Genocide California Style AB 1634, by Kerrin Winter Churchill

kerrinw — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:29:00 GMT

Its late in Ohio. One O'clock in the morning and I should be sleeping but there's a fire inside my head and sleep just won't come. I can't stop thinking about the farm dogs in California - the ones that herd sheep, head cattle and make short work of long days for the rancher.

No offense (as my 10 year old niece would say) but who's idiotic idea was AB 1634 and have they ever stepped out of their tidy little neighborhoods and breathed in fresh country air? If they did, maybe their thinking caps would be working. Thinking is weak on this bill and it is obvious that the authors know nada about the nature of dogs.

For a true animal advocate, there's a lot of things to hate about AB 1634 but the bottom line is this: it will eliminate breeding stock for all dogs that do not compete in an official capacity through a registry.

Here's a good example of what I'm "talking" about - some dog breeders don't have time or the desire to show off their dogs. They breed dogs in the most traditional sense of all - because they need willing, capable working partners to help them run the farm or ranch. A good dog that is busy actually earning a living, by pushing stock, bringing home the cows, making sure the chickens don't escape, keeping predators away from young lambs, etc., is exactly the kind of dog that should reproduce because they are useful and willing workers - Darwin's dream dog. But now here's the rub - stock dogs/farm dogs, they are working dogs - not always registered and hardly ever used in any form of competition - so under the guidelines of AB 1634 - they are not worthy to reproduce. The bill is idiocy personified.

While I am an advocate of showing dogs in performance events and the conformation arena, it is pretty obvious to me, as it should be to anyone who has open eyes to see, that dogs that actually perform in real condtions - rather than the made up conditions of the performance "arena", need to keep their reproductive "equipment" intact so that their special talents and qualities can be passed on for generations to come.

All AB 1634 will do is raise up the price for young dogs and cause a blackmarket for them before the bottom falls out and dogs become extinct. If this bill pases, watch for cost increases and the rise of pet theft in California as theives take advantage of a weak supply in a strong demand market.

Can you imagine the extinction of the species we know as dogs? I can. That's why I am up so late typing on this keyboard. Authors, while you might think you're helping to eliminate the unruly dogs of South or East LA with this bill, all you are really going to do is cause the average dog (or cat) lover to spend more for a pet - because it will be harder to find youngsters to buy. Meanwhile, ranchers will have to invest in more men and fourwheelers to do the job of one good stock dog.

...and do you think gang members won't find a way to breed their dogs? Sure they will. They're criminals - here's a newslfash - criminals break laws all the time.

Only a very small percent of the population show their dogs in any kind of competition enough to quantify keeping their dogs' overies and testicals intact under AB 1634. The rest will have to be sexually altered. If this happens - if the lawmakers decide against the dog tomorrow morning - then the begining of the end will be in place - the clock will begin ticking down towards the extinction of the species we know as dogs.

Wanna know why? Because good dog breeders need more than a pair of dogs to create a family tree and sometimes the best mating partner is not a competition dog. When you hear an "instant dog expert" negaitvely describing "inbred" purebred dogs - he or she is talking about a very narrow family tree. If AB 1634 is passed, the canine family tree will be pruned severely and will begin to resemble a telephone pole. Shelter dogs are always spayed and neutered so there will be no viable breeding pairs coming from shelters.

One neutered shelter dog male + one spayed shelter dog female = 0 puppies.

One neutered stock dog male + one spayed stock dog female = 0 puppies.

If this scenario begins to spread, how long do you think it will be until there are no dogs at all?

About 10 to 15 years - the life span of the average dog.

Remember what "they" say.

Extinction is forever.

Please God, let the nice men and women voting tomorrow morning be dog lovers. I pray they Vote No on AB 1634. Amen.

ANIMAL RIGHTS, A CULTURE OF CONFUSION, by Kerrin Winter-Churchill

kerrinw — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:22:00 GMT

Almost everyone I know is an animal lover and yet, so often we stand divided by something I call "The culture of confusion". "I believe in animal rights" says a friend of mine - (a fellow breeder) who ads, "all animals have the right to be cared for and fed and be treated well" she continues, as her latest litter of "hopefulls" chew on the livingroom sofa. As she stoopes down to pick up soggy newspaper, the puppies run to her, hoping for some affection and they are not dissapointed. One by one my friend picks up the puppies, kissing each one before putting it down for another.

