PETA’S KKK CAMPAIGN - PURE BRED DOGS AND THE MASTER RACE

Roman Around ^ | 8 February 2009 | Andrew Roman

[andrew roman]

The American Kennel Club (AKC) and the Ku-Klux Klan are probably two organizations that don't draw any immediate parallels in the minds of most Americans. When the 133rd annual Westminster Dog Show airs on the USA Network next week, it is probably a safe bet that the last things that will pop into the skulls of the sane are burning crosses, lynchings and white hoods.

Then, of course, there's PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) - the radical organization of unhinged moonbats that advocates moral and legal equality between human beings and animals. This is the same fanatical group of dangerous malcontents with direct ties to domestic terrorist groups like the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).

Their latest campaign of dementia equates Klansmen with AKC dog breeders - not unlike the "Holocaust on Your Plate" campaign from earlier this decade that associated steak and slaughtered Jews.

They've taken what they obviously think is a brilliant approach to a problem that, to them, is as serious as any facing America right now. They've created a ...

[Mr Rogers]

BTW - I’m not an AKC fan, but I LOATHE PETA!

[yazoo]

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.

[madamemayhem]

legal rights for animals? does this mean i can get my dog a social security number and call him a deduction on my taxes?

[anniegetyourgun]

Not unless you expect to work in the Obama administration.

[rintense]

Oh geez, these PETA nuts have no clue about dog breeds. Border Collie's are herding dogs. They are pre-wired to do it and aren't happy unless they're doing some form of herding, whether its other animals, kids, or simply chasing balls. My Belgian is exactly the same. He is bred for herding sheep (his father was a champion at herding, agility, tracking and obedience). He herds other dogs at the dog park, as it evident by the high pitched bark he throws from his throat when chasing them. He's tried to herd kids, goats and cows too. It is simply who he is.

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!

[wardaddy]

these PETA folks sound like some freepers on South bashing threads

[aberaussie]

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!

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. ;-)

[AnAmericanMother]

I'm not a big fan of the AKC, simply because they promote conformation above everything else (including temperament and the abilities peculiar to a given breed).

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.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, yes, the puppy thing! And with an Aussie that must be almost as exciting as a field-bred Lab . . . talk about bouncing off the walls (at shoulder height) . . . .

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).

[Mr Rogers]

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.

[AnAmericanMother]

I do hope the Border Collie people's fears about what the AKC is going to do to the breed are unfounded . . .

. . . 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?