tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post9051472353802582143..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: An AKC Judge Discovers the AKC Defends Monstrous Institutionalized CrueltyPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-72225783023629477712014-07-01T14:15:30.283-04:002014-07-01T14:15:30.283-04:00So glad for your insight on these matters. So many...So glad for your insight on these matters. So many "dog men" are knee-jerk right-wingers. I have followed the puppy mill thing in Missouri via some working hound websites, and have to "deconstruct" to get what's going on. In my own state of North Carolina, I feel trapped between the liberals( pro PETA and HSUS and anti-hound sport, but I am a Democrat) and the bulk of my fellow beaglers, who are politically anathema to me, but,by and large,are my allies on most hound issues. I took bitter pleasure when our Republican governor turned coat recently and squeezed all dog men in order to,ostensibly,fight puppy mill excesses. Thanks, again, for your sane and incisive analysis of these issues. Also,glad to see you got two pups. Two raise easier than one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581906027209733329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-81412987454181050482014-07-01T11:35:10.451-04:002014-07-01T11:35:10.451-04:00I agree that it takes courage to fight the AKC -- ...I agree that it takes courage to fight the AKC -- I too saw some of that when AKC announced they were going to register puppy mill dogs at Petland”.<br /><br />But the flutter faded pretty quickly. <br /><br />Yes, people were willing to send a letter or two, and cluck privately. A very few were willing to speak from the floor at an AKC board meeting. <br /><br />But the AKC is insulated from criticism and simply rolled forward. <br /><br />The AKC does not have true members, and if someone leaves a breed club they are replaced faster than a drug runner on the streets of Baltimore. In the end, the best anyone can do is what has been done here -- post a piece in the show and trade journals decrying what the AKC has done to dogs, and/or send it around to the blogs. And, of course, the AKC simply waits for that to sink below the surface.<br /><br />Of course, most of the show magazines and web sites will not print dissent, or will not allow very much of it. It's a bit like the Catholic church and pedophilia -- the folks who subscribe to and post ads in the National Catholic Register are not going to be too thrilled to read about boy buggery, and the same is true for puppy mills and pet shop horrors. <br /><br />THOSE people exists, both sides sniff, and **really** the church must “do more,” but it has nothing to do with us. <br /><br />And then they pay their fees, pass the plate, and the abuse rolls forward. Because with their feet, and their wallets, they sanction it. It's the Big Wink, and it's been going on for more than 50 years.<br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-3291524124756631722014-07-01T07:58:15.415-04:002014-07-01T07:58:15.415-04:00Dear Patrick,
When we were fighting the Dog Wars (...Dear Patrick,<br />When we were fighting the Dog Wars (trying to prevent AKC recognition (stalking) of the Border Collie, I met many fine AKC members and officials who had been members for years and years, deplored the stupid AKC policies and were trying to change things from within. Although I wasn't optimistic about their prospects, they took real risks and faced hard criticism from their doggy peers. I did and do admire them.<br /><br />Donald McCaigDonald McCaighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890894628274998487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-43696339392835442252014-06-30T19:07:32.263-04:002014-06-30T19:07:32.263-04:00I read the article and figured that there would be...I read the article and figured that there would be someone having a meltdown over "animal rights" groups in the comments.<br /><br />And yep, the first commenter does that.<br /><br />I hardly think a show dog judge can be called an "animal rights fanatic."Garnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708117591028699227noreply@blogger.com