In a message dated 10/13/2006 7:57:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sanderhaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: i know personally of horses that were amish carriage horses that were saved from auction skinny and lame. pretty bad an animal works for you all it's life then you don't want to feed it anymore. susan Want to know what happens to race horses that can't run anymore and have too many issues to be riding horses? Or what about the mares, bred year after year, standing in stalls only inches wider than they are, hooked up to all sorts of apparatus so that their urine can be collected to make the drug Premerin for post menopausal women? What about hack horses rented out to God knows who? Don't even get me started on what can be done to show horses. Horses have it rather tough actually. The Amish are farmers. (Many of their carriage horses are rejects from Standerbred tracks; the whole lot of those are "skinny and lame"). When an animal has outlived its usefulness the Amish usually don't put it out to pasture. In the meantime, they treat it well and not unkindly. I don't fault them for that. The whole notion of "animal as part of a family" is ours, not theirs. Kathy member GSDCA, DVGSDC three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here! visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) ============================================================================ 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================