Judy Russell wrote: > CKCSC,USA is a private club and, as such, can set whatever standards it > wants as long as it applies them evenly to all the MEMBERS.
Gerri Dueringer wrote: > Rod, I agree with that wholeheartedly. But just because the CKCSC, USA is a > private club and can set whatever standards it wants doesn't mean that it's > right to do so. Just because the Club can set standards for AKC dogs that we > don't mandate of our own dogs doesn't make it ethical or right. If the club > made it a policy that no lawyers were allowed as members, would you think > that was ok too?? ============== Well, Gerri, as you can see, I did not write what you quoted; Judy Russell did. But in answer to your question, Judy was not writing about discriminating between the vocations of potential membership applicants. She was writing about applying the same rules to all members, which, or course, is also what the club's lawyer was quoted as telling the board at its March meeting. I disagree with your statement that setting more stringent standards for AKC-only inter-breedings would not be "ethical or right". There is nothing unethical or wrong about such discriminations. For example, the CKCSC,USA does not allow Cavaliers registered only with ANY domestic USA registry to inter-breed. If the club decided to permit inter-breedings with AKC-only Cavaliers but not with those of any other domestic registry, by your logic, that would not be ethical or right, either. Personally, I would prefer that the CKCSC,USA, to quote Judy's statement, "Get its own house in order BEFORE opening the barn doors to AKC-only dogs", by imposing those breeding restrictions on the existent CKCSC,USA-registered Cavaliers before ever considering allowing any AKC-only Cavalier to inter-breed. However, if our club is to allow any breeding with AKC-only Cavaliers, it should be limited to those which have a scientifically recognized chance of improving the health of future generations of CKCSC Cavaliers, and not be open to any AKC-only dog which any CKCSC breeder may want to breed her stock to. Until the CKCSC,USA breeders start following the MVD protocol (now over four years old and largely ignored) and other genetic testing protocols (for hips, patellas, eyes, particularly) with their own stock, they have no legitimate business wistfully gazing over the fence at the forbidden fruit. Presently, as this debate has indicated thus far, many CKCSC breeders are adverse to following scientifically recognized health-conscious breeding practices, using excuses such as not wanting to even sending original medical records to the Health Registry (for fear of losing them -- in four years and with over a thousand of such records, none have been lost) or not submitting X-rays to OFA. By their excuses and behaviors thus far, they have indicated they are not ready for the unfettered opening of those barn doors. Rod Russell Orlando, Florida USA ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
