The fight against California AB1634 is ongoing. Below is a summary of what the passage would mean to reputable breeders of purebred dogs. Kim Meredith-Cavanna is a well known breeder and judge who has written the best explanation I have seen on the ramifications of the passage of AB1634. Also below the summary is a list of California Senators. Please fax your opposition to this bill. You do not have to be a resident of California to fax opposition to this bill.

Please, please donate money to the Concerned Dog Owners of California which is mentioned in the article. The website is www.cdoca.org

From Kim Meredith-Cavanna:

“You must read this bill in its entirety and its many amendments. It is vitally important that every Californian in the dog fancy read and understand this bill. If you do not live in California, you should read the bill and understand it, because its coming your way!

The general public is duped….. It appears there is an exemption when indeed there is none. There is an exemption for “breeders” until 2009 and then there are NONE. So that means after 2009, if you enter a dog show and your name and address is in the catalog, they can come to you and FINE you for $500. You will be breaking a law for owning an intact animal. Prior to 2009 you will pay a $500 (per animal) “exemption tax” to keep them “intact.” He has also recently added an amendment that you may now be “blessed” with having one litter per year. So if you are paying $1500 per year to keep three females intact, lucky you, you get to breed one of them! There are NO provisions for stud dogs, by the way. We all know that PETA and AR activists have created havoc at dog shows in the past. Just wait until this bill passes. Don’t be naive, it most likely will pass the Senate. What you need to understand is that the AR people and many of the general public see the legitimate breeders as “the bad guys”. We are evil in their eyes.

Are you going to enter your dogs in a show and have your name and address published? After 2009 you will not be owning any animal that is not spayed or neutered. It is not clear what will happen if animal control comes to your home and finds intact animals that you are not paying an “exemption tax” on….. It will be up to the local animal control offices to determine. Pretty scary thought.

PLEASE READ THIS BILL!!!! All of us need to educate ourselves. Write letters! Send faxes! Donate money to help us fight this. I am a member of COD www.cdoca.org and we have hired a full time lobbyist. CDOC is made up of “real” dog people. Exhibitors, judges, handlers, breeders. We need donations. If you can donate time, we have lots of jobs for you! Please do not think “some one else” will do it, because they will not. The threat of not having the AKC show held in Long Beach and loss of revenue is no longer an issue we can use as leverage. We have a lot of work ahead of us.”

AND THE LIST OF SENATORS TO FAX OR CALL: (FAXING IS BEST, EMAILS TOO EASILY DELETED)

Tom Harman

State Capitol, Room 2052
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4035
Fax: (916) 445-9263

950 South Coast Dr., Ste 240
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: (714) 957-4555
Fax: (714) 957-4560

Tom Mc Clintock
Capitol Office District Office
State Capitol, Room 3070
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4019
Fax: (916) 324-7544 223 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 400
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Phone: (805) 494-8808

Sheila Kuehl

Capitol Office

State Capitol, Room 5108
Sacramento, CA 95814
District Office (Los Angeles)
Phone (916) 651-4023
Fax (916) 324-4863

10951 West Pico Blvd.
Suite #202
Los Angeles, CA 90064
District Office (Oxnard)
Phone (310) 441-9084
Fax (310) 441-0724

300 West Third Street
4th Floor
Oxnard, CA 93030
Phone (805) 486-3776
Fax (805) 486-6865

Carole Migden
Capitol Office

State Capitol, Room 5114
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4003
Fax (916) 445-4722

Marin/San Rafael District Office
Marin Civic Center
3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 425
San Rafael, CA 94903
(415) 479-6612
Fax (415) 479-1146

San Francisco District Office

455 Golden Gate Ave
Suite 14800
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone (415) 557-1300
Fax (415) 557-1252

Gloria Negrete McLeod

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2059
Sacramento, CA 95814
San Bernardino Office
Phone (916) 651-4032
Fax (916) 445-0128

San Bernardino Office
357 West Second Street, Suite 1
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Phone (909) 381-3832
Fax (909)381-0739

Montclair Office
4959 Palo Verde Street, Suite 100B
Montclair, CA 91763
Phone (909) 621-2783
Fax (909) 621–7483

Jenny Oropeza
Capitol Office

State Capitol, Room 4074
Sacramento, CA
95814
Phone: (916) 651-4028
Fax: (916) 323-60562512 Artesia Blvd., #200

District Office
Redondo Beach, CA
90278-3279
Phone: (310) 318-6994
Fax: (310) 318-6733

Alex Padilla
Capitol Office

State Capitol, Room 4032
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4020
Fax (916) 324-6645

District Office
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., #400
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Phone (818) 901-5588
Fax (818) 901-5562

Don Perata

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4009
Fax (916) 327-1997

District Office
1515 Clay Street, #2202
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone (510) 286-1333
Fax (510)286-3885

Press Office
State Capitol, Room 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4188
Fax (916) 323-2277

Mark Ridley-Thomas
Capitol Office

State Capitol, Room 4061
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4026
Fax: (916) 445-8899

Los Angeles Office

Administrative Offices East
700 State Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Phone: (213)745-6656
Fax: (213) 745-6722

