Stephanie Shain Quotations | Page 2

The breed becomes the latest 'thing' to have, and people snatch them up like they are a trendy new purse or style of coat.

A university campus is a community just as any other. If the community has a problem with free roaming cats, they have a responsibility to deal with it over the long term.

People need to stop and think. Let the magic of the movie wear off a little before you buy a dog.

They see the dogs do funny and interesting things, and the impression is when they get this animal home it will do funny and interesting things in their own home. But these dogs are highly trained, and it might have taken 50 takes to get the dog to do that.

Breeders that are interested in speaking with us are not the ones we are worried about. It's the ones that get into the breeding business only to turn a quick buck after the movie.

We are concerned that people are caught up in the trend and not doing research on the needs of the breed. History is proof that when people purchase dogs based on looks alone, the animal ultimately ends up being given away to a shelter, adding to the over 4 million homeless dogs already in shelters.