What are you doing to see to it that the public understands the dangers of supporting the ideas of the animal rights movement? Do you blog....talk about it to friends, neighbors...write articles?
The AR movement didn't start overnight, and it will take all of us working together to defeat our enemy.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Breeder Bashing: A National Pasttime
Breeder-bashing isn't a new concept. However, with our rights to breed dogs under constant attack from the animal rights terrorists, led by none other than The Humane Society of The United States (which is in no way, shape or form a "real humane society", but rather an extreme animal rights organization), one would think that dog breeders could find some common ground, stick together, and dispense with the superiority complexes. No such luck.
One would think that since dog breeding is being compared to drug-dealing, that we could learn to play nice. Visit one of those damnable online "dog forums" sometime and you will see what I mean. We seem to forget (or do we?), that many members of the pet buying public go to these message boards to 'learn'. What are we teaching them? Just for fun visit one of your breed's message boards. Or better yet, Google your kennel name, or your dogs' names. You may be shocked at what "fellow breed enthusiasts" have to say.
"I would NEVER do that, and any breeder that DOES is......"
Fill in the blank; "back-yard breeder" (or "BYB"), "puppymill" (a phrase coined by the animal rights terrorists to divide and conquer us...it's working, by the way), or a modification, such as "showmiller".
Simply put, if WE don't like a certain breeder, or said certain breeder does not DO what WE do, or WOULD DO, then they are less than human and should be banished to the deepest pits of hell. Nothing a dog breeder does is EVER good enough; everyone that owns dogs, or breeds, has their own "ideas" of "what a breeder should do or be". No topic is off limits, every action --or inaction-- is subject to being bashed by those that need to feel superior by being self-proclaimed experts while hiding behind a computer keyboard.
Newsflash: such "superior" beings are NOT helping when it comes to winning the war for our rights to breed and even OWN dogs. My advice, if one needs help improving self-esteem, read one of those self-help books, or see a shrink.
One topic pounced upon by breeder-bashers is "NO one should own more than--insert number here- dogs!" Really? Just who are you exactly to dictate to anyone how many dogs a person should have the right to own? Of course, this same sentiment does not apply to rescues or fosters because they are "doing good", any other poor schmuck that chooses to have 10, 5, 20 dogs are "evil greedy breeders that should be sent to the deepest pits of hell" .
Another topic: "Anyone who breeds MORE THAN ---fill-in the blank time again---litters per year is a ....." Interesting. So, according to the "experts" no one can be a good breeder if they breed 2,3, or whatever-arbitrary-number of litters per year? As long as the puppies they produce are healthy, are good specimens of their chosen breed (which is subjective to each individual), and they sell them to good homes, what business is it of ours? Can you say, "NUNYA".
And then there is the ever popular, "if a breeder is testing at such a young age, they must have something to be afraid of!" Really??? Isn't the entire point of health testing what we produce (and their parents) is to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make sure those animals are as healthy as possible and to make sure that our puppy buyers know what they can/can't expect? This seems to be a bashing point done by those that don't do ---for example---eye CERFS on young puppies in a breed where CERFing at a young age isn't the "norm".
We're damned if we do and damned if we don't.
Remember that saying about glass houses and stones.....
Before all you "breeding experts" run off to educate the public on what a "good" breeder is, don't do the rest of us any favors by preaching what your "beliefs" are as being "my way or it's wrong".
We dog breeders seem to forget that WE created the anti-breeder sentiment in this country by bashing those that we didn't agree with or by bashing those that did things differently than us. And look where we are now....the animal rights terrorists and the bunny-hugger followers have taken our "ideas" and are introducing them as legislation faster than a dandelion growing in summertime. Yes, WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES.
We created the "breeders are bad" sentiment by expecting all breeders to do as WE DO, or else they are "bad" if they do not. We have "taught" the public this; we have "created" the monster.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, be careful of throwing those stones; you never know where they will land. Or how they will come back to haunt you.
One would think that since dog breeding is being compared to drug-dealing, that we could learn to play nice. Visit one of those damnable online "dog forums" sometime and you will see what I mean. We seem to forget (or do we?), that many members of the pet buying public go to these message boards to 'learn'. What are we teaching them? Just for fun visit one of your breed's message boards. Or better yet, Google your kennel name, or your dogs' names. You may be shocked at what "fellow breed enthusiasts" have to say.
