The names of those who have jumped on that bandwagon grows, but DeGeneris was there before. (Remember the hoopla about the rescue dog she gave to somebody and the rescue people had a "catfit?" Everybody is rushing to get shelter dogs and get some PR out of it! AND, before anybody jumps up and down at me, I BELIEVE that getting a dog from rescue or a shelter is great...I've done it and had a fantastic family dog for as long as she lived. However, this recent phenomenon is more of the pressure of the ARs NOT to buy from breeders... it becomes immoral!!!! Even my doctor, who knows and asks about my GSDs, told me she had a new dog, but "he's a rescue, of course." It was the "of course" that makes the difference. Of course a rescue and not a bad breeder. Stormy On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:52:43 AM, Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx wrote: You know I like watching ELLEN on TV in the morning, but I just got rather put off. She has Brian Williams on, TV anchor who showed pics of his shelter dog Lucy, clearly a white GSD and advocated to people to not get a "fluffy" purebred, get a rescue dog instead. Ellen's comment was you can see the look of gratitude from a rescue dog instead of some purebred. Have we knew people jumping on with our AR's here or simply uninformed? Perhaps a note to the show might help.....what do you think? _http://ellen.warnerbros.com/_ (http://ellen.warnerbros.com/) Molly ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================