In a message dated 9/27/2006 10:00:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dir@xxxxxxxxxx writes: I knew gassing was not easy but i had NO idea it was so painful. You know, I read the same e-mail and vowed never to open another from the sender (Dawn). I'm so very tired of the spin and the sensationalism. I did some homework. They use carbon monoxide. If it's so darned awful how come entire families fall asleep and never wake up when their furnace malfunctions and their home fills with carbon monoxide? Ditto people that use generators indoors during a power outage or whose fireplace flue malfunctions? Or what about the person who warms the car up in the garage in the winter without opening the garage door and kills their family? (True, happened in a suburb of Philly last winter, husband started wife's car for her, he went to work, never realizing he didn't open the garage door.) Aren't THESE reasons why you need an alarm in your home for carbon monoxide???? BECAUSE YOU JUST FALL ASLEEP????? I'm all for breeding responsibly and taking darned good care of what you are responsible for. I'm all for lending a helping hand. BUT I WILL NOT BE MADE TO FEEL GUILTY by spin and sensationalism. I DID my homework. Locally, we have licensed vets who euthanize at the shelters and humane societies. I'm really sorry that in poor communities there are more pressing things to spend money on than vets to euthanize animals. I'm sorry that not ever community has the tax base to hire a vet put some poor animal out of its misery. I'm not even sure it makes sense to try to save every animal, especially those that will place a heavy burden re vet bills on finite rescue dollars, but what do I know? I KNOW I am tired of the spin! 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 ============================================================================