Hi; I seem to be on a roll tonight caughting up on the last couple of days mail. I would like to address the Puppy Mill issue. You will never out the big Puppy Mills out of business, for the reason they are a business. When AKC started with the DNA testing, is when the registrations form PM's started to drop. What did the PM's do, started their own register's. As long as the pet buying public can go into a pet store and lay down a credit card, you will never stop this. There was also an article in the Gazette a few years ago that basically addressed the fact that hobby breeders can not supply the public's demand for purebred dogs, so you will always have large volume breeders,PM's. There also was a mention on the Delegates list last week about an article where Hunte Corporation, who is a very large PM was given a $900,000 loan from the USDA to help them with improvements and financial problems, I believe bankruptcy. Guess our taxes paid for that loan. This is why I say there will never be an end to PM's since the USDA funds who they say is the enemy. I wonder what PETA and HSUS think about that! Cathy Kelstar Catherine Murch fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================