Clearly she loves her breed and I know from experience that potential owners will be heavily screened before they'll ever be privledged to sign a buyer's contract and take home one of her babies. But for all the studying she has done on breeding and cultivating bloodlines, my friend has sequestered herself from the outside world - a world that threatens her very passion - "I don't listen to any of those news stories" says my friend. "I have enough to think about. "When someone sends me an e-mail about animal rights, I just hit the delete key." My stomach sinks when I hear these words because I don't have the luxary of isolation. I have lived in the broader scope of dogs for too long and I see so clearly that my dear friend hasn't a clue to what the expression "Animal Rights" really means. She is not alone. Another of my aquaintences is, like me, a professional photographer with a speciality in dogs. He works for all the major dog publications and is a reliable worker at the really big dog shows such as Westminster and the AKC Eukanuba Invitational. He makes his living off of dogs and yet, if you ask him, he will tell you "I believe in animal rights." When first he said this to me, I was thunder-struck. Surely I had misunderstood. I asked him to explain his position and he said, "Of course animals have the right to not be mistreated. They should have the right to be well fed and loved and have a good life. That's why I support animal rights groups. They will make sure that laws are changed in favor of the animals."

Now I would like to think that these two misguided animal lovers were isolated cases. Surely anyone who is involved in the world of dogs should know that animal rights activists want to outlaw breeding. Dog lovers should understand that animal rights activists are intentionally or unintentionally promoting the extinction of the species that we all know and love as dogs - but just like my misguided friends, they do not know this because they are the type of animal lover who acts and thinks purely on emotion rather than taking the time to read and research. Making matters worse, when these people hear voices like mine they think "Alarmists" - stirring up the energy in an otherwise "don't worry, be happy" kind of world. I have learned that to make my aquaintences understand the dire times in which we are living, an economy of words is needed.

Emotional reactives have a short attention span. And so, animal advocates who understand that the animal rights movement is subversive and omnipresent must come up with a simple and direct language to use with their fellow dog lovers. No one that I know actually wants to see dogs as a species extinguished from our society - but in my opinion, that is where we as a society are headed unless we can make all dog loving people aware of what is really going on. Simply put, if dog breeding is banned - there will be no more puppies. Without puppies, there will be no more dogs. Sure, if all breeders are banned from creating puppies, shelter dogs will suddenly be in demand. But what do we do once all the spayed and neutered shelter dogs are adopted? Where will one go to buy a dog? Where will your children's children find a dog?

In the History Museum.

Dog lovers who support Animal Rights groups are confused. Of course animals should be well cared for and humanely treated - we all believe in "Animal Welfare" which should not to be confused with the term "Animal Rights". The expression Animal Rights represents an anti-animal movement in our society that will end in the separation of humans and animals - with the eventual extinction of domestic animals.

"Will dogs become extinct? The question is best answered with another question. Do you believe in supporting animal rights? If you do, than the answer is yes, they probably will become extinct. Now, here's one more question for you; is that your intended outcome?

Ten years or more ago, I stumbled upon a book "The Hijacking of the Humane Movement" by Patti Strand and it opened my eyes. Before then, I was still the same old dog breeder - an advocate of beautiful, performance dogs bred to the standard but I was confused by those HSUS direct mail pieces, the pleas from emerging groups like PETA who begged for money on behalf of all the homeless dogs. Somehow those letters made my neck hair bristle but I didn't really know why. I had long volunteered at local animal shelters (my work with local shelters dates back to the seventies and I have been involved in rescue work for just as long - way before it became the trend) but it wasn't until I read Mrs. Strand's book that my eyes were opened wide. Since then, I have witnessed first-hand, the demise of my favorite animal welfare shelter which fell prey and was taken over by an aggresive animal rights board. I watched in horror as excellent and effective animal welfare employees - who had dedicated their lives for the sake of animal welfare - were professionally destroyed by a new regime which cared nothing for the individual human or animal. Mrs. Strand's book gave me the words to understand what was taking place before my very eyes.

Now I am writing for the group that Strand so dilligently created. If you are reading this and my words resonate with you, please consider becoming a member of the National Animal Interest Alliance. In doing so, you will be helping in no small way, to keep the rights of responsible dog breeders and owners intact. In the meantime, try coming up with a simplistic paragraph to help our fellow purebred dog enthusiasts understand modern culture and the choreographed confusion which befuddles their thinking. I say "orchestrated" because the animal rights groups have been planning this line-blurring for many years and our fellow breeders, fanciers and enthusiasts are falling victim to a soothing mind control that presents us in black hats while animal activists who carve away at our rights to own and breed dogs appear to be wearing white.

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