Amish + Puppy Mills = PAWS?

[Wolfer]

Well When your a farmer you do sell your excess wheres....... Just Think If they would had this type of market WAY back in the 1800's Instead of driving 1000's of head of cattle to market It coulda Been 1000's of little silky terriers.....

[Alisa]

You think Puppy Mills are bad? Check this out.

From an ATCA respected Airedale breeder’s (multiple Ch titles and etc.) web site.
(Here and further I insert my own comments in parentheses)

“We are very interested in producing a Welsh Terrier with the same personality and temperament as our Airedales. So far, we have made a good amount of progress, but with some limits. The Welshes are still more territorial, more active, quicker to learn both good and bad habits, more apt to be intensely interested in any activity, more alert to noises and movement “ (so their Airedales are less active, slower to learn, not interested in activities and less alert). “They[Welsh Terriers] are the first to notice a strange car in our driveway and are at the door before the Airedale gets to its feet and out of the middle of the floor.”(So their Airedales are also slow and lazy) “Welsh Terriers make just as good a pet but they take a couple of months longer to reach a sort of mature household pet temperament that we like to see in both the Airedale and Welsh. The Welsh is also generally tougher, with a defensive nature when other animals try to intimidate them and do not take well to training in which a trainer or groomer uses force or pain to try to get the dog to react favorably.” (And feel free to beat the crap of any of their Airedales, because they are so placid and gullible) …”They [Welsh Terriers] are sometimes too smart for some people who never catch on to the dog's ability to get the owner to do what the dog wants.” (And that is the bad thing they are trying to breed out of them?!)

Now. Do you seriously want an Airedale from their kennel?

[Robert]

Curt,

The article isn't about protecting dogs. It's about more governmental control. It looks like the people behind this article and pushing the anti-puppy mill movement are of the same ilk as the "lets transplant wolves and lynx and black footed ferrets" folks. Many are probably the same people. Wolves and lynx and black footed ferrets create new endangered species habitat and consequently bring more land under tight federal control. There are many flaws in the article, but it's intended to play on emotions and not be troubled by the facts, and I'm sure it will achieve its desired results. A federal license may soon be required to raise a litter of pups or kittens and sell even one of them. And if you do manage to get the license, you'll have to keep records and submit to inspections. Those breeders who have to do these things now can expect changes. The Amish breeders do these things now. But the article is pushing for much stricter regulation, tighter controls, stiffer punishment, etc. This won't just be in PA; it will be federal and it will be everywhere.

Robert