Re: [pyrnet] CHAT: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ...

[clhenke@juno.com]

Permision to crosspost.
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Pat and others concerned
Here are the specific states that the auctions will take place.

----- Original Message -----
From: "VICTORIA KING" <hero@bigplanet.com>
To: "MOreRescue" <morerescue@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:44 AM
Subject: voices First Champion Dog Auction - read and weep


> Be Careful What You Wish For
> by Kim Townsend
> December 30, 2000
>
> The postcard arrived in my mailbox a few days after Christmas.
"Announcing
> our First Annual Sale of It's Kind".
>
> "On Feb. 17th at 10:00 a.m. year 2001. It will happen. All Young Dogs.
They
> will be between 8 months and 16 months old. Approximately 175 at this
age.
> No culls here, and we have done all the work for you. Championship
> pedigrees, micro-chipped, dogs from Florida, Kentucky and California.
> International Champions and Foundation Breeding stock."
>
> I've been following dog auctions in the Midwest for about seven years
now,
> and I have never seen a dog auction like this. It appears that a
company
has
> made it its business to search the world over for quality, champion,
> rare-breed dogs. They will then offer these dogs to the four-state area
> (Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma) by way of a dog auction.
>
> Affenpinchers, Lhasas, Maltese, Papillons, Chins, Schips, JRTs, Doxies,
> Berners, Cavaliers, Dogue-De-Bordeaux, Frenchies, Brussels, Dandie
Dinmonts,
> Spanish Mastiffs, English Toy Spaniels, Bostons, Cockers, Poms, Rat
> Terriers, Shih Tzu, Toy Poodles, Westies and Bull Mastiffs.
>
> "Many males and females of each breed so prices will be reasonable. A
few
> 3-4 month old Championship pedigree puppies will be offered at sale
date
> (Ex. King Charles from England). Also 15-20 3-4 year old dogs will be
> offered. One of those will be a four year old male Papillon that is an
> International Champion brought in from Canada."
>
> For two years I have harped on the importance of properly defining the
term
> "puppy mill". Many people still believe that a puppy mill is a place
that
> doesn't breed dogs of type and soundness. A place that doesn't breed
dogs
> that have been proven to be the best in their breed or dogs that have
come
> from a long line of proven champions.
>
> As the old saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for...." Are the dogs
any
> better off now that the commercial breeders are trying to select
quality
> breeding stock to produce puppies for the world's pet shops? Will the
> Champion Papillon suffer any less when his show days are over and he is
> placed in a tiny wire cage to live out his life? Will his feet hurt any
less
> as the wire wears calluses on his pads? Will his years of training for
being
> the happy-go-lucky Papillon you saw in the show ring endure the lack of
> socialization he will encounter his remaining days? Will the quality
puppies
> he produces justify his broken spirit?
>
> What is a puppy mill? We are all entitled to our own opinion, but if
you
> have any doubts that remain, please attend this dog auction on Feb.
17th,
> 2001. I will have more details about the auction on my website when
they
> become available.
>
> Kim Townsend
> www.nopuppymills.com
>
> Please pass this article on to other breed organisations and lists you
> belong to.  There is more information on the website.
>
> Apologies if this reaches you more than once.
> Victoria King
> hero@bigplanet.com
> Chinese Crested Rescue ( + other small dogs)
> Orlando, Florida
> Hero's Waggin Train
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