Bob Margett

State Capitol, Room 3082
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4029
Fax: (916) 324-0922

2605 E. Foothill Blvd. #A
Glendora, CA 91740
Phone: (626) 914-5046
Fax: (626) 914-8976

Abel Maldonado
State Capitol, Room 4082
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4015
Fax: 916-445-8081

100 Paseo de San Antonio, #206
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 408-277-9461
Fax: 408-277-9464

590 Calle Principal
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: 831-657-6315
Fax: 831-657-6320

1356 Marsh Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: 805-549-3784
Fax: 805-549-3779

Michael Machado

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5066
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4005
Fax (916) 323-2304

Vacaville Office
1010 Nut Tree Rd., #185
Vacaville, CA 95687
Phone (707) 454-3808
Fax (707) 454-3811

Sacramento Office
1020 N Street, Suite 506
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 323-4306
Fax (916) 323-2596

Stockton Office
31 E. Channel St., #440
Stockton, CA 95202
Phone (209) 948-7930
Fax (209) 948-7993

Gloria Romero (Majority Leader)

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 313
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4024
Fax: (916) 445-0485

District Office
149 S. Mednik Ave
Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Phone: (323) 881-0100
Fax: (323) 881-0101

George Runner
State Capitol, Room 4066
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4017
Fax: 916-445-4662

848 W. Lancaster Boulevard, Suite 101
Lancaster, CA 93534
Phone: 661-729-6232
Fax: 661-729-1683

Victorville City Hall
14343 Civic Drive, First Floor
Victorville, CA 92392
Phone: 760-843-8414
Fax: 760-843-8348

Santa Clarita City Hall
23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 250
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Phone: 661-286-1471
Fax: 661-286-2543

Jack Scott
Capitol Office

State Capitol, Room 2082
Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 651-4021
Fax: (916) 324-7543

District Office

215 N. Marengo Avenue, Ste. 185
Pasadena, CA 91101

Phone: (626) 683-0282/(818) 558-7940
Fax: (626) 793-5803

Joe Simitian

Palo Alto District Office
160 Town & Country Village Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 688-6384
Fax: (650) 688-6370
map

Santa Cruz District Office
701 Ocean Street
Room 318A
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 425-0401
Fax: (831) 425-5124
map

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2080
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4011
Fax: (916) 323-4529

Darrell Steinburg

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4035
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4006
Fax (916) 323-2263

District Office
1020 N Street, #576
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-1529
Fax (916) 327-8754

Tom Torlakson

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5050
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4007
Fax (916) 445-2527

District Offices
2801 Concord Boulevard
Concord, CA 94519
Phone (925) 602-6593
Fax (925) 602-6598

West County Satellite Office
111 Civic Drive
Hercules, CA 94547
Phone (800) 859-9900
No Fax

Joint Governmental Center
420 West 3rd Street
Antioch, CA 94509
Phone (925) 754-1461
Fax (925) 602-6598

Edward Vincent

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5052
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4025
Fax (916) 445-3712

District Office
1 Manchester Blvd., #600
Inglewood, CA 90301
Phone (310) 412-0393
Fax (310) 412-0996

Patricia Wiggins

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4081
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4002
Fax: (916) 323-6958

District Office (Eureka)
710 E Street, #150
Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: (707) 445-6508
Fax: (707) 445-6511

District Office (Napa)
1040 Main St., #205
Napa, CA 94559
Phone: (707) 224-1990
Fax: (707) 224-1992

District Office (Santa Rosa)
50 D St., #120A
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 576-2771
Fax: (707) 576-2773

District Office (Ukiah)
200 South School Street
P.O. Box 785
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: (707) 468-8914
Fax: (707) 468-8931

District Office (Vallejo)
444 Georgia Street
Vallejo, CA 94590
Phone: (707) 648-5312
Fax: (707) 648-5383

Mark Wyland

State Capitol #4066
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4038
Fax: (916) 446-7382

27126-A Paseo Espada, #1621
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Phone (949) 489-8354
Fax (949) 489-8354

1910 Palomar Point Way, #105
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Phone: (760) 931-2455
Fax: (760) 931-2477

Leland Yee
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4048
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4008
Fax (916) 327- 2186

San Francisco Office
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14200
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 557-7857
Fax (415) 557-7864

San Mateo Office
400 South El Camino Real, Suite 630
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: (650) 340-8840
Fax (650) 340-1661

Alan Lowenthal

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2032
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4027
Fax (916) 327-327-9113

District Office (Paramount)
16401 Paramount Blvd
Paramount, CA 90723
Phone (562) 529-6659
Fax (562) 529-6662

District Office (Long Beach)
115 Pine Ave, Suite 430
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone (562) 495-4766
Fax (562) 495-1876

Christine Kehoe

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4038
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4039
Fax (916) 327-2188

San Diego Office
2445 5th Ave.
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone (619) 645-3133
Fax (619) 645-3144

Dennis Hollinsworth

State Capitol, Room 5064
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4036
Fax: (916) 447-9008

