BACK YARD BREEDER?

This rant is from my good friend, Stanislaus Dreuckebdodevitskovitz:

I sent a request to some outfit that claims they give computers to good causes, telling ‘em I’m thinking about setting up a non-profit to help with Dachshund & Rat Terrier Rescue. I also mentioned that I’ve been raising puppies. They sent back an “automatic E-Mail,” asking what I meant by “raising puppies!” Now this seems pretty self-explanatory, to me, so I asked ‘em if their dumb machine couldn’t figure that one out! I then elaborated on what all is involved to let my doggies mate, have puppies, then I help raise ‘em, take ‘em to get their shots, & try to find ‘em a good loving home! They sent me back a reply that made me sad, because they said that it looked like I was trying to get a computer for my own gain, “that I was taking advantage of dogs by breeding ‘em,” “that I was a back-yard breeder,” & all that nasty stuff that the rescue people have already told me both in person (when I was showing some doggies recently at WalMart) & on the phone (when one of ‘em died of a stroke & heart attack), that I “was contributing to the problem,” and such, ad nauseam! It made me so sad, I almost cried!

I’m not a “back-yard breeder,” as I don’t have any back yard! I don’t raise AKC puppies, as I don’t think Arkansans will pay that much $$$ for them, + I don’t want to go thru their hassle of filling out all the paperwork. I’m not making any  $$$ at it, & never did, after the food bills & vet bills got paid! I do it for fun, more than anything, as I really did like seeing & handling those little pups & helping to raise ‘em! I figure the doggies are gonna breed anyway, & I've had a hard time keeping 'em from breeding for the last 3 years or so! I got a REAL GOOD doggie out of the deal, Butch, that I wouldn’t take anything for! These things are worth a lot more than the $$$, to me! I try to provide my doggies with a loving home, not in my back yard, but IN MY HOME! I try to love them, I take good care of them, most of the groceries I buy are for them, I take them to the vet if they need it, I buy natural products like Diatomaceous Earth & garlic (for fleas, instead of using CHEMICALS on their necks each month that SLOWLY KILLS THEM), & such for them, & I feel that I’ve found loving homes for the other puppies. No, I don’t give any guarantee that I’ll buy them back if the people later change their mind, but the folks who sold me my car, my house, my prescriptions, & most other things in life don’t make that kind of guarantee, either. I don’t know what else these idiots expect!

Stanislaus.