AKC meeting
I just learned the 'fwd' I sent earlier didn't come through except for My comment line at the top ... here is the full report I thought you'd like to know - Joan Robinson === Thought you might be interested in this, fellow berner-l listers ... There are a number of folks out there with both Cavaliers Berners yes, lots of Berner stuff is shared on the Cavalier lists ... Joan Robinson Original Message Subject: [CKCS-L] AKC Meeting Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:37:41 -0500 From: Carol Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With permission from Betty Stovall, who originally posted this on a Japanese Chin list that I'm on, I am forwarding this to the list. I thought the list might find this interesting due to our recent discussion about puppy mills and auctions, as well as the lobbyist the Bernese Mountain Dog group recently hired. Carol Richards Earlier this month I attended the Lawrence Kansas Kennel Club meeting that was written about on this list. I drove up with, Laverne, a Mastiff rescue lady I met attending one of those awful auctions in preparation for my Gazette Column. After opening with a distasteful joke, AKC VP Robert Slay spoke to us about his department. The first name on his projection screen was Steve Robinson, Director of Compliance Operations and Inspections. After singing this man's praises, he finally moved on to to speak briefly about the High Volume Breeders Committee, which was why most folks were there. As he spoke he took time for questions and answers and I asked two. First, I asked what it accomplished for the HVB Committee to come to my area in Missouri and visit only kennels that were hand picked by Tom Holly who had given them 1 1/2 months to prepare their kennels for the committee's visit. Holly was the MO Dept. of Agriculture's kennel inspector who received national media coverage when it was discovered his wife owned and operated a huge commercial kennel, needless to say he now inspects chickens. (-: I told Slay that my home would look like a million dollars if I knew in advance that President Bush was coming. I explained that I can see no improvement of the AKC kennels in our area from what they were 14 years ago, Laverne agreed with me. Slay then declared they have improved 300% since the care and conditions policy was accepted in1996. Hog wash How on earth would he or his department know? They are not the ones driving by these kennels as they go to work each day as I do. My second question was, isn't it a conflict of interest for your director, Mr. Steve Robinson, to breed and show Chows? Steve Robinson is a very crude, rude individual that attended the action in Wheaton, MO in May. I heard him bragging to me and others about his Chows being the best in the world as he sat cheek to cheek with Herman Shindler, a commercial breeder from Mexico, MO who has from 3,000 to 5,000 breeding dogs at all times. By their own choosing, the Shindlers no longer register their dogs with AKC due to the DNA frequent sire program and Care and Conditions Policy. Robert Slay defended Steve Robinson by saying as long as his Chows are not in his name while being shown he doesn't have a problem with it. How much more hypocritical can he get? AKC also has a policy, that if anyone is convicted of an animal cruelty charge they are automatically suspended from all AKC pivileges for a minimum of 10 years. Yet, Jr. McDaniel and Kenn Little were both convicted of cruelty charges and because of a friendship with Steve Robinson they are both still showing dogs at AKC shows. Sure makes a person wonder doesn't it? If you want to know more about these two men go to Google and check out a petition written by the editors of TNT. I learned yesterday that Steve Robinson is trying to find out who this Stovall woman is. I did not give Slay my name I only told him that I attended the auction in preparation for my September column on the dog auctions. Evidently Slay was paying more attention than he appeared to be. AKC have taken some positive steps with the Care and Conditions Policy and frequent sire DNA testing. These two policies could be a giant step forward in bringing an end to commercial kennels. According to Steve Gladstone the HVB Committee is designed to raise the bar for the commercial kennels that want to stay with AKC. But at the Breeder's Seminar put on by the Hunte Corporation this summer in Goodman, MO I heard with my own ears Steve Gladstone, the keynote speaker, tell the commercial breeders that AKC wants to embrace them. Also saying, you taught AKC a lesson when you boycotted us, AKC needs you and you need the AKC. The 1,000 plus commercial breeders were on their feet with applause. Steve Gladstone is an AKC Board member, an AKC judge and on the HVB Committee. He also made