27555 Ynez Road, #204
Temecula, CA 92591
Phone: (951) 676-1020
Fax: (951) 676-1030

1870 Cordell Court, #107
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: (619) 596-3136
Fax: (619) 596-3140

Dean Florez

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5061
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4016
Fax (916) 327-5989

Bakersfield Office
1800 30th Street,
Suite 350
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone (661) 395-2620
Fax (661) 395-2022

Fresno Office
2550 Mariposa Mall,
Suite 2016
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone (559) 264-3070
Fax (559) 445-6506

Robert Dutton

State Capitol, Room 5094
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4031
Fax: (916) 327-2272

8577 Haven Avenue, Suite 210
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Phone: (909) 466-4180
Fax: (909) 466-4185

3560 University Ave, Suite B
Riverside, CA 92501
Phone: (951) 715-2625
Fax : (951) 715-2627

Denise Moreno Ducheny
State Capitol,
Room 5035
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4040
Fax (916)327-3522

Chula Vista District Office
637 3rd Ave.,
Suite A-1
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone (619) 409-7690
Fax (619) 409-7688

El Centro District Office
1224 State St.,
Suite D
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone (760) 335-3442
Fax (760) 335-3444

Coachella District Office
53990 Enterprise Way,
Suite 14
Coachella, CA 92236
Phone (760) 398-6442
Fax (760) 398-6470

Jeff Denham
State Capitol, Room 3076
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4012
Fax: 916-445-0773

1640 N Street, Ste. 210
Merced, California 95340
Phone: 209-726-5495
Fax: 209-726-5498

1231 8th Street, Ste. 175
Modesto, CA 95354
Phone: 209-577-6592
Fax: 209-577-4963

369 Main Street, #208
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone: 831-769-8040
Fax: 831-769-8086

Dave Cox
State Capitol, Room 2068
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4001
Fax: 916-324-2680

2140 Professional Dr., #140
Roseville, CA 95661
Phone: 916-783-8232
Fax: 916-783-5487

33C Broadway
Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: 209-223-9140
No Fax

2094 East Main Street
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: 530-283-3437
Fax: 530-283-3439

Lou Correa

State Capitol, Room 4062
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4034
No Fax

District Office
2323 N. Broadway, Ste. 302
Santa Ana, CA
Phone (714) 558-4400
Fax (714) 558)-4111

Ellen Corbett
State Capitol, Room 3092
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4010
Fax (916) 327-2433

District Office
1057 MacArthur Blvd. Suite 206
San Leandro, CA 94577
Phone (510) 577-2310
Fax (510) 577-2308

Dave Cogdill
State Capitol, Room 3048
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4014
Fax: (916) 327-3523

4974 E. Clinton, #100
Fresno, CA 93727
Phone: (559) 253-7122
Fax: (559) 253-7127

1308 W. Main Street, Suite C
Ripon, CA 95366
Phone: (209) 599-8540
Fax: (209) 599-8547

Gilbert Cedillo
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 651-4022
Fax (916) 327-8817

District Office
617 South Olive Street
Suite 710
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone (213) 612-9566
Fax (213) 612-9591

Ron Calderon

State Capitol, Room 5080
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4030
Fax: (916) 327-8755

District Office
400 n. Montebello Blvd., Suite 100
Montebello, CA 90640
Phone: (323) 890-2790
Fax: (323) 890-2795

Jim Battin

State Capitol, Room 3060
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4037
Fax: (916) 327-2187

Palm Desert
73-710 Fred Waring Dr., #112
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Phone: (760) 568-0408
Fax (760) 568- 1501

Moreno Valley
13800 Heacock Suite C-122
Moreno Valley, CA 925553
Phone: (951)653-9502
Fax (951) 653-9524

Roy Ashburn
State Capitol, Room 3063
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4018
Fax: 916-322-3304

5001 California Ave., Room 105
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: 661-323-0443
Fax: 661-323-0446

Elaine Alquist

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5080
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone(916) 651-4013
Fax: (916) 324-0283

San Jose Office
100 Paseo de San Antonio, #209
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone (408) 286-8318
Fax: (408) 286-2338

Dick Ackerman

State Capitol, Room 305
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4033
Fax: (916) 445-9754

17821 E. 17th St., Ste 180
Tustin, California 92780
Phone: (714) 573-1853
Fax: (714) 573-1859

Sam Aanestad

State Capitol, Room 2054
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4004
Fax: 916-445-7750

200 Providence Mine, #108
Nevada City, CA 95959
Phone: 530-470-1846

Chico: (530) 895-6088
Colusa: (530) 458-4161
Redding: (530) 225-3142

Today AB 1634 was passed and retained which means it is tabled until later in the week because evidently Levine, the bill’s sponsor, did not have enough votes to pass it. If it is not voted on by Friday, the bill will not appear again until next session. It is interesting to note that Levine was not available today. The battle is not won yet, but the opposition is finally being heard.

Now on another note, Ch. Rattlebridge Delta Dawn went to the World Show winning Best of Breed two of the four days. Delta was co bred with my great friend, Margaret Valentine, and is co owned by another great friend, Sherri Meyer. Delta was shown by Sherri’s lovely daughter Nicole Newkirk. Way to go! Judge is Mr. Norm Patton.

