There is a relatively new Petland in Georgetown, Texas. I was in there about a month ago. I have never been in one and wanted to check it out. There were MANY breeds of puppies for sale and I saw a German Shepherd puppy in there for sale too. The pup was about 3 months old. Grace Eaton Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx wrote: In a message dated 10/10/2006 12:25:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Well, I guess there is nothing in the stated purpose nor in the by-laws that would prohibit allowing a puppy mill owner or breeder or broker or any kind of creep into the club, so long as he or she wasn't breeding German Shepherds in the manner of puppymill dogs or for sale in petshops...he can do it with any other breed, or all other breeds, and it won't matter........there we have it. Of course, someone spoke earlier about German Shepherds being sold by the Hunte Corporation, so I guess it's all a matter of proving that he's mass produced them (obviously without the intent of following any of the Objectives of the Club)...so open your arms, folks, the mass producer/broker will soon be your equal in the eyes of the club... That was the same conclusion I reached when I read, re-read & posted the various parts of the bylaws that apply to membership when the topic of Hunte's application came up. BUT, Kathy Murch had an idea stemming from another breed club's bylaws; a paragraph somewhere in the purpose section of the bylaws disallowing any brokers, retailers or selling of puppies to the same. Boy, that seems to me an easy fix! I realize it would take the better part of a year to change. I would still change the membership requirements and bring back sponsors. I would definitely put some teeth into the breeders' code and ENFORCE it, but the paragraph mentioned above would require far less debate and who could argue with THAT? 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 ============================================================================ Grace Eaton Sirius German Shepherds zgrace_grace@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================