"I would NEVER do that, and any breeder that DOES is......"
Fill in the blank; "back-yard breeder" (or "BYB"), "puppymill" (a phrase coined by the animal rights terrorists to divide and conquer us...it's working, by the way), or a modification, such as "showmiller".
Simply put, if WE don't like a certain breeder, or said certain breeder does not DO what WE do, or WOULD DO, then they are less than human and should be banished to the deepest pits of hell. Nothing a dog breeder does is EVER good enough; everyone that owns dogs, or breeds, has their own "ideas" of "what a breeder should do or be". No topic is off limits, every action --or inaction-- is subject to being bashed by those that need to feel superior by being self-proclaimed experts while hiding behind a computer keyboard.
Newsflash: such "superior" beings are NOT helping when it comes to winning the war for our rights to breed and even OWN dogs. My advice, if one needs help improving self-esteem, read one of those self-help books, or see a shrink.
One topic pounced upon by breeder-bashers is "NO one should own more than--insert number here- dogs!" Really? Just who are you exactly to dictate to anyone how many dogs a person should have the right to own? Of course, this same sentiment does not apply to rescues or fosters because they are "doing good", any other poor schmuck that chooses to have 10, 5, 20 dogs are "evil greedy breeders that should be sent to the deepest pits of hell" .
Another topic: "Anyone who breeds MORE THAN ---fill-in the blank time again---litters per year is a ....." Interesting. So, according to the "experts" no one can be a good breeder if they breed 2,3, or whatever-arbitrary-number of litters per year? As long as the puppies they produce are healthy, are good specimens of their chosen breed (which is subjective to each individual), and they sell them to good homes, what business is it of ours? Can you say, "NUNYA".
And then there is the ever popular, "if a breeder is testing at such a young age, they must have something to be afraid of!" Really??? Isn't the entire point of health testing what we produce (and their parents) is to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make sure those animals are as healthy as possible and to make sure that our puppy buyers know what they can/can't expect? This seems to be a bashing point done by those that don't do ---for example---eye CERFS on young puppies in a breed where CERFing at a young age isn't the "norm".
We're damned if we do and damned if we don't.
Remember that saying about glass houses and stones.....
Before all you "breeding experts" run off to educate the public on what a "good" breeder is, don't do the rest of us any favors by preaching what your "beliefs" are as being "my way or it's wrong".
We dog breeders seem to forget that WE created the anti-breeder sentiment in this country by bashing those that we didn't agree with or by bashing those that did things differently than us. And look where we are now....the animal rights terrorists and the bunny-hugger followers have taken our "ideas" and are introducing them as legislation faster than a dandelion growing in summertime. Yes, WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES.
We created the "breeders are bad" sentiment by expecting all breeders to do as WE DO, or else they are "bad" if they do not. We have "taught" the public this; we have "created" the monster.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, be careful of throwing those stones; you never know where they will land. Or how they will come back to haunt you.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Let's Highjack the HSUS Bus!
If we are to survive, we must hijack the Humane Society of the United States' bus!
What do I mean by that? Simple. Have you googled the phrase "puppymill" lately? How about "finding a good dog breeder", or "spay and neuter"? The animal rights movement dominates Google; and let me tell you, my friends, if ya' ain't on Google, YOU DON'T EXIST! Google is where John Q Public (and those uneducated legislators) goes to "get educated" these days. If all the public reads is the rhetoric put out there by Wayne and company, then guess what? That's what they will believe and take as the gospel truth.
Yes, My Friends, You Can Help Save Our Animals!
The solution is so, so simple, and the very best part is.......WE CAN DO IT FOR FREE. Yes, I said "FREE!". Blogging. Blogging is FREE and super simple. If you can type an email, or write a document using Wordpad, or Word, you can blog.
The fact of the matter is that Google (and their little web-crawling robots) love, love, love BLOGS! Blogs get indexed (listed in Google's massive index of sites) fairly quickly.
I belong to many legislation-type email lists (Yahoo, Google, etc), and those have a purpose to an extent. I've learned a great deal and met many wonderful people, but the problem is that those lists are "invisible" to the public. They can't read what we type; they don't know "what we know", ya' know?!