Today AB 1634 was passed and retained which means it is tabled until later in the week because evidently Levine, the bill’s sponsor, did not have enough votes to pass it. If it is not voted on by Friday, the bill will not appear again until next session. It is interesting to note that Levine was not available today. The battle is not won yet, but the opposition is finally being heard.

Now on another note, Ch. Rattlebridge Delta Dawn went to the World Show winning Best of Breed two of the four days. Delta was co bred with my great friend, Margaret Valentine, and is co owned by another great friend, Sherri Meyer. Delta was shown by Sherri’s lovely daughter Nicole Newkirk. Way to go! Judge is Mr. Norm Patton.

The battle in California continues to heat up. The latest news from Susan Van Luchene follows. If you live in California please help oppose AB 1634 by reading below and contacting your Assembly Member in opposition. Please.

Susan Van Luchene:

Here is the list of Assembly Members that are still undecided. The good news is that several of these have made up their mind to oppose this draconian piece of legislation!! In calling this morning I discovered that Assembly Member Anna Marie Caballero will OPPOSE, Assembly Member Cathleen Galgiani will OPPOSE, Assembly Member Fiona MA is opposed at present (this means we cannot let up on her!!), ad Assembly Member Nicole Parra will OPPOSE!

This means we are having an IMACT and we CAN DEFEAT AB 1634 — Please.
Please, EVERYONE get on the phone and call every one of these Assembly
Members today to let them know You OPPOSE AB1634 as Amended 5-31-07. (new
amendment date, used to be 5-9) to make sure you get the point across you
READ the amendments and STILL oppose this.

My gut tells me a few of the Assembly Members WE STILL NEED TO CONVINCE are
Julia Brownley, Charles Calderon, Mike Davis,, Betty Karnette and Tony
Mendoza — make these your SPECIAL TARGETS!!

Please don’t forget to register you opposition, as well as your thanks for
their opposition, with Assembly Members, Marie Caballero, Cathleen Galgiani,
Fiona Ma, and Nicole Parra
Many thanks!
Susan Van Luchene

Permission to cross post — cross posting is strongly encouraged!!
Here is the list:

ASSEMBLYMEMBER JULIA BROWNLEY
Phone: 916-319-2041 and 818-596-4141
Fax: 916-319-2141 and 818-596-4150

ASSEMBLYMEMBER ANNA MARIE CABALLERO
Phone: 916-319-2028 and 831-759-8676
Fax: 916-319-2128 and 831-759-2961

ASSEMBLYMEMBER CHARLES CALDERON
Phone: 916-319-2058 and 562-692-5858
Fax: 916-319-2158 and 562-695-5852

ASSEMBLYMEMBER MIKE DAVIS
Phone: 916-319-2048 and 213-744-2111
Fax: 916-319-2148 and 213-744-2122

ASSEMBLYMEMBER CATHLEEN GALGIANI
Phone: 916-319-2017 and 209-948-7479 and 209-726-5465
Fax: 916-319-2117

ASSEMBLYMEMBER BETTY KARNETTE
Phone: 916-319-2054 and 562-997-0794 and 310-548-6420
Fax: 916-319-2154 and 562-997-0799

ASSEMBLYMEMBER FIONA MA
Phone: 916-319-2012 and 415-557-2312
Fax: 916-319-2112 and 415-557-1178

ASSEMBLYMEMBER TONY MENDOZA
Phone: 916-319-2056 and 562-864-5600
Fax: 916-319-2156 and 562-863-7466

ASSEMBLYMEMBER NICOLE PARRA
Phone: 916-319-2030 and 661-334-3745 and 559-585-7170
Fax: 916-319-2130 and 661-334-3796 and 559-585-7175

ASSEMBLYMEMBER ANTHONY PORTANTINO
Phone: 916-319-2044 and 626-577-9944
Fax: 916-319-2144 and 626-577-2868

ASSEMBLYMEMBER LAURA RICHARDSON
Phone: 916-319-2055 and 562-989-2919
Fax: 916-319-2155 and 562-989-5494

There are two organizations that need money to continue the fight against anti breeding: the Concerned Dog Owners of California (see address in Ted Crawford’s email to me below) and PetPac (the political action committee formed to protect the rights of pets and owners through public awareness and education http://www.petpac.net/ )

From my friend and president of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of Southern California:

We are in a critical time this week. If this bill does not get passed
this week it is dead. We believe he is having a hard time finding the
votes to get it passed. Some of us also feel that he would like to get
away from this bill that will likely be the end of his political career.
The overwhelming numbers of CA. residents do not want this bill (80%
oppose to 20% support). One would have to realize that the people that
vote you into office can just as easily vote you out.

As for any donations, please make checks payable to; CDOC (Concerned Dog
Owners of California) you can send to me and I will hand deliver.

Ted Crawford,
446 E. Jefferson Ave.
Pomona, CA 91767

Thank you for all your support and please know that everything we are
doing will be helpful to everyone who may face the same problem.

