[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: OT...Happy doggy news..ect
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: psharp212@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:03:01 -0500
If people want a cropped and/or docked breed and decide to breed and
not crop/dock the puppies, that is their right.
Correctly done, tail docking is not terribly traumatic; it shouldn't
interfere with the muscles that allow the dog to keep itself clean,
either. Ears, as I said earlier, are a messy job...and it takes weeks,
sometimes months, to get the healing done and get the ears to stand.
They are two different things.
Still, it can be a personal decision and not one that the government
should make for us. People who dont' want to do it won't be labeled by
me...but when the government (any government) starts interfering with
our right to make that choice, then yes, I am going to stand up and
shout that the push came from ARistas.
And, while we all say things on this list and others that we
shouldn't, we do have to keep in mind that many people on this list are
not only new to the list, but may be new to dogs....and blissfully
unaware of AR programs and goals.
The other examples you gave have to do with subjects that have no
relationship at all to cropping and docking, other than the ones
generally accepted as cruel, including by people who routinely crop
and/or dock, are not legislated against...that doesn't make them more
acceptable to dog people.
Peggy
Paula Cooke wrote:
>Some people like to fight dogs; some people like to beat up their dogs; some
>people like to chain their dogs up in a back yard; some people keep their
>dogs in kennel runs 24/7; some people make their dogs live in crates in
>their kitchens 12-14 hours a day; some people like to wrap puppies in duct
>tape and bake them alive in ovens; some people like to use dogs for
>bull-baiting exhibitions; Andrew Hunte likes to broker puppies; Great Dane
>breeders like to crop ears; some dog trainers use electric collars, some use
>Halti's, some use very tight collars, some use flat collars, and some use
>pinch collars; Boxer people like to dock tails and crop ears; who is to
>decide when the government should step in and when they shouldn't?
>
>I am not arguing any particular point here, just trying to figure out what
>is the difference between cruelty, our rights, and ARistas. Where do we
>draw the line? Who is to decide what is our right to do and what isn't, due
>to someone's perception of pain/cruelty/abuse?
>
>
>
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