> Oh, are you ever naive!
It’s been a while since I’ve been called naive. The last time was by somebody — like you — who disagreed with me.
> As a former breeder & exhibitor, I have to say that on the surface this is reasonable.
Because it is.
> That said, I have known, and known of other, breeders who had valuable animals stolen and then later ended up in shelters.
No excuse. As a former breeder and exhibitor you should know better. Nobody should ever be able to get anywhere near your animals. What do you do — keep free-range dogs or something? Here in NZ breeders keep them in proper kennels. Valuable breeding animals and their litters they keep under lock-and-key with alarms and the whole nine yards.
> The way this would work is that the animals are ‘released’ by the activist scum, then get picked up. Second time, mandatory spay/neuter.
Ergo, take better care of your animals. Activist scum should never be in any position to “release” your dogs.
This two-strikes-and-your-snipped sounds like a fine measure which I still whole-heartedly endorse. I wish they had the good sense to implement something similar here in New Zealand.
Excuse me for living; I fell off a hearse!
I would not have deigned to reply had I know you lived in the great and wonderfully perfect land on Non-Nuclear, Peace-loving, Criminal Free, Socialist Paradise of New Zealand.
Go F yourself, Mr. Self Righteous.
My Border Collie came from a farm. I doubt their dogs are locked up. At $500/pup, it isn’t a big commercial site. The pups are bred for work, not show.
Don’t know about NZ, but in the USA, a lot of good breeders produce 1-2 litters/year. They live in the back yard and house, not under lock and key.
A rancher friend of mine has Border Collies that live under the house. No locks anywhere for them.