....if you want to adopt a dog from the local shelter, you have to sign things and prove you are competent. But unrestricted breeding by brutal, incompetent, hateful, ignorant louts is a 'god-given right'.......and multiple millions are spent each year mopping up after them and burdening all-too-few foster homes with their mistakes.

Why do images of Don Quixote and King Canute come to mind?

(gee, I seem to have indicated the direction of my thinking, haven't I?)

others have said it above...better that I could have.

Pat, I am deeply sorry that this one hit so close....I hope the past & present success stories help to ease the sadness