California AB 1634 passed out of committee today which means it now goes to the full assembly for the vote. Please, please fight to defeat this bill for if it passes it will be the end of dog breeding. The animal right activists or ARistas are they are called are really running the show. What the Aristas really want is the end of all dog breeding. Peta is behind all of this. If you have any doubt please go to http://blog.peta.org/. Now for a personal account of the California hearing today:

>—–Original Message—–
>Posted by Darlene Hernandez – permission to crosspost:
>
> “The chairman (Leno) was referring to the bill going to the assembly floor
>BEFORE the vote was taken.One of Assemblyman Levine’s staff opened the doors
>to the Capitol early for supporters of the bill, cutting in front of the
>long line of bill opponents. Fortunately the guards inside kicked out most
>of the people. We then strategically blocked them from entering the
>building until all of the opponents that had originally been in line were
>in the building. Someone (the same person that arranged for staffers to
>let proponents in the building before it opened?) had notified the AR
>people that the mezzanine would be open for seating. AR people went
>directly to the 6th floor. Opponents of the bill had been told in advance
>if the main room was full, to go to the cafeteria to watch.
>
>The meeting room was mostly filled with bill opponents so the chairman
>declined to have people come to the microphone to state their positions.
>Both sides were supposed to have 8 minutes to state their positions. The
>chairman let the bill supporters speak for 12 minutes and allowed an
>additional person to speak after time had been called. Opponents were
>allowed to speak for 8 minutes and the timer cut off the third opposing
>viewpoint.
>
>While waiting to get into the assembly room, there was an AR person that was
>attempting to stop those of us that had to use the bathroom from returning
>to our place in line. She had a stick on gold sheriff’s badge and was
>trying to act like an official and keep anyone with an opposing AB-1634
>button from passing.
>
>The vote was along party lines except for one Democrat (Anna Caballero) that
>voted No and there were 2 others that were wavering. PetPAC will have their
>names up on the website later in the day.
>
> Levine kept mentioning that the 1998 Hayden Act (increase shelter time for
>dogs from 72 hours to 6 days) was causing a major financial burden. Because
>of the state mandate they could not repeal the law and the only way around
>to get financial relief would be the mandatory spay/neuter of dogs.
>
> Levine worked for the major supporters of the Hayden Act in the late 90’s
>(Koretz, O’Connell & Vincent). Levine and Leno (the chairman of the
>Appropriations Committee) led the fight against Gov. Schwarzenegger when he
>wanted to repeal the Hayden Act in 2004 to help reduce the budget deficit.
>
> Slippery slope indeed. Enact a bill that would knowingly cause the State
>billions of $$ and then up the stakes to mandatory spay/nueter for the next
>step of the plan. Complain about the cost of building “x” numbers of
>shelters in L.A. County due to overcrowding (not that they are outdated and
>need repair) and then hire 20 new Animal Control Officers for door-to-door
>policing of license violations to the tune of $1.2 million.
>
> Now we have to start calling, writing and personally visiting the entire
>Assembly to get them oppose this bill. Also contact your vet and ask the to oppose the bill. Apparently many vets are unaware of the stance CVMA
>has taken on co-sponsoring the bill.”
>

Please read the following and realize what is at stake if the anti-dog and anti-breeding activists have their way. This comes from the Pet Law list. from my friend Peggy:

This is what is at stake!

The Last Dog
By Lidia Seebeck

The report came in slowly from Muddy Gap, Wyoming.
Someone had spotted a dog sniffing around his house in the bitter cold of a
Wyoming winter. The person was quite sure that this was a dog, not a wolf.
No, of course he didnt secretly own the dog. That had been banned long
ago, of course. This dog seemed to appear out of the blizzard itself one
cold night, scaring his daughter silly.

Of course the animal was transferred to the authorities. It was determined
that yes, indeed, this person really had found a dog,
and only its somewhat feral behavior kept the land-dweller from being
prosecuted for animal slavery. This dog had clearly been in the wild for
some time. Everyone knew that for the last five years only the police, search
and rescue, and a few charitable hospices and the like were allowed dogs,
and the last one, a Yorkshire Terrier, had died last year. There was a
funeral and everything, and many experts from the animal rights movement
hailed the end of canine slavery.

***
It hadn’t always been that way, of course. Long ago,
around the millennium, people often owned and bred dogs, and sometimes they
ended up in shelters.
Unfortunately the dogs that ended up in shelters were
sometimes euthanized.
Well, some people didnt like this. So they began to
change the laws. First they banned dogs that were considered dangerous like
Bull Terriers and Dobermans. Unfortunately sometimes docile breeds got
mixed up into this, like the Greyhound, who was eventually maligned due to
the muzzle it once wore while racing around a track. Predictably, the
whole practice of racing the dogs was banned as being too cruel and the dogs
were executed wholesale, being unadoptable due to the laws. Greyhound lovers,
or Greyters, were broken hearted and tried to tell the authorities that
the Greyhounds were good dogs, gentle with kids and loving even to
strangers. But they were soon locked up, having been prosecuted for animal slavery.

