don't buy your
PET from a STORE"
Cindy
cinosmgsd.com
caggra@xxxxxxx wrote:
Kathy,
I completely agree, we as a club should be able to brainstorm some productive
ideas. Let's find good in this horrific situation we are in. We already have
some new members (Welcome Mike!) ....now let's focus some of our resources to
hitting Mr. Hunte's industry where it will hurt. His pocketbook.
I think there is enough passion and energy that our Parent Club should add a
committe that focuses on this issue. It we have the money and resources
available for it, give the committee a budget for placing ads in newspapers in
certain areas. Or better yet, target the malls across the country that house
these Puppy Mill Stores..aka pet stores. Flyers that give out information on
reputable breeders or the local All Breeds clubs info. I know most All Breed
clubs around our area have a contact that will refer people to reputatable
breeders of just about any breed. So, just giving that info to people would
stear them away from the stores in malls.
I have a very good friend that had bought his two corgi's from Petland. (Before
I knew him!! ) He takes them to the park and, of course, Corgi's are very
popular with people. So, people come up and ask him about them and asks where
he got them and he tells them Petland. Suprisingly, he says about 90% of these
people have a very negative reaction. Some even step away! So, there is hope!
Of course, he didn't understand their reaction and got very defensive. His dogs
are very healthy and have great temperments etc. It has taken me a few weeks to
break through his wall and get him to see that people aren't disrespecting him
or his dogs....it's directed at the puppy mill industry. He has agreed to never
buy a puppy from a pet store again! So, one down..... 85,000 to go.
Jeff Pyle
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From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
To: CagGra@xxxxxxx; acorreia1043@xxxxxxxxxxx; d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx;
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Sent: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 9:43 AM
Subject: Lets put our thinking caps on
In a message dated 2/7/2007 9:17:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, caggra@xxxxxxx
writes:
If Mr. Hunte's facilities were better & cleaner than any hospital in the USA,
had the best workers in the land, were equipted with all of today's most modern
medicines, vaccinations and the best best food, supplements etc that we
ourselves could think to feed, if his semi-trucks only carried 10 puppies
rather than 230 and they were transported in high-class puppy hotels with a/c
and silk covered doggie beds...
HIS OPERATION GOES AGAINST EVERY FIBER OF OUR MORAL BEING!!!
I don't care what his facilities are or how much he raises the bar for puppy
mills, brokers, wholesalers - I don't care what you call it or how you make it
look. It's very simple. BAD MR. HUNTE....BAD BAD BAD MAN.
Lets take this to the next step. I believe our board will fix this. Next set of
problems:
Removing Mr. Hunte from the membership roster won't decrease the demand for pet
shop puppies.
I see it as a two pronged problem. How do we educating folks on how "not" to
buy a puppy. (PSAs maybe? on AP and National Geographic???? Adds in coffee
table magazines, Better Homes and Gardens, etc???) I like the idea of
educational booths at shows, but people who come to shows and look for breeders
already "got it". How do we reach those that didn't "get it" yet?
And once we tell them how not to buy a puppy, how do we direct them to where TO
buy a puppy and will the puppies be available?
This is NOT a new problem. I know that there are areas of the country where it
is hard to sell/place a litter and I know there are other areas where the
number of quality homes far exceeds availability. I know some breeder
requirements on where they will and won't place a puppy and under what
conditions (limited reg, someone home a good part of the day) are viewed as a
big pain in the butt by the pet buying public and probably pushes them in the
direction we don't want them to go...not that I'm suggesting we relax our
standards.
There are web sites out there that are no more than puppy mills on-line. Do we
start one with "better" criteria??? Put the pet buying public in touch with
non-millers? I don't know how "we'd" check and who decides, or how we'd set it
apart from what's available, but....
Seriously, let's brainstorm and come up with some good ideas.
Kathy
member GSDCA, DVGSDC
three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here!
visit Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs
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