RE: Martha And Berners

2002-11-21 Thread Matt Julia Richert
For a long time, I vacillated back and forth about this issue -- Berners and media exposure (much like I did about quality breeders advertising their litters via newspaper and/or internet). I have thought long and hard about both sides, and it has not been easy for me to decide how I feel about

Re: Martha And Berners

2002-11-21 Thread Workndog
Julia, I would have to agree with most of your statements, but please reread my post. I'm not advocating trying to control the media, (as if that were possible.) All we can do is control our own behaviors. Since I've been associated with Berners ('92) the show entries have easily tripled in

Re: Martha And Berners

2002-11-21 Thread BernerFolk
In a message dated 11/21/2002 4:55:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My suggestion to the people of the dog walk would have been to say to the MS reps would be that our breed is in too fragile a state to be the focus of an article and that they should focus their

Re: Martha And Berners

2002-11-21 Thread Workndog
Sherri et al, Thanks for the further clarification. Like I said, we can't control the media but we can be responsible for how we portray our dogs in interviews and such. The dog walkers did the right thing. I guess I missed that part of the story. ;-0 Now lets see how they spin it. Jim LaFrom