Another one of the milestones had to have been the passage of Californias
Healthy Pets Law, which mandated spaying and neutering
for nearly all dogs except the most pampered of show animals. People were
outraged but the law passed anyways, in an effort to reduce the shelter
population. Many Californians were aghast that people were doing
backyard breeding, and others were just mad that animals were still getting
killed. Eventually this became the American Spay and Neuter Law, which
mandated spaying and neutering for all animals not involved in police or
search and rescue. The next ten years or so saw the canine population growing
old, and more breeds being executed wholesale as they were deemed
dangerous. Too late, people realized that very docile breeds were getting
declared, and they began to question the wisdom of breed-specific legislation. By
then even the young dogs were eight or so, and many were rapidly dying of
old age, at least in the larger breeds,

***
The dog in Muddy Gap had been transferred to a facility in Laramie where a
police dog academy still stood, unused. The dog was soon deluged with
donations from around the country of old kibble and soft blankets that had
cushioned their canine seniors. Animal lovers came in from around the
country to the chance to see and cuddle with the dog.
Lucky soon responded to the attention, which everyone insisted on.

This dog was clearly quite old, having a very gray muzzle and face.
Surprisingly, this dog was also clearly part Mastiff,
which was one of the breeds to be Declared rather early on. Some dogs had
been preserved as police dogs, however, so this dog was probably the
offspring of one of those dogs. It had numerous abrasions and bite marks, and it
was theorized that the dog had probably had to fight and hunt a lot to
stay alive. No one really knew of course.

***
As the War on Dogs continued, canine slavery became quite the hot topic, and
there were two distinct camps of dog owners and former
owners. The first was that dogs were nice to have around, but utterly
miserable and it was good that they had mostly been euthanized. The other camp
believed something quite different, They honestly believed that dogs were
pack animals and honestly didn’t mind the direction of a dog owner,
rather relishing the leadership the owner provided and basking in the love
the owner gave. As such they felt that canine ownership (and they were
very unhappy with the term “slavery”) was an ethical thing, and well worth
the trouble of pursuing. Unfortunately this viewpoint was rapidly
becoming illegal, and there were numerous people in prison for canine
slavery. There were also a number of people who lived in the back of beyond who
were breeding dogs beyond the reach of authorities. In the days when
breeding was more common, these people such as coyote-dog breeders, were
relatively few and far between. The shift in laws had increased their
numbers, and now even responsible breeders were hiding out, hoping to save
the last of their lines until the political storm broke. While some of these
people persisted for a few years, it was rather easy to find a kennel full of
barking dogs when all the other registered dogs were gone. Soon even these
people fell to the insatiable sweep of the War on Dogs.

The number of dogs in America had been rapidly dropping and was now at
5,673. Mostly these were police and rescue dogs, with
a precious 10 or 15 dogs who served as roving servants, transported from
hospice to nursing home to hospital to comfort the ailing. Still, the
occasional dog would show up and be pressed into one of the allowed professions, or
else euthanized. (For some reason, euthanasia was now viewed as the greatest
gift ever, when it was euthanasia which had started the legal avalanche
in the first place)

***
Lucky was not doing well in captivity. He had suddenly developed a fever,
and there was no legal veterinarian anymore, since
they had all been out of practice for years. Former vets clustered around him
and tried to remember what to do. They gave him all manner of potions and
antibiotics but these only gave Lucky a really nasty attitude and equally
nasty gastric disturbances. With every hour it was clear the poor
old fella was dying.

The nation turned in their televisions to watch, hourly updates, and the
debate on dog keeping began to be opened once again.
People reminisced about their dogs when they were young, and remembered good
times at the dog beach or at the dog park. The talk of allowing dogs once
again raged just as badly as poor Luckys fever. His health declined quickly, and
within a few days he was on the brink of death. Some news stations had
completely stopped reporting on anything other than Lucky and the dog
debate.. As his last sputtering breaths were captured live and transmitted
around the world, people started to call their Legislators, asking to
please, please not let Lucky be the last American dog. Unfortunately, things
had gone too far, this was too little and too late.

Lucky truly became the last American dog..

We are fighting legisative battles on so many fronts. Today was a big hearing in Sacremento on AB 1364. Have not heard what happened yet. For those living in New Jersey, please read the following and act upon the information:

From my friend Peggy who keeps us abreast of the battles being fought . .

All you NJ folks, please start calling Senator Sweeney’s office. He has three offices, but the
number at the main office is 856-251-9801.
If you bug the staff long enough and keep them from doing other work because they have to answer the phone, they will let him know, for sure. Of course, you are calling to OPPOSE Senate Bill 1064–
I can’t find a fax number, but if you can find one, fax away… Get your friends and neighbors, and relatives and co-workers, to call in opposition, also.

