In a message dated 8/19/02 10:02:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I don't see why a breeder would explain anything about either Club to a pet > owner. I, as a pet owner, have mentioned both Clubs to other Cavalier pet > owners, and no one seems interested. They don't understand, and almost seem > to tune me out. I would think the only pet owners interested in this are > the ones that are members of CKCSC. From that point, they could read both > When puppy buyers come to visit, whether I have puppies or not, I try to educate them. I ask how much they know about the breed and if they know the difference between the AKC and the Cavalier Club. Most of them do know the history. The reason a breeder, who was against the acceptance of AKC dogs, would go into detain on this issue is to be able to control the vote of the new puppy buyers. Although they are required to give an application to the club, many of them give membership in the CKCSC to their new owners (a lovely idea but with a motive, sometimes) so they can lobby them when there is a vote that they need their vote for. Unfortunately, I believe that type of campaign has been effective in the past. I am not so sure it will work on the stud dog issue. I have listened to arguments against accepting AKC only dogs and even from the most convincing debators I don't believe the reasons given (perhaps not the true ones) will convince anyone - unless they don't tell the truth. The main reason I have heard is that it will open the club up to puppy mills. Those of us who pay attention to these things know that very few puppy mills offer even AKC registration any more. As a matter of fact the problem seems to be more serious with the new imports. Imports, even puppy mill imports, can have AKC registration, but they are also elegible for CKCSC registration and therefore to use that as an argument would certainly be dishonest. Yes, some might tell that to those whose votes they hope to sway, but to put that in a mailing (since mailings were the MO in the past) would be dishonest and would hopefully "catch up with them to bite them in the ass." (Sorry, an old saying I could not resist using.) It is one thing to lobby for your point of view, it is another to distort the truth for selfish purposes. Phyllis
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