How about Berner rescue? Between the regional clubs' rescue efforts, Doug Smith's rehoming of older Berners and BARC, I think there would be a lot of feel-good potential, along with the potential for a lot of education.
Just a thought... Liz Caldwell, Lawrence, KS with BARC Beauty Sophia, Precious Pyr Faith, and crazy cat Mascot At 11:02 AM -0600 1/31/03, Dawn Kjeldsen wrote: >I have a friend who has been a producer at the Oprah Winfrey Show for years. >Occasionally she asks if I have any story ideas, and I could mention the >puppy mill/auction angle to her -- however I've pitched other animal-related >stories to her in the past to no avail. Oftentimes, the producers are given >guidelines to the shows they need to develop (i.e. one time she was looking >for "post 9-11 feel good" stories, etc.), so there's a chance if they are >looking for animal stories in the near future, this could get picked up. > >If you want to send me details on the pitch you have in mind, I would be >happy to pass it along to my friend. > >Dawn Freeland >Houston, TX >Devoted friend to Murphy (14-month old Berner) > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:16 AM >To: Willem Wijnberg >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Idea for Oprah? > > >Someone has just asked me if it would be possible to present an idea to >Oprah about doing a show on the puppy mills and auctions. I know that people >have raised this idea in the past (since Oprah has a few Golden Retrievers, >it's possible she would have some interest in the merits of the idea), I >wondered how much luck anyone has had in getting this across to the show >producers? Any ideas? > >Pat Long (& Luther) >Berwyn PA >____________________________________________________________________________ >____ >Check any e-mail over the Web for free at MailBreeze >(http://www.mailbreeze.com)