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Thought you might be interested in this, fellow berner-l listers ... There are a number of folks out there with both Cavaliers Berners yes, lots of Berner stuff is shared on the Cavalier lists ... Joan Robinson Original Message Subject: [CKCS-L] AKC Meeting Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:37:41 -0500 From: Carol Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With permission from Betty Stovall, who originally posted this on a Japanese Chin list that I'm on, I am forwarding this to the list. I thought the list might find this interesting due to our recent discussion about puppy mills and auctions, as well as the lobbyist the Bernese Mountain Dog group recently hired. Carol Richards Earlier this month I attended the Lawrence Kansas Kennel Club meeting that was written about on this list. I drove up with, Laverne, a Mastiff rescue lady I met attending one of those awful auctions in preparation for my Gazette Column. After opening with a distasteful joke, AKC VP Robert Slay spoke to us about his department. The first name on his projection screen was Steve Robinson, Director of Compliance Operations and Inspections. After singing this man's praises, he finally moved on to to speak briefly about the High Volume Breeders Committee, which was why most folks were there. As he spoke he took time for questions and answers and I asked two. First, I asked what it accomplished for the HVB Committee to come to my area in Missouri and visit only kennels that were hand picked by Tom Holly who had given them 1 1/2 months to prepare their kennels for the committee's visit. Holly was the MO Dept. of Agriculture's kennel inspector who received national media coverage when it was discovered his wife owned and operated a huge commercial kennel, needless to say he now inspects chickens. (-: I told Slay that my home would look like a million dollars if I knew in advance that President Bush was coming. I explained that I can see no improvement of the AKC kennels in our area from what they were 14 years ago, Laverne agreed with me. Slay then declared they have improved 300% since the care and conditions policy was accepted in1996. Hog wash How on earth would he or his department know? They are not the ones driving by these kennels as they go to work each day as I do. My second question was, isn't it a conflict of interest for your director, Mr. Steve Robinson, to breed and show Chows? Steve Robinson is a very crude, rude individual that attended the action in Wheaton, MO in May. I heard him bragging to me and others about his Chows being the best in the world as he sat cheek to cheek with Herman Shindler, a commercial breeder from Mexico, MO who has from 3,000 to 5,000 breeding dogs at all times. By their own choosing, the Shindlers no longer register their dogs with AKC due to the DNA frequent sire program and Care and Conditions Policy. Robert Slay defended Steve Robinson by saying as long as his Chows are not in his name while being shown he doesn't have a problem with it. How much more hypocritical can he get? AKC also has a policy, that if anyone is convicted of an animal cruelty charge they are automatically suspended from all AKC pivileges for a minimum of 10 years. Yet, Jr. McDaniel and Kenn Little were both convicted of cruelty charges and because of a friendship with Steve Robinson they are both still showing dogs at AKC shows. Sure makes a person wonder doesn't it? If you want to know more about these two men go to Google and check out a petition written by the editors of TNT. I learned yesterday that Steve Robinson is trying to find out who this Stovall woman is. I did not give Slay my name I only told him that I attended the auction in preparation for my September column on the dog auctions. Evidently Slay was paying more attention than he appeared to be. AKC have taken some positive steps with the Care and Conditions Policy and frequent sire DNA testing. These two policies could be a giant step forward in bringing an end to commercial kennels. According to Steve Gladstone the HVB Committee is designed to raise the bar for the commercial kennels that want to stay with AKC. But at the Breeder's Seminar put on by the Hunte Corporation this summer in Goodman, MO I heard with my own ears Steve Gladstone, the keynote speaker, tell the commercial breeders that AKC wants to embrace them. Also saying, you taught AKC a lesson when you boycotted us, AKC needs you and you need the AKC. The 1,000 plus commercial breeders were on their feet with applause. Steve Gladstone is an AKC Board member, an AKC judge and on the HVB Committee. He also made the statement that when he visited one of these hand picked kennels he saw Dachshunds that were far better dogs than the ones he judged that following day. Again everyone was on their feet cheering. Robert
