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    Must be Titled

    The above quote DOES sound like you are stating these things as fact, LizzieCollie. So the dog you saw was on TV. It is hard to judge something that you experience one dimensionally, don't you think? Even if the Poodle in question WAS snappy...you cannot base a judgment on the entire dog...
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    Must be Titled

    LizzieCollie, conformation means "practically, well a LOT!" sorry! Form follows function and the form needs to be correct in order to function. Yes, the dog should be able to do its job, but I also want it looking like its breed while doing it! Don't you?? Otherwise, why have breeds? Now, where...
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    To keep DewClaws or to not keep?

    Off with the dewclaws, I say! Strange that your vet won't do it. I'm sure the next one you call WILL. It is really not that big of a deal and sure can prevent injury in the future!
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Well, prove otherwise and I won't say that again! ;) You were the one going on about greed and money...I told you it wasn't so. Therefore I conclude dog showing is NOT your topic on which to speak intelligently. Sorry :)
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    I think my dog is pregnant.

    At five weeks post, you can STILL have her spayed...but I would not wait any longer!!
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Perhaps the very fact that you felt you needed to give tit for tat got YOU quite worked up as well!
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Well said!! Yes, I agree about JFrick's postings. How self-righteous, haughty, and a waste of everyone's time. How ridiculous to get one's kicks that way. Tsk, tsk is right.
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Those of us who are already doing these things agree with you. However I don't believe that the government should get involved to this extent.
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    That's not the way your post read. And no, I don't want a mutt. I want my chosen breed. I would not be a candidate for a mutt or shelter dog; therefore when I go and buy a dog from a responsible breeder (or breed one myself), the shelter dog is not losing a home in ME...because I was not...
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Don't be silly. Of course WE show the dogs...but the dogs win the points/ribbons/kudos on their own merits when shown so as to demonstrate their best points. Oh yeah...there's money involved alright....hundreds in gas, thousands in show supplies, hundreds in entry fees, hundreds in motel rooms...
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Yep, it does, doesn't it? Hi Summit. I like your posts so far.
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Thanks RR! This looks like a neat forum!
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Definitely sounds like a responsible breeder! :) I bred my first litter this year (well, last year technically--born in February); and while I am unable to foster dogs NOW...I spent my first several years involved in my breed DOING rescue, fostering dogs, one after the other. It gave me a...
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    The owner does not "win a title"...the DOG does. Responsible breeders don't breed to "get the perfect dog"..b/c there is no such thing. Greed?? Let's talk about GREED: backyard breeders counting the cash as it rolls in on their untested, untitled, ill-temperemented (perhaps) Fluff and Muff and...
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    I respectfully disagree with you. Pish, tosh...the people that dump their dogs in shelters don't know the FIRST THING about breed standards...they don't care about "the perfect dog"....that is BS...dogs get dumped in shelters because people buy/adopt on impulse and get more than they bargained...
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    Your Definition of Ethics

    Statistics show that it IS those one-time breeders (your "lazy guy") that cumulatively make up the GREATEST population of puppies out there. Sure, ONE guy with an accidental (or out of ignorance) litter of puppies is a drop in the bucket...but multiply that by millions (look at the big...
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