Sally, HSUS went under cover for THREE years and could find FOUR cases against Petland. I don't like to see commercial breeding kennels, I like to see people people buying from good breeders. But we supply less than 5% of the pets to the nation. And since we are so good at picking our buyers and insist on s/n on the pets. Since we don't breed more than a litter or two a year, if that.... where should the public get their pets? This crusade against commercial breeders is against ALL breeders. THAT's from where this onslaught of bills introduced across the country has arisen! In the eyes of HSUS, we are all puppy mills and breed only for money. Believe it. I sincerely hope they buy them from places that are sanitary, do health checks, etc., etc. I would prefer dogs from USDA kennels vs those smuggled in by the thousands with unknown diseases and diseases that have not reached our shores before. And won't go into the emotional stories about how young, and how they are brought in to the U.S. HSUS, always remember, wants NO breeding of animals... by us, or by anybody. JMO and I know many disagree. I disagreed with this myself until I read and researched and learned for myself. S On Mar 21, 2009, at 8:51:38 AM, sally <dan-ann@xxxxxxxx> wrote: But just the fact there is so much publicity on the lawsuit might open more peoples eyes Sally www.embroiderybysally.org -- Stormy Hope www.carpoc.org AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA Sunshine Squad <showgsd.org/sunshine.html) GSDs and more ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================