Ryan O'Meara

Ryan O'Meara

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15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - Official: The Kennel C... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's extremely disappointing to learn Fred. But, like you, I have only heard of very, very limited cases of outcrossing being allowed and it is certainly not encouraged or widespread enough to be making a major impact on some of the more seriously genetically compromised breeds.

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - You're Not an Arsehole... · 0 replies · +1 points

Frankly Pat, I really don't care - that's not be faecistious, it's my true feeling and I will gladly take this one, final time to explain why.

I have a right to an opinion and I have a right to express it as I see fit. I am sick to the back teeth of seeing this issue bickered over - it sticks in my throat and I will draw attention to the issue and will express my feelings toward those who support puppy farms however I see fit. I wish you the best with your own endeavors but if I was to point out the blindingly obvious to you and criticise YOUR method of doing things, based on MY experience of being able to draw attention to serious animal welfare issues, I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it. So I won't. Needless to say - you go about it however you see fit, if you wish to criticise others who are fighting for an end to puppy farming, up to you.

If you had read the article you would see I'm not trying to 'attract' anyone to any cause. I am putting out a wider message to a broader audience than you are perhaps familiar with. Let it be known, in 2008 alone my company delivered attention to the issue of dog adoption to more than 35m people, nationally and internationally - in the month of August alone, thanks to our National Dog Adoption Month, we increased the number of dogs being rehomed via DogsBlog.com by 227% - that is a real, tangible effect on a particular problem using methods which we have spent a decade perfecting. My own approach to delivering focus on to issues about which I care is entirely that, mine. So whilst you are quite entitled to line up and bicker and criticise and snipe about my methods, my suggestion is you focus your energies in a more constructive way because I'm absolutely not going to spend another second bickering about how to gain attention to important issues when it's something we manage to do year in, year out. It would seem to me that you are likely to drive people away from 'your' cause because of the energy misdirected at others who are actually working toward the same goal. So whilst you have a complete right to do that, I have now taken to the time to explain that we will continue to fight on issues using messages and delivery of messages which we have been successful with. Today I got in my car and spent several hours promoting rescue dogs, yesterday I spent time talking on the radio about breed specific legislation. I put the leg work in on ALL of the issues about which I care and frankly I am not going to sit here and listen to gutter sniping about HOW we choose to fight on the issues we happen to care about without putting you straight. The issue of puppy farming, believe it or not, is not exclusively 'yours'. If you are able to deliver results your way, great - well done, I applaud it. But it seems to me that were I to wade in and explain to you that you have so far been unsuccessful in actually influencing large numbers of people from purchasing from puppy farmers, that would be pointing out the obvious.

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - History Repeats Itself... · 0 replies · +1 points

It was broadly reported in the press that the withdrawal of Pedigree as principle sponsor was worthup to £1.5m (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080430/P... This is not confirmed by either party. Also it is not confirmed that Pedigree withdrew over anything connected with the adverse publicity. The brand damage is very hard to quantify but here is an interesting piece: http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/861019/Brand-He...

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - History Repeats Itself... · 0 replies · +1 points

Hi Julia - it most certainly isn't 'water under the bridge' as far as I'm concerned. Pedigree Dogs Exposed was billed as revealing the 'greatest animal welfare scandal of our time' and I happen to agree with it 100%. Some people are happy to write off the routine abuse and suffering of thousands upon thousands of dogs as a result of endorsed breeding practices, I am not one of those people. I believe we have a duty to ensure the public realise just how wrong it is that people abuse the health and welfare of dogs in the pursuit of personal vanity. It has to end and it has to end now and is absolutely not, as far as I'm concerned, water under the bridge.

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - History Repeats Itself... · 0 replies · +1 points

And, just as night follows day, here you are again - obsessing on MY website, talking about me. I'd laugh if I didn't feel such pity for you, having to dance to someone else's tune because you KNOW full well that your world has been discredited. You need to argue to try and justify what you do now it has been exposed. You are a hypocrite, I have proved it. You make claims about me which are 100% wrong are pure, uneducated speculation on your behalf. You know nothing about me or my dogs, or how many dogs I have owned, or how many dogs I've trained - NOTHING. So I returned the dose and now you cry like a baby. I predicted you'd do it when discussing your rant with others. Look, get some oxygen - your rants are a sure sign of deep trauma and that's not good for you. Deal with the fact that the public has a right to know what goes on in this incestuous world you seem to care so passionately about defending. You know NOTHING about what you are trying to talk about and reveal idiocy beyond description. You can't grasp the simple concept that if you don't like what someone has to say, then don't read it - but no, here you are obsessively reading what I have to say, responding and making a FINE job of embarrassing yourself. I think it's probably reached its conclusion now. I fear you have become unhinged and it's about time I put your obsession to bed. I am not here to answer your questions any more than I would answer the questions of an annoying tele-marketer who also doesn't have the first clue about what point it is they are trying to make.

