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Posted by Cheryl Carlson
on 9/30/2009, 1:58 pm
UKC Dog Sports Judge
other breeders "do their thing", and stay out of commenting on the actions of others that don't affect me... but after a conversation this A.M. I can't help it...
I have an old friend, Jan Hanson, whose husband was an Ingham Co Sheriff Deputy. They both stay in touch with a lot of the Ingham county folks, and one of their best friends, Kay Pell, is a current Ingham Co. K-9 handler. I have heard from Jan, that a local breeder, Mary LaPorte, is going to do a repeat breeding of Spirit and Shakti... both of these German Shepherds are good specimens, with good drives, but I know of several dogs from that cross that have either bad hips, bad elbows, or both. Mary has denied any refund, or replacement to our club member, Nick King, blaming him for the atrocious elbows his dog has, who came from that cross... I wonder how she justifies the elbows on Heidis' dog (a Lansing Fire fighter) or the hips on Koby, the working dog of Kays.... at any rate, I want folks to know about this, especially since I end up working with the dogs, and see the pain and frustration that it causes when a dog has bad health, both for the dog and the owner. 
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