Chatham Hill Dogs received a call recently that was very pleasant, flattering and eye opening. The person on the other end said they feel so honored to be speaking with us and had been following us for many years. Reading our posts on many forums and blogs and after absorbing what we have to say... becoming a follower and a fan of our ideologies. he pointed out that whenever we were challenged or flamed we never recoiled or faded away, but always came back with an informed response. Well, most times that was the case. I do recall some times when the derogatory insults were just tossed right back at the stone throwers.
This conversation opened our eyes to the fact that we've caused a stir in the dog loving communities all around the world. That people are talking about us and what we do. Some opinions are stronger than others. Some are pro and some are con, while others are sort of just sitting back and watching from a neutral position. Some of these observations come from individuals and others are from organizations. However from our perspective they are all indicative of one major thing that is important to us. There has been an awareness brought to the attention of the world that we are doing things differently and seeing much better results because of our choices. If they're talking, then if Chatham Hill Dogs is an enabler for the debates that arise because of it... then we're happy for it.
To our surprise this long time fan brought to our attention that one of the organizations that has actually had something to say about what we're doing was actually the Kennel Union of South Africa aka
KUSA. If you click the link it will take you to their page which addresses the topic of the Yellow Flat Coated Retriever with an entry that was co written by
Jane Laing – Woodside Flatcoated Retrievers and
Diane Holman – Trevena Retrievers. And how they basically believe regarding how yellow FCR and the rules of the British Kennel Club should apply in the spirit of maintaining the legacy of the original creators of the Flat Coated retriever in following the tradition of removing the yellow from the breeding population. Breeding only Liver and Black colored dogs.
Keep in mind these two writers for KUSA are people we've never met or spoken to.