From: nancyl@ems.cdc.com (Nancy Little)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Get Your Pet Neutered
Keywords: Neuter
Date: 22 Jan 93 15:09:18 GMT
Reply-To: nlittle@ems.cdc.com
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC


The following chart was developed by Esther Findling of Buffalo NY (1992).
She has given me the right to reproduce this chart and distribute it.
I received this through Bob Adams, a mutual columnist from Front and 
Finish (Obedience newspaper).
I have a copy posted at our training building for all to see.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look as nice as the original document.  For
those interested, I will send you a copy of the original if you send 
me a SASE to the address below.

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|  IS YOUR DOG |                  |   Yes, you have a dog of breeding       |
|  BREEDING    |---               |   quality.  However, if you are not     |
|  QUALITY ?   |  |               |   active in showing or working your dog,|
|______________|  |               |   think carefully about your reason for |
                  |               |   breeding.  Breeding should be done    |
                  |               |   to improve the breed, not so the kids |
                  |               |   can see puppies being born, or        |
                  |               |   because you want "a puppy from her"   |
                  |               |   and NEVER to make money selling       |
                  |               |   puppies!                              |
                  |               |   DON'T BREED OUT OF GREED!!!           |
                  V               |_________________________________________|
        YES      IS                            ______________          /|\
    --------- YOUR DOG                        |             |           |
    |         PUREBRED?                       V            NO          YES
    |             |       -------------------------         |           |
    V          NO |      |                         |      IS YOUR DOG
  WHERE           |____\ |                         |      HEALTHY AND 
 DID YOU               / |                         |     CERTIFIED (OFA,CERF,
GET YOUR DOG?            | GET YOUR PET NEUTERED!! |     ETC.) FREE OF GENETIC 
  |     |                | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |     DISEASES ?     |
  |     |                |                         |/___________        |
  |     V            ___\|                         |\          |        |
  | PET STORE,       |  /|_________________________|           |        |
  | ANIMAL SHELTER,  |     /|\   /|\   /|\                     |        |
  | OR FOUND IT.-----|      |     |     |                      |        |
  |                         |     |     |                      |        |
  |                         |     |     |                      |        |
  V                         |     |     |                      |        |
BREEDER                     |     |     |                      |        |
   |                        |     |     |                      |        |
   |                        |     |     |                      |        |
   |                        |     |     |                      |        |
   V                        |     |     |                     NO       YES
  DID                       |     |     |                      |        |
YOU GET A                   |     |     |                     DOES YOUR DOG
THREE TO FIVE               |     |     |                     FIT THE BREED
GENERATION PEDIGREE         |     |     |_________________      STANDARD?
WITH YOUR DOG?  ----- NO ----     |                       |      /|\
    |                            NO                       |       |
   YES                            |                       |       |
    |___________\ ARE THERE AT LEAST FOUR                 |       |
                / TITLED DOGS (CONFORMATION,             NO      YES
                  TRACKING, OBEDIENCE, WORKING,           |       |
                  ETC.) IN THE LAST THREE             DOES YOUR DOG HAVE
                  GENERATIONS? ---YES---------------->A STABLE TEMPERMENT? 









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Nancy Gagliardi Little                    nlittle@ems.cdc.com

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