Reminds me of the time I was roadworking Diana on a dirt pole road along the railroad tracks near my house. An animal control officer came driving up and told me I couldn't do that. I asked him what the code was that forbade it. He said it wasn't against the law, per se, but, people might call and complain that it was cruel!! I told him to cite me for cruelty and I will meet him in court with about 100 veterinarians, dog trainers, and other professionals who will all testify that this is mentally and physically beneficial to her health and well-being. He said oh and left!! I didn't even have to mention that my attorney was one Evan L. Ginsburg!! Paula, 50 days and counting ----Original Message Follows---- From: "David Fritsche" <d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Not such Chilling News Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:07:12 -0700 Years ago we had an aggressive young fellow at animal control come poking around. He called the club number we had in the paper and started asking about the numbers of club members, how many dogs they had and their names.... I explained that I was a former law officer and taught in the academy and I had not yet seen him in my class. I explained that when he did get to academy, assuming he should.... he would find that if he came across "probably cause" to believe that I or any of the members had committed a crime, that he was obliged to first of all, advise us of our rights, then take his information to a judge and get a search warrant, and then come look. In the mean time, I advised, he should get in his little truck and go find stray dogs and investigate dog bites, which, I assured him, would not involve any club members. Never did hear from him again. Dave ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================