Also…if you google NJ Legislature, you can go to the state’s website and find the name of your own State Senator there… you should also call/fax, or write your own Senator, too…and ask them to oppose the bill.
The California fight isn’t over, nor is the fight in Texas, or
Ohio…but there are equally noxious bills popping up everywhere. We
have to fight them, and fight them hard…if we don’t win these battles,
folks, it won’t matter what club you’re in, or who your friends
are…none of us will have dogs much longer. And don’t think I’m
exaggerating…I’m not. That is, after all, the aim of the ARistas who
are constantly badgering these legislators and convincing them these
onerous laws are necessary…while we all sit around and say “no, it
won’t bother ME and MY dogs.” Uh huh…………..believe me…it
will. Maybe not your state right now…
but every battle we lose brings the war closer to each and everyone else.

Don’t just sit there….make a phone call to Sweeney’s office
first thing tomorrow…and keep calling until you get through. Make
sure they know you are
vehemently opposed to State Bill 1064.

I have promised to write about the forces working against the show breeders and small reputable breeders in this country in the name of animal welfare; if the anti breeding and anti dog activists have their way, dog ownership and dog breeding will become a thing of the past. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the American Humane Society (ASA), and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are all zealousy campaigning for anti breeding legislation in many of our communities, cities, and states. Do your own research into manifestos of these groups and see how very dangerous they really are to our American way of life.

I am currently serving on the board of the local Humane Society and have worked hard to help all the dogs in our county. Most of us show breeders care about all dogs.Those who have visited us will have met our Snoop who is a much beloved rescue dog of mixed heritage. Ther purpose of some of the proposed or active legislation is to cut down on shelter dogs which will not happen as most of the shelter dogs do not come from reputable breeders and this legislation will hit us the hardest. For your information, I will address some of the legislation being proposed throughout the country in future “Latest News.”

For now, below are some of the trends across the country as compiled by Walt Hutchens, Whippet breeder:

From left to right across the country we have:

In New Mexico they’re facing the ‘Pet Owner Responsibility Act,’

mandatory spay/neuter for the state; there’s talk that a brain-dead

negotiation by the Sangre de Cristo Kennel Club (Santa Fe) got partial

exemptions for fanciers inserted making this one harder to beat. This

one is expected to be introduced not later than Feb. 15th.

The District of Columbia has the just introduced ‘Animal Protection

Amendment Act of 2007.’ Said to be mandatory spay/neuter and more,

this was introduced on February 6th. I posted the bill to the pet-law

files section (DC_B_89.txt) last night but haven’t had time to read it

yet.

In Pennsylvania they have an administrative rulemaking process that

would extend the no-home-breeding standards of the federal AWA to many

if not most show dog breeders. I believe the extended comment period

closes March 15th.

In Virginia we’ve just beaten the fourth annual breeder licensing

bill. However we lost (our state federation of dog clubs withdrew) our own

bill to remove hobby breeders from the definition of pet ‘dealer’ in

our state law — a major vulnerability.

I wouldn’t want to swear that there isn’t another state or two with a

major threat to hobby breeding that I’ve missed. And of course we are

promised a replay this year of PAWS with support from the

fresh-cookies-fresh-cookfresh-cookies-and-spray-starch Stepford

Various measures that would lead to mandatory national microchipping

are tuning up, offstage.

Albuquerque and Louisville are already lost. Maybe they’ll win their

court fights and get back part or all … and maybe not.

The most deadly piece of legtislation is California AB 1634 which has just gotten out of committee and is now going to appropriations before it goes to the full Assembly. This bill calls for a mandatory spay and neuter throughout the state. The commercial breeders will not be stopped and the unsavory internet breeders will just go underground meeting buyers in rest stops or across state lines or just shipping poor very young puppies across the country not even know to whom they are really going. We breeders who do the testing, socialize our puppies, and breed to the breed standard will be stopped.

Please, please go to the website for the California Federation of Dog Clubs and read about dog genocide and how you can help. cfodconline.org Please join. cfodconline.org

ALSO the AKC has put together some sample letters to be used to write legislators in California to fight AB 1634. There are letters for California residents, letters for non-residents that may show there, one for local breed clubs, and one for breed parent clubs. Of course you may use your own words, too.

Please follow the link and send letters to the CA Assembly Members to
help fight this terrible bill.

http://www.akc.org:80/canine_legislation/CA_action_center.cfm

As my friend Peggy has been warning:

