We are a funny group, us humans. We refuse to see that which is so blatantly obvious and choose to go with the flow. I suppose it feels better to have company on the road to folly. Still, at times we should take an honest look at things. If we look closely we will see things as they are, not as we would like them to be.

Such is the case with puppy tests. We are told by those who call themselves "Puppy Specialists, Doggie Behaviorists, Physics and Psychotics," that we can tell how a puppy will be when it grows if we use these tests. There are other tests that, we are told, will determine a dog's character if followed as the gurus dictates. I think that just as there are tests, there are also results. The dogs reveal these results to us.

The breeds as a whole are dying off. This is the result of these tests that pups are getting poorer and poorer. Why do you think that this is happening? It's a funny thing that our children are tested in school, and they too seem to be passing these tests. Yet they can not read nor write, nor are they prepared to face life as it really is. The tests are being given, they are being passed. Still we can see a decline in our dogs, our children and ourselves. Society as a whole seems to be nervously awaiting something off in the distance. Perhaps it is just a test.

We live in a time when we want our children to be peaceful and calm, yet youth violence is up.

We demand that our dogs not bite and let everyone pat their sedated heads. We see the breeds die off. The experts get very angry when you question them. We do not want confrontation, so we remain silent.

I think that I do not trust these tests. I think that weakness begets weakness. I think the weak are creating and giving these tests. I think the results are in and have been for a long time. I think it is time that these ones are tested. What do you think?

©Mike McConnery-Baden K-9, 02/04/2006