Posted on 04/10/2009 7:18:52 AM PDT by Pondo
The American public's perception of dogs and animal ownership is shifting. On one hand there is a healthy demand for puppies of all types including purebred, mutt & 'designer breeds'. On the other hand, there is the idea that all dogs should be adopted from a rescue kennel -- a laudable idea, but it will not satisfy all the demand for pure breds & 'designer breeds'. Witness Obama's inability to find a Portuguese Water Dog in a animal shelter. Guess what? Ain't happnin'!
I own a PWD. It's a small, tightly controlled breed. My portie is 7 years old. If I needed to give him up, his breeder would take him back in a heartbeat so that she could place him in another home (NOT RESELL HIM). That's the way a reputable private breeder works.
But the public doesn't understand this, and PETA tars hobby breeders with the same brush, and the politicians go along because of the $$$'s thrown at them by PETA & the ASPCA.
Of course you’re prejudiced, with good reason. Remember, I have met your dog.....
I'm sure they do their best. But there comes a time when the First Dog must move out of the White House. Does the dog have any attachment to the former First Family? My guess is very little.
This is just my opinion.
Amazing how this picture made me feel extremely sad. Reagan was a great president and today we have the gravest of all influencing every American’s life.
If there are First Kids, then the dog is doubtless familiar with them.
I understand that mongrels and mixed breeds are in, purebreds are out. Friend says that breed rescue groups have fewer and fewer takers. I was really lucky to find my purebred Keeshond in the pound years ago. They also had a lovely collie and a beautiful husky amongst the street doggies, some of which were fine animals too.
I hope to adopt another Kees one day from Keeshond Rescue. Perhaps a Cardigan Welsh Corgi too. I raised two litters of corgis years ago. Could not be finer little pets.
But so much for sentiment. What’s being done to counteract the PETA lunatics and protect our right to own dogs of our choosing? One would think that the hunting dog guys would take a huge interest in the issue.
From the article:
“Brown’s case was heard by District Justice James DeAngelo in South Coventry on March 31. She was found “not guilty” for each citation, the judge’s office confirmed Wednesday.”
I don't see that as true, but I suppose it depends on the breed in question. I think that there is a trend toward smaller dogs & away from the bigger breeds, but that is being anecdotal on my part. Many of the historically popular breeds: ie. goldens, collies, etc. would suffer if that were true. Not sure if that affects the overall numbers, however.
AKC, UKC et. al. provide stats on the numbers of litters registered, so this is what I would check. It would vary widely between breeds, I expect.
bttt
Maybe Joe told another one of his fibs about the kennel, and it got out of hand.
I must disagree with you on this one. There have been many dog lovers to live in the White House, and I don't know of a single instance of someone who was a dog lover prior to taking up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue abusing or neglecting a pet.
Mrs. Reagan's Cavalier King Charles was a long standing pet.
The Bush 2's had Spot, an English Springer Spaniel prior to taking up residence at the WH, and added the Scotties.
The Ford's Golden Liberty lived a long time and her descendents still grace Susan Ford's life.
And so on...
Buddy, unfortuntately, was a prop to try to deflect attention from Monica, and ended up living by himself at Chappaqua, escaping, and, if my memory serves me right, getting hit by a car.
Dogs enrich their owners' lives in so many ways. It's not fair to say that someone who lives in the WH can't/shouldn't have a dog. The WH is, above all, the residence of a family, and the families who live there must have some semblance of a normal life, pets included.
I'm sure the dog regrets it too.
Did Biden name his puppy “Chuck”?
bttt
April 10, 2009
Exclusive: PETA’s Pet Killing Program Set a New Record in 2008
Public Records: PETA Found Adoptive Homes for Less than 1 out of 300 Animals
Animal lovers worldwide now have access to more than a decade’s worth of proof that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) kills thousands of defenseless pets at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. Since 1998, PETA has opted to “put down” 21,339 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens instead of finding homes for them.
PETA’s “Animal Record” report for 2008, filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shows that the animal rights group killed 95 percent of the dogs and cats in its care last year. During all of 2008, PETA found adoptive homes for just seven pets.
Just seven animals — out of the 2,216 it took in. PETA just broke its own record.
Why would an animal rights group secretly kill animals at its headquarters? PETA’s continued silence on the matter makes it hard to say for sure. But from a cost-saving standpoint, PETA’s hypocrisy isn’t difficult to understand: Killing adoptable cats and dogs – and storing the bodies in a walk-in freezer until they can be cremated – requires far less money and effort than caring for the pets until they are adopted.
PETA has a $32 million annual budget. But instead of investing in the lives of the thousands of flesh and blood creatures in its care, the group spends millions on media campaigns telling Americans that eating meat, drinking milk, fishing, hunting, wearing leather shoes, and benefiting from medical research performed on lab rats are all “unethical.”
The bottom line: PETA’s leaders care more about cutting into their advertising budget than finding homes for the nearly six pets they kill on average, every single day.
The Virginia Beach SPCA, just down the road from PETA’s Norfolk headquarters, manages to adopt out the vast majority of the animals in its care. And it does it on a shoestring budget.
Years of public outrage has not been enough to convince PETA to eliminate its pet eradication program.
Now the death toll of animals in PETA’s care has reached 21,339, including more than 2,000 pets last year. That’s not an animal charity. It’s a slaughterhouse.
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
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