Go get them, Anja. Much of the media now is jumping on the bandwagon of "evil breeders," "buy" (my word) from a shelter. I would love to see some good PR come from the various registries. Back to letter writing, being defensive rather than proactive, because the time is not there right now for the proactive because of all the defending. I know what I said Stormy On Apr 9, 2009, at 12:06:16 AM, "Anja Heibloem-Stroud" <Anja_Heibloem-Stroud@xxxxxxx> wrote: As a breeder for 35 years, who treats her dogs as members of the family, I was disgusted by your program labeling "BREEDERS" as evil and lower forms of life. The dogs you had on the show were beautiful Goldens, obviously NOT sick and dreadful or from a bad breeder. -- 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/ ============================================================================