I like Suzanne's idea for a commercial, too, LOL! I also agree with Barb that AKC needs to promote their registry as the choice among serious breeders. But they also need to change their long time policy of registering everything from registered stock, regardless of quality or health. There are backyard litters that obviously had some long-ago late night visitors bred in, and barely resemble the breed they are supposed to be. I realize that not every litter can be checked, but if these are reported and looked into, perhaps future registrations on those lines should be revoked. Same as dogs passing high percentages of serious health problems. Most responsible breeders rule those out on our own, but puppy mills continue to produce and sell these to unsuspecting buyers as long as the poor dam can still 'pop them out'! Same for backyard breeders - they don't put any guarantee on their puppies. Janice In a message dated 10/9/2006 11:44:47 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx writes: SUZANNE: EXCELLENT IDEA FOR A WESTMINSTER COMMERCIAL.. !!! In my personal opinion, for what it is worth, one of the AKC'S biggest problems and most miserable failure, has always been that they have never spent the money to educate the public on the different registeries out there and actually explain, to the Public via Pet Shop and Newspaper and Magazine and TV ads, etc... why AKC is the Registry of choice among Serious Breeders... I think they depended on the Serious breeders to handle all of that for them, when they should have been advertising the Serious breeder and Ballyhooing loud and clear the ADVANTAGES of purchasing an AKC REGISTERED DOG from a RESPONSIBLE BREEDER and the AKC SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONDEMNING the PUPPY MILLS!!! But they were straddling a barbwire fence trying to gain advantage all the way around...and Make MONEY!!! ... I personally, believe that it has come back to bite them in the behind, with this Petland/Hunte deal...JMO barb Williams ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================