New Zealand Dog News

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June 22, 2006

Dog breeder unimpressed

Manawatu dog breeder Helen Upson says she feels as strongly as farmers do against microchipping dogs. "Microchipping is just a total waste of time," she said.

"It's not going to stop vicious dogs from going out and biting somebody or another dog."
Mrs Upson, who owns Hanshi Kennels, near Palmerston North, is unimpressed that Parliament last night voted to exempt working farm dogs from microchipping measures.
"That's great for them, but a lot of breeders who have complete control of their animals should also be exempted. Not just breeders!! sheese, they are really into a world of their own, hein?

"It's not a big cost for one person with one dog, but breeding becomes very, very expensive."
The german shepherds Mrs Upson breeds are tattooed and put on a database, which she says is a much safer method. "There's no advantage for me to have them microchipped as well."

Mrs Upson suspects politicians who don't own dogs went out of their way to try to be "heroes" after dog attacks on children. Yup... that's about right, but heroes will only be those people who teach and educate our children about dogs... the true heroes, unsung.

"Give me a break - those dogs are not going to be registered anyway," she said. "Most of the dogs that attack are owned by people who want them to fight and train them for it."

Mrs Upson's daughter Aimee, who attended the Crufts dog show this year, said microchips can move around within animals and cause them problems. "It's a foreign body that's not supposed to be there." Aimee said microchipping will provoke bickering within the dog-owning fraternity. hum... not sure why.. they bicker anyways!
She said some people buy dogs for the wrong reasons.

1 Comments:

  • At 9:42 p.m., Blogger Unknown said…

    Breeder of worst German Shepherds in NZ and Australia!

     

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