HI Connie, I cropped your post, but the whole post was excellent. Thank you for bringing to light some of the truth of these types of Mills...and the Solution??? EDUCATION to the Public !!! Our AKC should stand behind the breeders and close down these types of places. There is one locally, even tho she is "in good standings with the AKC"...why??? because she gives them tons of money. She keeps 4 +female dashounds in with one male, she keeps 4+female yorkies in with one male, she keeps...oh...several other breeds like this...together. When she sees one looking "Pregnant"..ugh... she then brings them in to a smaller cage off the Groom area. It is disgusting to go there and see the poor animals...literally about 80 + dogs... in very small pens and all stuck together. They litteraly are begging to be touched and loved. Why has no one shut her down...because they are cleaned and fed and microchipped. PERIOD. She tried to get into the GSD business...but found out the VERY hard way that you can not keep 4 female GSD's..un socialized Breeding Stock..with one male together without someone bloodied up every other day. Most of her "Stock" as SHe calls it goes to Puppy Retailers, so she says. But, bottom line is, the AKC loves her. She is Pr ize to them. Vets locally love her too. She sends them Tons of business. You cannot tell me that I should be Proud to be a part of Our GSDCA Club after they just promoted the "King" of this Crap. Gail was so right, $$$$ talks, well... perhaps some of the $$$$ should WALK!!! Tari Kridler Home of 2003 Amer & Can GVX Kridler's Ruby and her Father 2 x Sel. Amer & Can Ch. Kridler's Quno @ http://www.kridlersgermanshepherds.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHGermanShepherdShowDogsList/join -----Original Message----- From: ValleSaladoGSD@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cropped Post: We AKC register our dogs and they don't care where they register them or even if they register them. This woman got mad at AKC because they gave her a hard time and she started registering her dogs with a registry called American Pet Registry . ( I think that is the right name) . People still buy those dogs . They either don't care or don't know any better. Somehow the public has to be educated and the good breeder has to be more visible. Brochures in the vets office , T shirts , what ever can be done. The government is not going to put them out of business because government is pro business. The government I think would be more likely to put us out of the breeding business because it is just a hobby . Connie ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ============================================================================ 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================