Overboard by Chip Dunham for May 18, 2012

Oh Louie, you must understand, you are already too perfect for a snooty award that really doesn’t mean anything.

Like that’s going to help, Louie,

Good Morning, Crew!

morning crew.happy, happy, happy!!!face it Louie. as wonderfull as labs are, they are just to “plane Jane” for the show ring. : (

No Louie, you don’t want a Lab to win. If a Lab wins people will breed them like crazy and ruin the breed.

Labs are winners everyday!TGIF Crew!

I hear ya Louie! Nothing but worthless little ankle biters win that and imho I think it’s all political and set up and judges knowing who they are going to pick ahead of time. Used to love watching that but they are so unfair to big dogs…like German Sheperds who never ever win.

Patrice52 is right – you’re a winner anyway, Louie!Good morning, Crew!

Good Morning Crew,A Sign of the times?Have a GREAT DAY MATIE’S

Raymond why did you tell Louie that? You should know better!

Good morning Crew!

BTW CHIP, it’s nice to see them in town again! Think we could have some “going to the movies” or restaurant skits again?

Ah, the AKC is indeed evil. They judge dogs principally on their aesthetics, and thereby encourage people to overbreed dogs with select characteristics, even if those characteristics are bad for the dog’s well-being (pugs’ and bulldog’s snouts that are too short for proper breathing, G. shepherds’ rear taper which causes hip displacia, etc., etc.). They also promote the purchase of dogs from breeders instead of taking potluck at a shelter, and by encouraging breeding they’re increasing the supply of dogs far more than they increase the demand, thereby causing more dogs to be put to death. (Anybody who allows their dog to have puppies causes an increase in the number of dogs that are put to death unless they create new demand for dogs that is proportional to the increased supply that they have produced.)

purebred can be beautiful, but they often have a host of health problems (usually expensive). My mixed breed pound hound, who was almost 100 lbs in his prime, is almost 15. He is feeling his years, but is still enjoying life.

And he’s pretty darned handsome, too.

Yeah, Louie—way to stand up for what you believe in.

Happy Friday, Crew,