Posted on 02/08/2009 7:50:00 AM PST by andrew roman
BTW - I’m not an AKC fan, but I LOATHE PETA!
Leave it to PETA to take a problem that needs fixing and turn it into the absolutely absurd. The fact puppy mills often mistreat animals has no bearing on people who breed dogs for quality.
legal rights for animals? does this mean i can get my dog a social security number and call him a deduction on my taxes?
Not unless you expect to work in the Obama administration.
I find it ironic that these PETA jackasses are likely the same liberals who say 'gays are born that way' and we should respect that. If 'born that way' is good enough for gays, then its good enough for my dog, damn it.
If and when I get another Belgian, it will be through a rescue. Don't think I'll ever get another puppy- forgot how much work they are!
these PETA folks sound like some freepers on South bashing threads
We just got an Aussie puppy for my daughter last May(from a very reputable breeder - her first litter in several years). I love our Aussies. My old dog will not be with us much longer, I am afraid, and I know I do want another dog when he is gone. I just don't think I can go through the puppy thing again. What a lot of work! It's a good thing we used to work with the local Aussie rescue group. We should be able to find a suitable adult. ;-)
We see show-type Labs come out to the hunting retriever tests who won't pick up a bird or even a bumper. They've had the desire to retrieve bred right out in favor of good looks . . . which to somebody who wants to use a Lab for the purpose intended, aren't good looks at all: too short-legged and WAY too fat!
On the other hand, a mellow show-type Lab is a lot better bet for a couch potato family dog than one of my high-octane, revved-up, hyperactive roughnecks. That's why Marley was such a Very Bad Dog for his family -- he should have been out doing 200-yard blind retrieves, that would have settled him right down.
But - with all that said - I HATE PETA. They aren't interested in animals at all, just their radical political agenda to which animals are merely a means. I would encourage my Labs to bite them, but they might catch a disease.
If my younger girl's hips and eyes come back o.k., we may be having MULTIPLE puppies (silly us - we know better . . . but they would be wonderful retrievers).
We agree. Good retrievers and good herd dogs are difficult to breed for, and the required instincts are quickly lost if bred for anything other than work. It MAY be that well bred Labs and Border Collies are more than the average owner can handle, but that is a good reason for the average owner to get a mutt from the pound. I have a well bred Border Collie who loves to play, but who also loves to sleep on our feet.
. . . but I saw the BC in the herding group at Westminster, and . . . my gosh! What a perfumed, fluffy, blow-dried, snow-white and enameled-black Prissy Face! It was a horrible sight.
I think I'm glad I missed the Labs . . . . funny that a Sussex won BIS, when's the last time THAT happened?
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