Lewis Moon

Form follows function, I guess...or at least should. If that function is to be pretty and stoopid, then I guess that's what you breed for. I, however, would question your priorities.

Little dog fans please look away: Did you see the abomination that won? I loved what Terrierman said about the winner (Ok, Ok, I'm sure that Terrierman is just incendiary enough to have some detractors here, but so far, I like his stuff)

My 88 year old mother tells stories of the collie she grew up with during the depression on a farm in Ohio. The one that sticks in my mind was when one of their hens laid a clutch of eggs under the hen house. She was so secretive they thought a fox had gotten her and didn't notice anything until they heard the chicks peeping. Mom was tasked with crawling under and rounding up the chicks. When she went in, the collie went in with her and rounded up every chick, individually, and held it between his paws until mom could grab it and put it in a basket. Since yesterday I've been trying to get folks from other websites to notice the BOB collie story and tragedy that the AKC is prepetuating in the name of "pretty". Everyone I've personally talked to has shaken their heads and said "how horrible", but not much more, and I have yet to see this story in any major publication. It's as if they all want to see the Westminster as a fun, quirkey, eccentric, feel good story, rather than dealing with the dark underbelly that is the AKC. "Look! Something shiny!!" The BOB collie story is the type of bombshell that could change things. There is NO up side to passing on a horrible and ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE trait in the name of beauty (and personal agrandizement). We need to really get this out there. The AKC needs to change or go away.

This makes me want to throw up.

Obviously, since you seem to be ascribing some ulterior motive, I surely must have done it just to piss people off. Really, I must have seriously miscalculated the thickness of skin. I'll aggressively self edit to account for everyone's sensabilities in the future.

Don't shoot the messenger. Simply pointing out an article on a very well traveled website.

I saw this article and really wondered where to put it; rescue or politics. Since it's rather pointed I thought I'd put it here with the thick skinned folks.... Slate Article

We've fed Cerb Kirkland for the last 17 months and he's doing very well. Beautiful coat, lots of energy, great weight and firm stool.

Speaking from the other end of the spectrum; Cerb is an incredibly submissive dog and won't even fight back. Last night while walking him to the ball field he got rushed and bowled over by an agressive dog and proceeded to roll over in the puppy "don't kill me" pose. However, the other dog wouldn't quit and started snapping at his neck. (he's OK) It's my job as "alpha" to protect him and I failed. Like some country rube visiting the big city, Cerb believes that EVERY dog wants to play with him, up to the point where he gets rolled. You can almost see the disbelief in his eyes. I always keep the lead handy when I'm walking in "congested" areas. I may not have to be apologize or pay vet bills, but I don't want Cerb to get hurt because of my inattention.

Mr. McCaig is contributing to the delinquency of a minor: I caught my eleven year old daughter up an hour past bedtime last night. She was reading "Nop's Trials" by flashlight.

Ex was a vet. When she worked in the rural part of the state she averaged patching up or putting down about a dog a month from jumping out of the back of a moving pickup. She had one goob admit that it was the third dog he had lost that way. She just about hit him.

I always love the ads where the owner is looking to breed their dog so the kids can have the experience of puppy birth and rearing. I say just haul the curtain climbers down to the maternity room the next time mom mistakes the baby asprin for her BC pills.

Thanks for the work and love you are putting in with Kelso. Karma is a lot like physics; what you put in is what you get back....and that goes for the puppy mill folks too.