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Ms. Barber wrote: ""In a united effort, the ISSR Licensed Breeders only produce approximately 200 pups per year""  '''''

Ms. Barber-How many of those puppies were ""produced"" by your kennel?  What specific health testing do you conduct on your dogs?

You, and those supporting your club/registry, have been respectfully asked for this information numerous times during this discussion yet you continue to ignore these legitimate requests, while appearing rude, insulting, superior-minded, and frankly an entirely offensive and inarticulate representative of this breed you ""founded"" and the other breeders affiliated with your registry.  I certainly hope other breeders affiliated with your organization do not present themselves to the public in the same way you do, as I can't imagine anyone with any intelligence and self-esteem would be willing to tolerate such unprofessional behavior, much less purchase any puppies/dogs from people who conduct themselves the way you have in this discussion.

You claim a lot, but you provide no independent support for your claims, only your own writings on your own website.  You claim anyone ""producing"" dogs other than you or your registry are frauds, yet you are unwilling to prove how this is true other than offering some photos YOU have taken of these dogs and your own rantings, as evidence. You claim breeders unaffiliated with you are ""in it for the money"", yet you ignore the fact that:

You produce more of these dogs than almost all other breeders combined, through your wholly and co-owned breeding dogs.  Your website (http://www.newzionshilohs.org/upcoming_litters.htm) for this Winter alone, shows you are ""producing"" ELEVEN litters at New Zion and through co-ownership breedings.  Eleven litters, even conservatively speaking, could easily produce over 100 PUPPIES!  And, you are planning for 20 more litters next Spring and Summer!  You also currently list over 25 stud dogs and over 25 females you are considering for breeding!

You charge a lot of money for each puppy you produce ($900-$2500+)and you contractually reserve the right, at your own discretion, to substitute a puppy from a buyer's desired litter to another compatible (again, based on your own determination) litter AFTER the buyer has submitted payment to you. (see: http://www.newzionshilohs.org/Policies_N_Prices.htm.....""New Zion reserves the right to substitute any litter of equal/higher value that is compatible with your exact requirements"")

You require your puppy-buyers to not only pay you for puppies at the time of purchase, but you also require them to sign contracts promising future puppy and breeding rights, in order to profit from the dog not only now but also throughout his/her life. 

You have no stated policy on your website page (http://www.newzionshilohs.org/Policies_N_Prices.htm) re: your own commitment to rescue and make/find a home for for any of the puppies/dogs you ""produce"", should they become unwanted, homeless and/or end up in shelters or abusive situations.

Your ""Policies and Prices"" make no mention of a contractual requirement or even a suggestion by you (with the signed contractual commitment of your puppy-buyers) to spay/neuter their new ""pets"", in order to reduce overpopulation of this breed and dogs, in general.  I could find nowhere on your website where the horrifying statistics of unwanted/euthanzied dogs in the U.S. (2 million +, including 25% of which are purebred dogs) is responsibly addressed by someone actively promoting and engaged in the proliferation of this explosion.
 
Your website does not list any references, such as recommending/governing affiliations (i.e. Better Business Bureau), approval ratings (i.e. OFA, Penn-Hip, CERF), or other professional organizations to which you belong (ie. American Dog Owner's Association, the the Delta Society [therapy], dog training or agility organizations, etc.), only your own dog club(SSDCA), you own dog registry (ISSR), your own literature (except some very limited information by Dr. Padgett and numerous and righteous religious and biblical quotations).

You are the ""Chairman"" of the board of directors for your registry's dog club, the SSDCA (which charges for membership and participation in club activities).  There is also no arbitration committee available within this organization to negotiate/override any challenges to your decisions.

You control the ISSR dog registry, which charges puppy owners/breeders numerous fees for numerous types of registration papers and other background information, not to mention also deciding if/when/where/how any breeders in your registry are allowed to breed their dogs.  There is also no arbitration committee available within this organization to negotiate/override