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Originally Posted by gemy  No 5 is fine. No 11 I don't understand. But that Today report was totally biased. For shame Today show  |
The thing about #5 is there is an underlying assumption that the Humane Society is involved in some kind of conspiracy with the the Today Show to smear the AKC. Point #5 is totally irrelevant to whether or not AKC does a good job of inspecting breeding facilities, so why mention the Humane Society at all? My Bella is AKC registered and came from a good breeder, and now I consider myself extremely lucky that was the case. I bought an AKC registered Siberian Husky from a pet store puppy mill when I was much younger and had worse luck--it had severe health and behavioral issues. The Today Show did a good job of demonstrating that just because a dog is AKC registered does not mean that it does not come from an inhumane puppy mill. That is a brute fact, and the show was NOT biased. And the AKC's official representative came off looking like a total idiot. Not only did she not know how many inspections the AKC does, or the percentage of AKC breeders that are inspected, but she also stated that the AKC opposes legislation that would limit the number of dogs that can be bred by breeders, claiming that high quantity does not imply low quality. In other words, she was lobbying for puppy mills. The more I think about it, the more upset I get. I need to take a break and play with my Bella...