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To: Mr Rogers

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


21 posted on 02/08/2009 9:30:59 AM PST by Mr Rogers (And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way - Reagan)
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To: Mr Rogers
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.

28 posted on 02/11/2009 6:30:39 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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