[magicgenie]

Here in the Northeast US we have a problem with shelters and rescues importing dogs from other regions, even other countries, to keep their facilities full. Some people even suspect some dogs now appearing in "rescue" were bred for that purpose. Then they lay guilt on would-be purchasers of pure bred dogs for buying from a breeder rather than "adopt" from rescue. Some of these "adoptions" are looking much more to me like purchases. I can see in this region show entries are down again this year and some clubs are talking about discontinuing their shows. Those of us devoted to pure bred dogs need to pull together over something, and soon.