So the next time you write a really, really great email talking about breeders, or the animal rights movement, or the current state under attack by HSUS--copy and paste that into a blog! (Removing any identifying information, of course; be smart!)
Where? When? HOW?
Probably the two best known platforms for blogs are Google (known as "Blogger" or "Blogspot") and Wordpress. Both are FREE, but you do have the option of paying and getting some snazzier stuff.
But for our intent (which is to get the truth into the hands of the public), the free versions work just fine.
You can make your blog posts as long as you want, or as short; you can blog every day, twice a day (if you do this, best to keep it short and simple), once a week....my point is, is that in the time it takes to write or respond to another email on a dead-end email list, you can publish that same great information TO MILLIONS of people searching terms like the ones I described above.
Don't feel confident, or maybe you're techno-phobic? Find a trusted friend to set a blog up for you; then simply send them the content you want published.
Imagine All The People.....
Imagine the sheer magnitude our side could reach if we had hundreds of blogs writing about THE TRUTH concerning dog breeders, the dire consequences of early spay/neuter, the myth of "overpopulation", the slimy goings-on within the animal rights movement, etc...
Imagine....something SO SIMPLE. Imagine....turning the tide. FOR FREE! (not for the $19/month!) We can save our animals and our relationships with them, but we have got to speak out.
And we must "speak" where we will be heard: the internet, or more importantly, "Google".
What do I mean by that? Simple. Have you googled the phrase "puppymill" lately? How about "finding a good dog breeder", or "spay and neuter"? The animal rights movement dominates Google; and let me tell you, my friends, if ya' ain't on Google, YOU DON'T EXIST! Google is where John Q Public (and those uneducated legislators) goes to "get educated" these days. If all the public reads is the rhetoric put out there by Wayne and company, then guess what? That's what they will believe and take as the gospel truth.
Yes, My Friends, You Can Help Save Our Animals!
The solution is so, so simple, and the very best part is.......WE CAN DO IT FOR FREE. Yes, I said "FREE!". Blogging. Blogging is FREE and super simple. If you can type an email, or write a document using Wordpad, or Word, you can blog.
The fact of the matter is that Google (and their little web-crawling robots) love, love, love BLOGS! Blogs get indexed (listed in Google's massive index of sites) fairly quickly.
I belong to many legislation-type email lists (Yahoo, Google, etc), and those have a purpose to an extent. I've learned a great deal and met many wonderful people, but the problem is that those lists are "invisible" to the public. They can't read what we type; they don't know "what we know", ya' know?!
So the next time you write a really, really great email talking about breeders, or the animal rights movement, or the current state under attack by HSUS--copy and paste that into a blog! (Removing any identifying information, of course; be smart!)
Where? When? HOW?
Probably the two best known platforms for blogs are Google (known as "Blogger" or "Blogspot") and Wordpress. Both are FREE, but you do have the option of paying and getting some snazzier stuff.
But for our intent (which is to get the truth into the hands of the public), the free versions work just fine.
You can make your blog posts as long as you want, or as short; you can blog every day, twice a day (if you do this, best to keep it short and simple), once a week....my point is, is that in the time it takes to write or respond to another email on a dead-end email list, you can publish that same great information TO MILLIONS of people searching terms like the ones I described above.
Don't feel confident, or maybe you're techno-phobic? Find a trusted friend to set a blog up for you; then simply send them the content you want published.
Imagine All The People.....
Imagine the sheer magnitude our side could reach if we had hundreds of blogs writing about THE TRUTH concerning dog breeders, the dire consequences of early spay/neuter, the myth of "overpopulation", the slimy goings-on within the animal rights movement, etc...
Imagine....something SO SIMPLE. Imagine....turning the tide. FOR FREE! (not for the $19/month!) We can save our animals and our relationships with them, but we have got to speak out.
And we must "speak" where we will be heard: the internet, or more importantly, "Google".
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Kentucky: HSUS Introduces Unconstitutional Forfeiture Bond Bill
On February 26, HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) --no doubt aided by their KY state director, Pam Rogers--introduced the animal "forfeiture/seizure bond" bill: formally known as Kentucky HB 517.
A Little History Lesson Is In Order Here...
