Alert: Ca Mandatory Spay/Neuter - Page 7

olskoolgsds, well ya know what they say, 'he who laughs last, laughs best!'

Olskool I laughed so hard when they called you out on that and you didn't get it! I knew in a matter of time, it would come to ya. Your too smart for that, must have been tired. LOL

4pack, Thanks for another good laugh. You know it's funny when your up early in the morning laughing so hard your afraid you'll wake up your spouse. I wonder if everyone got it but me.grrrrrrrrrrr.

meanderer-"How about dogs without papers be spayed or neutered, simple." The first problem is which registries' papers do you accept as ligitimate. Example, the Contenental Kennel Club will register anything, pure breed or not, without varification of parentage. The second problem is that many of the best working dogs, stock dogs, hunting hounds, bird dogs, police sevice dogs, etc., are bred for working ability and are not 'papered'. Many working breeds currantly in the US do not have US pased registries, yet.

anika bren-- I would fight this Bill on the premise that you're stepping on my "rights", therefore you can't pick and choose any worthy or unworthy specimens. That would be my explanation to meanderer.

I agree with you. That is what I have beem writing the state assembly members and Governor about. But too many people could care less about other peoples rights, if it goes against their agenda. So I have also been writing about how AB 1634 will hurt the state economically. As some one posted earlier, the harm to vet's, pet stores, trainers, boarding kennels,etc., as well as the revenue lost to local resturants and hotels near show venues. I have also been writing how AB 1634 would promote puppy mills who would be able to afford the intact animal permits and our excempt from having to have registered, titled dogs. How it would drastically reduce or elimante small breeders who couldn't afford the intact animal permits and could not meet the requirement that the dogs must be titled or be in the proces of being titled by 4 months old. This would lead to a loss of quality of temerament and health in future generations of dogs, as well as limiting an future consumers choice on where they can get their next pet or working dog. Our 'rights' in this day and age are very tenuous at best. I have been thinking that us dog owners need to get proactive instead of reactive. So far most have been fighting bills already proposed and hoping like crazy that it won't pass. You can't win a battle from a defencive position. We need to find senators and congressmen on the national level to start pushing through bills that would spacifically say that states and local jusidictions can't make laws that could make it illegal in any way to own, breed and compete how we want to with our dogs.