[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: They have the gold
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Showgsd-l <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:43:39 -0500
Here's another point of view...not AKC bashing, but a reasonable
approach to the whole scene, including the mixed breed scenario.
> Shared by Peggy...with permission
>
>> I don't think the AKC's actually looking ahead to that day.
>>Instead they're trying to figure out how to make money (instead of
>>losing money as I believe they will this year) without having to learn
>>to treat their customers -- breeders of purebred dogs -- decently.
>>
>>Look at all the other stuff: the AKC credit card, the hookup with
>>Cherryhill, PAWS (they were hoping to be Official Inspectors), their
>>backing of steps toward mandatory microchipping of U.S. dogs (they
>>hope to register them in their data base ... All attempts to tap new
>>markets so they don't have to succeed in the market that they've OWNED
>>for 120-some years, in which suddenly they are losing money while
>>everyone else does fine.
>>
>>Mixed breeds -- which would be 'registered' only for performance
>>events just as the United Kennel Club now does -- would be another
>>line of business for them.
>>
>>It's a good idea: it will bring new people into the world of
>>dogs and dog sports. But what the AKC needs isn't new ideas, but the
>>willingness, commitment, and competence to EXECUTE ideas well. If
>>they have that, then they will succeed either way; if they don't have
>>it, then they're going to be losers anyway.
>>
>>I expect I'll support this idea but it's not going to save the AKC's
>>bacon or turn them into an organization that will help us save
>>purebred dogs.
>>
>>Walt Hutchens
>>
>
>>
>>
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