[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: please explain re: AKC
- From: "Ellen Penington" <epeningt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>, <sally@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:30:38 -0600
I can't believe ANTONE truely involved and in love with this breed can
acually support puppy mills in front of the entire fancy???????
Kathy, what are you thinking about???
Ellen Penington
El Dorado German Shepherds
www.eldoradogsd.com
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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:23 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: please explain re: AKC
>
> In a message dated 3/13/2007 8:59:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> sally@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Voting yes to Petland
>
>
>
> I saw this from another perspective. The AKC has a new Family Pet type
> magazine, they want families involved and when you consider roughly 20%
> of
> puppies sold are purchased from "hobby breeders", I saw this (registering
> puppies
> at time of purchase) as reaching out to (some of) the other 80%, bringing
> them
> into the fold and perhaps raising the bar so to speak.
>
> Naturally, there'd be the added advantage of increased registrations and
> larger numbers re fighting "bad" legislation. (The conspiracy buffs will
> say
> it's all about dollars; the AKC IS a registry and yes, registration
> dollars ARE
> important.)
>
> Yes, I know, I know, those puppies had a rough start in life in many
> cases,
> but accepting the fact that 20% isn't going to morph into enough puppies
> to
> satisfy the need for puppies, why not be proactive to improve their lots
> and
> reach out and educate? Rather than wait to see if they stumble across the
> AKC
> and all of the programs and events? When the overall #s (clubs etc.) are
> down and the population of enthusiasts is aging? I thought capturing their
> info
> at the point of sale was OK.
>
> Put another way, what would you do to reach out to the other 80%? They
> are
> going to buy a puppy whether you approve of where they got it of not.
> So...how do you reach them?
>
> Kathy
> member GSDCA, DVGSDC
> three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here!
>
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