Posted by finelinebob on January 27, 2002, at 19:34:45
In reply to Re: Also...flb » jane d, posted by Krazy Kat on January 27, 2002, at 18:57:20
It was a snide comment, but directed at myself, KK!
I honestly meant it about your side, tho. Having been an academic, I've published in areas of my own expertise. Seems to me getting published in the "dog" world could be tougher than what I had to go through in my discipline. So I **may** know **something** about dogs, but I do defer to you.
As for waiting lists -- of course they crop up where the demand is. I just wanted to be clear that if you go to New Skete, you'll be waiting a long, long time. Personally, I waited seven months after my first Shepherd died ... it took that long for things to "work out" with my breeder and her dogs. It was also about six months longer than I would have liked ... but I did wait.
Sure, breeders and shelters both should check into people who want to get a dog from them. But I've got cause for a grudge against the ASPCA. I was told that my puppy had been given a thorough vet examination and had received her shots. Three days after I took her home, she took ill. When I took her to my vet, he found she had a worm infestation so extensive he called her a "worm farm" -- round worms, hook worms, and whip worms. Since these don't grow overnight, I had to wonder how the ASPCA could have missed it ... other than incompetence. She wound up dying from hemorrhaging they caused in her intestines.
My friends were wise enough to point out that I did have three wonderful days with her and that, rather than dying alone in a shelter, she was also given those three days and died with someone who loved her the moment we met. Maybe that makes all my pain worth it. I still can't forgive their incompetence.
Hey, we all get touchy now and then. Take care.
flb
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