CA AB 1634 has passed out of committee. It will now go on to the appropriations committee. If it passes there, the next stop is the full assembly for a vote into law. If it becomes law, there will effectively be no more breeding in California. The people who believe we should “work with” the fanatics who want these bills passed should read The Future of Dogs at http://www.pet-law.com/future/forward.html It can also be ordered as a booklet from that site. These laws are not intended to lower euthanasia rate — the DOG euthanasia rate has been dropping steadily for 30 years. They are intended to STOP BREEDING ALTOGETHER.Unless you understand the animal rights agenda, you will never be able to protect your rights. When California develops a dog deficit, which is already happening in many parts of the state, when people cannot buy a quality purebred, guess where the puppies will come from? Over the border, as many are now. They are raised in uninspected, often filthy places that make the breeders we call “puppy mills” look like doggie heaven. Do you think the people who are already supplying puppies illegally (“Meet me in the Walmart parking lot at midnight. Bring cash.”) are going to stop doing it when their market doubles and triples? Since many of those pups will end up in shelters due to health or temperament problems, the ARS will be back in three or four years saying “The law isn’t tough enough.” And those Responsible Breeders who decided that since the laws would only apply to those Irresponsible Breeders, we should work on a compromise will find themselves caught in the web next. And guess who will NOT be there to help us? Remember those commercial breeders we threw to the lions?? The statistics cited as “horrific euthanasia rates” include: 1) Cats — there is still a cat overpopulation problem, largely due to feral & “barn cats.” Forcing purebred cat breeders to spay and neuter will not touch this problem. How many “excess euthanasias” do you think there are of, say, Abyssinians or even Persians? How many people with purebred cats allow them to roam and breed freely? Purebred cats account for one percent of the overall cat population. 2) Dogs brought to shelters FOR euthanasia. Many people cannot afford to have a vet euthanize an old, even very much loved, pet. Their only choice may be shelter euthanasia, where the perhaps 16-year-old chihuhahua is counted as “ANOTHER UNWANTED PET!!!!” 3) Dogs with no chance of being safe, happy or healthy pets. It’s not true that there are no bad dogs, just bad owners. Just like some people, some dogs are just plain wired wrong. Yes, unfortunately they may bounce through a few homes before arriving at the shelter, but they too — even though no one could call them pets — are counted in the “SKYROCKETING EUTHANASIA NUMBERS.”If California goes mandatory spay/neuter, we will lose possibly ten percent of the gene pool of many of our breeds. What will that do for purebred dogs? Folks, this is war. We are county by county and now state by state losing our right to not only breed, but to even OWN more than two or three dogs. Compromising is not the answer. Education is. I am amazed at the number of inquiries I get from people who already KNOW not to buy from pet shops, know what questions to ask, are prepared to pay a fair price for a good puppy. It will not help us to win the education war if we have meanwhile been legislated out of existence. There will always be shelter euthanasia and it ill always include some dogs that could have been good pets. There will also always be child abuse, homelessness, and cancer. It happens. Life is not perfect. Passing laws to wipe out breeding as an approach to shelter euthanasia is like limiting couples to two children to prevent child abuse. The issues are not even related except that they both involve children. We do not have a pet overpopulation problem. We have a pet retention problem, and the answer to that is education. Help people KEEP their pets by offering support and being open to questions. Many people who turn their dogs in to shelters do so because they don’t understand the basics of housetraining or dog behavior. And yes, they may turn in their next dog too unless there is intervention. When your neighbor gripes about her Labradoodle peeing in the house, don’t roll your eyes and preach about the folly of “designer dogs.” Give her a copy of the housetraining paper you send home with puppies. Talk to her about what exactly is going on. Is he marking? Is he confined for too long and just can’t hold it? Has he just never been housetrained? As breeders, we have a responsibility to address the owner turn-in part of euthanasia, but it is not fulfilled by cutting back on breeding or supporting laws against “those other guys.” It is hands-on, one-on-one education provided in a friendly — not condescending and bossy, which we all excel in! — manner. We need to be making friends in the community and doing something to fight the “snobby dog breeder” image we’ve built over the years.

Okay. Enough. Next time you see something about AB1634 or another bill in someone else’s community, find out what you can do to help. Today it’s California. Tomorrow it will be your state. You may not think you have time to help. You’d better make time or no one will be left to help you when it’s your turn.

again from Peggy:

If you don’t do anything else today, go to the following URL and read the interview SATYA conducted with Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States … read every word of it, and then print it out and share it with everyone you know … this is clearly a social/political/spiritual manifesto and it is being implemented under the guise of “animal welfare.” In this interview, Pacelle offers up his personal philosophical position and his belief that it is “OK” to use money and power to manipulate the legal and legislative system in order to change the face of American Culture and rewrite the social value system. This is truly a method for pushing and conditioning people to believe and behave in certain ways using covert mind control and thought manipulation. The law is the tool they are attempting to use to fabricate a false ideology and morality on all of us … Read this little manifesto, understand that this man believes he is qualified, competent and justified in using any means at his disposal to change who we are … this is operant and behavioral conditioning at a level that is right up there with everything I’ve read in “Brave New World” and other science fiction fantasies about the future. The question is this – What are Wayne Pacelle’s political ambitions, and why does he think he is qualified to manipulate the “way we ought to live,” and by what authority does he justify his attempts to restructure the fabric and texture of American culture and society? He has raised the practice of deception and thought manipulation to a new level … never mind that most of us were raised to believe that we live in a free country which offers us the opportunity to research the facts and truth about issues and make our own deformed decisions about the way we “should be living.” Folks, we need to get serious about telling people who this man is and what he is *really* about and what his political ambitions are.

http://www.satyamag.com/jun05/pacelle.html

More next time. Kiss your Cavalier and your other pets.

I am leaving for the Louisville shows where the warnings are out about PETA disrupting the dog shows. When I come back I would like to address what is going on with the anti breeding activists threatening the show and hobby breeders’ right to breed dogs and the right to dog ownership. There are many city, county and state ordinances being passed. But for now and in advance:

Happy St. Patrick’s Day