For those readers that are unaware, Pam Rogers was a author of the infamous Louisville, KY, animal control ordinance. The very ordinance that the Louisville Kennel Club (and various other individuals) filed a federal lawsuit against, and were successful in several key areas. For the complete ruling issued by Judge Charles R. Simpson (U.S. District Court), please click here.
One of the unconstitutional findings (relative to the "seizure/forfeiture bond") by the Honorable Judge Simpson was that:
You would think that HSUS got the message from Judge Simpson's ruling, but apparently not. (Too much tofu and not enough meat protein, perhaps?)
This bill is a cleverly worded state version of that portion of the Louisville/Jefferson County ordinance. It is still just as bad, and still seeks to deprive owners of their Constitutional Due Process Rights. That is, no state (or person or anyone) can deprive you of your property without an actual finding of GUILT.
This bill seeks to give "ownership" of animals to third parties PRIOR to a finding of guilt of the accused. It also seeks to force those accused in crimes relating to animal cruelty to post a bond. It does not matter whether or not someone can afford to post this type of bond, the bottom line is that no one has the right to give "ownership" of YOUR PROPERTY to someone else!
What about after the trial, and a person is found innocent? This bill does not make it clear that the animals will be returned to the owner; nor does it spell out--with certainty-- that any monies paid will be returned to the rightful owner. It is part of our American judicial system that society bears the brunt (costs) associated with finding a person guilty or innocent. Cases involving those accused with crimes against animals should be treated no differently.
The very concept of a "forfeiture" or "seizure" bond greatly undermines the idea that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law; depriving someone (or attempting to deprive someone) of their personal property by their ability (or inability) to cough up huge sums of cash flat-out crushes the 14th Amendment.
Our judicial system is not perfect; however, we are afforded certain protections under the U.S. Constitution. More and more, the animal rights industry (namely the Humane Society of the United States) would have us to believe that animal owners are somehow different; that we are not entitled to those same protections against warrantless searches and seizures, the right to due process, the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, the right to a fair and speedy trial, etc.
Kentucky HB 517 Seeks to Grant Police Powers to HSUS "Agents"
If that statement doesn't scare the crap out of you, then I don't know what will.
Those of us that closely montior the anti-animal owner/breeder legislative climate across the U.S. have seen one too many cases of the HSUS using their phony badges and phony legal "authority" to "raid" breeders/animal owners.
In case any of you missed the memo, HSUS is NOT a governmental authority on anything; they have no police powers. Their "agents" are nothing more than individuals playing dress-up; much like we all did as kids. Except when HSUS agents play cops and robbers, the result is dead animals and individuals deprived of their due process rights!
Recently, a South Dakota dog breeder was "raided" illegally (judge threw the search warrant out) by a local "rescue" group, aided by HSUS agents playing dress-up. In addition to the judge throwing out the warrant, and this fiasco costing untold thousands of dollars to the community---dogs are dead as a result.
And, who could forget the "S.W.A.T Team style" raid (complete with Blackhawk helicopters!) on Louisiana "pit bull" breeder, Floyd Boudreaux? Another case of all dogs dead, due process rights thrown out the window, and THOUSANDS of dollars wasted. The outcome? The judge threw out the case.
But, hey, it's all good to HSUS, right? These highly publicized cases garnered them untold amounts in donations, their phony agents got to dress up like "real-live cops" complete with guns-a-blazin', over-inflated egos got blown up some more. So what that these owners were denied their rights and helpless animals ended up dead, right?
OPPOSE KY HB 517: BAD FOR OWNERS, ANIMALS AND THE STATE OF KY
Call or write to the Chairman of the House Agriculture and Small Business Committee, Representative Tom McKee. Then call 1-800-372-7181 and leave a message for YOUR state Rep. to OPPOSE KY HB 517 in its entirety. It is also a good idea to email them as well!
Join our page on Facebook, "Stop KY HB517: Bad for Animal Owners, Animals, And The State!"
Once you join our page, please "share" the link with your Facebook friends by posting the link on your own profile page.
It will take all of us working together to keep KY HSUS-free!
A Little History Lesson Is In Order Here...
