Posted on 07/16/2011 5:49:11 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
“Don’t you see that this is not only a freedom-destroying line of thought, it has exactly the opposite effect from that you say you want?”
This is a conservative site - not a anarchist one. There are laws in place for a reason. Just because they exist doesn’t mean you live in a police state. You profit off of an industry which can and does have an external affect on the public. There has been and will continue to be push-back when we have to deal with your nonsense. Don’t like the laws? Work on changing them and convincing the public that your plan will prevent our neighborhoods from being inundated with dropped off dogs and our tax bills increasing.
>You’re seriously trying to equate your sloppy business practices to school funding?<
KB, I have a lot of respect for you. You and I agree on many, many things, including a dislike for backyard and commercial pet breeders who treat animals as products. And, I share your obvious respect for our country’s ideal of freedom and conservatism.
I haven’t bred a litter since 2001, BTW. It was a whopping 2 pups, both of which I kept until they were 6 months. I then neutered the “pet” quality male and sold him at a price where I recovered the cost of raising him. I do not believe in selling intact dogs to pet homes, but I make sure the surgery is done so there is no chance for someone to lie to me. His now-neutered champion brother, never bred BTW, is snoozing in the other room on DH’s lap. I NEVER in the time I raised show dogs, EVER raised more than 2 litters in a calendar year.
Dogs I sold for pet or for show were transferred with a contract stating that, if the buyer cannot or won’t keep the animal, it comes back to me, period. I’ve taken a few back, a fair percentage teen-aged, due to death of the owner or due to moving. I do not “dump” dogs on municipalities. Oh by the way, I’ve fostered more than a couple of “rescue” dogs, and have assisted rescue through the years.
Just as you don’t want to be taxed for animal control, I am well within my rights to state that I resent having to pay for public lands and for public money going to provide activities for little Bubba to play ball sports on every public school campus or public park in my area.
Like it or not, the vast majority of animal control costs are due to the owners of dogs, not to the producers, even the commercial ones. AKC statistics show that the majority of dog “breeders” (they don’t keep records on cats, obviously) register 1 litter throughout their pet owning histories.
Keep one thing in mind. IF the producers (commercial & backyard) were shunned by customers, they’d soon not be in the business of pet exploitation. I hold every person responsible who goes into a pet store and comes out with a living “product”. Sadly, it is these animals, who, do to temperament and behavior problems, end up being surrendered by shelters/pounds. It has been said that people spend far more time researching the purchase of a television than they do a living animal that has the potential to live 15-20 years.
It is the single pet owner who thinks nothing of giving away the family pet for convenience. Sadly, these owners take the hapless animals to the pound, convincing themselves that their animal will surely find a lovely home in the country, “with room to run”. We know the truth.
I profit? Did you read anything I have written at all?
I am not a breeder. I am a hobby competitor. I have never made ONE thin dime from my dogs.
Your mind is made up, and it's obviously not possible to confuse you with the facts. You're in favor of overbearing government regulation, so long as it isn't your ox that is gored. But your turn will come, and you'll have that many fewer people to speak on your behalf.
Not enough for a coat, but if she lets them get a little bigger...
It took me over a year to find a sort-of-mostly collie or sheltie at a shelter. All any shelter within 30 miles of me had were pit mixes and hounds. I wanted one that at least looked kinda-like a Terhune dog.
Are your dogs Belgian shepherds?
Yep! Belgian Sheepdogs, Groenendaels.
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