The New York Times ran an interesting opinion piece regarding dogs,
breeding and the acquisition of a new pup in today's paper. I thought
it was pretty well written and interesting that they are running it in
advance of the big show, not afterwards. Hope it plants a seed or two
in the minds of the general public, getting them to think before they
leap! That dog show air can cause us to get very excited and find
ourselves needing a dog <g> Here's the link, if you are interested,

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/opinion/13kerasote.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

You will have to register with the NYT paper in order to read the
article online.