In a message dated 8/22/06 9:53:48 PM Central Daylight Time, fhenry1@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > Maybe we should be talking to the news media about how to find a healthy > > puppy, and how our people are running breed rescues all over America > > I think Connie is absolutely on target. We HAVE to change the dynamic, or > we're going to LOSE!! > > we are trying. next month we will have the 1st breed rescue and education fair in this area, sponsored by a local vet hospital. each breed - and there are about 15 of us - will have its own booth where we will have educational materials as well as applications to foster and adopt. meriel and novartis are also participating, as well as a local search and rescue team. besides raising money for the participating rescues, out main objective is to try and educate the public on proper animal care, socialization and health issues. we will have 1 radio station, 1 newspaper, the local pbs station and the local affilates for cbs and abc present. it's a start. diane Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Roger Caras ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================