The Humane Society.

 Yesterday, after work, I went to have dinner with my folks. Dad was in a pissy mood. Even for him. This could not be good.

I began to wonder how much this was going to cost me in time and money. Usually something is broke, needs cleaning or needs to be added. Rarely is it cheap or easy. As it turns out I have to build a fence. A pain in the ass but I have a feeling this is not over...

What happened?

Someone sent an "annonomous" E-mail to the humane society that my dad was abusing dogs. WTF? So dad spent the day showing the police his operation. They completly understood. He said they were totally impressed with the outfit. I expected him to say that.

Here is the thing. He has a kennel liscense. We have Beagles, Foxhounds(walkers) and English Setters. These dogs are not just any average hunting/sporting dogs. The bloodlines were the best just a few short years ago. We took AKC(American Kennel Club) AND CKC(Canadian Kennel Club) top producing dame(female) 5 years in a row. Top Producing Sire(male) in one form or another for 6 yrs. These are CHAMPIONSHIP dogs of the highest pedigree. The dogs and their offspring dominated the trial circut from as far south as Kentucky to Vermont. They competed in Canada and won there too. There was countless champions. Some were international and many derby champions.

At one time he was sponsered by Purina. They sent clothes, coats and dog food. Not the cheap stuff you buy at the store either. This was specially formulated high octane stuff for competion dogs. Heck we are still listed as members of Tracker Radio Systems Pro-team.

Thats the thing. This is not some rinky-dink outfit. Huge amounts of money have been speant on equ. and maintanance. It just pisses me off that someone could mess with a 75 year old man like that...