For those readers that are unaware, Pam Rogers was a author of the infamous Louisville, KY, animal control ordinance. The very ordinance that the Louisville Kennel Club (and various other individuals) filed a federal lawsuit against, and were successful in several key areas. For the complete ruling issued by Judge Charles R. Simpson (U.S. District Court), please click here.
One of the unconstitutional findings (relative to the "seizure/forfeiture bond") by the Honorable Judge Simpson was that:
Section 91.101 of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government code of Ordinances is declared unconstitutional insofar as it threatens to deprive pet owners of their property rights without a finding of guilt...Metro is hereby enjoined from enforcing 91.101 in the manner just described.Forfeiture/Seizure Bonds Are Unconstitutional
You would think that HSUS got the message from Judge Simpson's ruling, but apparently not. (Too much tofu and not enough meat protein, perhaps?)
This bill is a cleverly worded state version of that portion of the Louisville/Jefferson County ordinance. It is still just as bad, and still seeks to deprive owners of their Constitutional Due Process Rights. That is, no state (or person or anyone) can deprive you of your property without an actual finding of GUILT.
This bill seeks to give "ownership" of animals to third parties PRIOR to a finding of guilt of the accused. It also seeks to force those accused in crimes relating to animal cruelty to post a bond. It does not matter whether or not someone can afford to post this type of bond, the bottom line is that no one has the right to give "ownership" of YOUR PROPERTY to someone else!
What about after the trial, and a person is found innocent? This bill does not make it clear that the animals will be returned to the owner; nor does it spell out--with certainty-- that any monies paid will be returned to the rightful owner. It is part of our American judicial system that society bears the brunt (costs) associated with finding a person guilty or innocent. Cases involving those accused with crimes against animals should be treated no differently.
The very concept of a "forfeiture" or "seizure" bond greatly undermines the idea that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law; depriving someone (or attempting to deprive someone) of their personal property by their ability (or inability) to cough up huge sums of cash flat-out crushes the 14th Amendment.
Our judicial system is not perfect; however, we are afforded certain protections under the U.S. Constitution. More and more, the animal rights industry (namely the Humane Society of the United States) would have us to believe that animal owners are somehow different; that we are not entitled to those same protections against warrantless searches and seizures, the right to due process, the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, the right to a fair and speedy trial, etc.
Kentucky HB 517 Seeks to Grant Police Powers to HSUS "Agents"
If that statement doesn't scare the crap out of you, then I don't know what will.
Those of us that closely montior the anti-animal owner/breeder legislative climate across the U.S. have seen one too many cases of the HSUS using their phony badges and phony legal "authority" to "raid" breeders/animal owners.
In case any of you missed the memo, HSUS is NOT a governmental authority on anything; they have no police powers. Their "agents" are nothing more than individuals playing dress-up; much like we all did as kids. Except when HSUS agents play cops and robbers, the result is dead animals and individuals deprived of their due process rights!
Recently, a South Dakota dog breeder was "raided" illegally (judge threw the search warrant out) by a local "rescue" group, aided by HSUS agents playing dress-up. In addition to the judge throwing out the warrant, and this fiasco costing untold thousands of dollars to the community---dogs are dead as a result.
And, who could forget the "S.W.A.T Team style" raid (complete with Blackhawk helicopters!) on Louisiana "pit bull" breeder, Floyd Boudreaux? Another case of all dogs dead, due process rights thrown out the window, and THOUSANDS of dollars wasted. The outcome? The judge threw out the case.
But, hey, it's all good to HSUS, right? These highly publicized cases garnered them untold amounts in donations, their phony agents got to dress up like "real-live cops" complete with guns-a-blazin', over-inflated egos got blown up some more. So what that these owners were denied their rights and helpless animals ended up dead, right?
OPPOSE KY HB 517: BAD FOR OWNERS, ANIMALS AND THE STATE OF KY
Call or write to the Chairman of the House Agriculture and Small Business Committee, Representative Tom McKee. Then call 1-800-372-7181 and leave a message for YOUR state Rep. to OPPOSE KY HB 517 in its entirety. It is also a good idea to email them as well!
Join our page on Facebook, "Stop KY HB517: Bad for Animal Owners, Animals, And The State!"
Once you join our page, please "share" the link with your Facebook friends by posting the link on your own profile page.
It will take all of us working together to keep KY HSUS-free!
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