Too many people look to Germany to purchase dogs, but instead find dogs that are grossly overpriced. They then see the arrogance in sporting people who refuse to lie down even though they are long dead. These boastful breeders of powerful, capable, pedigreed, surveyed dogs now place boots on their dog's feet to protect them against the ground. I thought that GOD already gave them protection against the ground. I guess the intense and selective breeding program of the SV has somehow missed the mark.

It will soon be accepted to put booties on all dogs just to hide the fact that weak people, no matter how loud or arrogant, breed weak dogs. What will the dog jockeys of North America do now? I suppose they could restrict the sales of these poor creatures to the very rich who have well groomed lawns and plush carpets in every room of the mansion. These types of surfaces are easier on the hocks anyway. Which brings up another question..are the booties up over the hocks? If not, they should be, because most, no all, of these dogs walk on their hocks. They have for years; most people don't know or see this because they spend more time showing the dogs pedigree than actually looking at the dog.

Now you may be asking what this topic has to do being tied in with having shorter tour time in Iraq to relieve stresses on soldiers. Well to me, it is simple. The same arrogant, dim-witted minds that have bred these twisted shadows of dogs, have also taken the leadership out of our military. In my opinion our boys need leaders. Officers who have balls enough to give up political ambition for looking after their boys. To me high risk entries in the military are done through air strikes or artillery bombardment. Maybe I am missing something here but are we trying to get home for good or to apologize for being victorious? We, I thought, won the war. It's time we boost moral by leading our boys in victory not by taking the boots off of them and giving them to the enemy. I guess arrogance lives in our country also.

©Mike McConnery/Baden K9 Incorporated, 2/26/08

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