Re: [PyrNet-L] Re: [Pyr-Net]:breeding question/showing

["Thomas Sheehan" <tsheehan03@snet.net>]

Kelly:
Excellent! What ever happened to "Personal Responsibility" and
"Accountability?" Why do I or anyone else have to be punished for someone
elses actions? If you ever want to run for Public Office I will work very
hard for your election!

Terry


> In a message dated 03/11/2000 10:24:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> clhenke@juno.com writes:
>
> > The estimate of animals
> >  euthanized in this country is said to be around 6 million a year.
Surely
> >  you can understand why some of us consider the choice to breed as being
> >  of the utmost importance.  Pups should be brought into a world that
> >  cares, not destroys.
>
> But Cindy, those animals are not coming from responsible breeders, for the
> most part.  Would it be better for all the "good" breeders to stop
breeding
> dogs altogether and just let these other types take over?  Is that really
> going to solve the perceived problem of pet overpopulation?
>
> In my opinion, the crux of this societal issue is not really how many dogs
> are being produced, but a lack of commitment on too many owners and
breeders
> parts to take the responsibility of dog ownership and breeding as
seriously
> as we would like them to.
>
> If, as a consumer, a potential pet owner, I am in the market for a
purebred
> dog, the whole beauty of which should be predictability in looks and
> temperament and health, why shouldn't I be able to go to a responsible
> breeder (in good conscience) to get the best quality I possibly can and to
> increase my chances of getting precisely what it is I am looking for in a
> pet/companion/worker? Why should I feel obligated to bail a dog out of the
> pound or some other sorry situation simply because some idiot(s) allowed
it
> to get their in the first place?  Why should I or others like me serve as
yet
> another safety net for these types?  We just keep doing things, cleaning
up
> their messes, basically letting them "off the hook". Because of this, they
> will never change their ways.
>
> Why should I, as a breeder who attempts to the best of my ability to be
> accountable for every single puppy I bring into this world for life, feel
> guilty or in any way responsible about those dogs that have been discarded
> and are no longer wanted? It's not my fault they ended up in that
position.
> It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with me or my activities or my
> actions. I didn't fail those dogs, their breeders and/or owners did. Why
> should an educated and well-researched and committed prospective purebred
dog
> owner have an obligation to such dogs or be held accountable for that?
>
> Adopting a rescue or taking on a rehome is a wonderful and noble thing,
for
> those who are inclined to go that route, but it is not something that
anyone
> should feel *obligated* to do.  As far as I'm concerned, those who truly
feel
> so strongly about the woes and ills and failures of our society in these
days
> where the word commitment sometimes means nothing to many should consider
> fostering discarded and unwanted children and stop getting so worked up
about
> dogs.
>
> JMO to which I am entitled.
>
> Kelley
>
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