I think it's time for me to get in touch with your employer and to express my grave concerns to them in writing. I will protect you from further embarrassment and hopefully someone can explain to you that you need to realise that the public's views on the routine abuse of dogs in the name of looks is a concept that is being dismissed and the public has a RIGHT to know that those in public positions need to be able to understand that.

YOU may not see the exceptional importance of a video clip showing the Kennel Club responding to health concerns expressed about pedigree breeding practices from 24 years ago with claims that are STILL being repeated today as those concerns have GROWN - but fortunately for dogs, your views are largely meaningless. The public has a right to see the truth and I'm happy to let them. I am obsessed about dog health and protecting the dog from people who don't have their best interests at heart. And no matter what you try to do to defend the indefensible, the public's right to know what is happening and what has gone on before it as well as the welfare of dogs is much more important than your personal vendetta.

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - If Straw Grabbing Were... · 0 replies · +1 points

So, no response to the actual point? I see. It's because there isn't one - ALL of what is written on this is stone cold fact. Deal with it. Straw grabbing at its finest. Nice try, but fail. I couldn't care less whether they give a monkeys - I publish the information that needs to be heard. That may upset strawgrabbers like yourself but, frankly, you are not my concern.

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - History Repeats Itself... · 0 replies · +1 points

And yet here you are (again) on MY site following me around like a lost puppy dog. I'll type this one slowly for you - I am a publisher, what I DO ALL DAY is publish. I get PAID for that. It's MY JOB. Am I obsessed about dog health? Yes, clearly more than you are. I have 'owned 3 dogs' lol! What a fool. I'd give it up if I were you. Your amateur detective skills are as pathetic as your views on canine health and welfare. It's obvious I've got so far under your skin you have to visit here daily and have a little rant - that does amuse me. What doesn't amuse me is that there are people like you who clearly don't know the first thing about dogs and canine welfare, genetics, dog breeding or canine health. So, by all means keep ranting, keep going in your bitter, twisted little world, obsessing over me, getting facts wrapped your neck and making yourself look ridiculous.

What I write very clearly touches a nerve with you. It's obvious why. It's because you know full well that the days of being able to get away with welfare abuses on dogs in the name of 'prize winning' are NUMBERED. It's obviously still very raw with you that the BBC, RSPCA, PDSA, NDWA, Dogs Trust and general public have turned on your ilk.

I believe you are a danger to dogs. You are the sort of person who I am GLAD I am speaking out against, who I am glad to have been able to expose (and you have been exposed and you have been talked about). I am glad that the general public is being widely educated about the evils of people who are in dogs for personal glory and motives which are NOT for the benefit of the dog. I am glad that people like you have now been firmly placed on the outside of what is considered acceptable, responsible ownership.

As for my obsession with the KC - well, in case it's escaped your attention, this is a blog about dogs. Many dog issues are covered. Now, let's see - the last 10 articles on the site:

* History Repeats Itself in Kennel Club Ground-dog Day (KC related)
* Pedigree Dogs Exposed Filmmaker Releases Extended Footage of Bulldogs (KC related)
* Dogs Who Kill: Should We Kill Them Immediately? (NOTHING to do with KC)
* Recognition for Brave Dog Who Laid Down His Life to Save Children (NOTHING to do with KC)
* The Dangerous Dogs Act: Costing Lives & a Whole Shed-Load of Cash! (NOTHING to do with KC)
* Association of Dogs and Cats Homes on Neutering (NOTHING to do with KC)
* ‘In Search of the Truth About Dogs’ Wins US Writing Award (NOTHING to do with KC)
* Explosive RSPCA-Backed Scientific Report Reveals Shocking Extent of Pedigree Dog Suffering (KC related also covered in NATIONAL PRESS)
* Burns Suppers Every Night for Scottish Homeless Animals (NOTHING to do with KC)
* If Straw Grabbing Were an Olympic Sport… (NOTHING to do with KC)

So, it would appear, you have reading troubles, see what you want so see and in fact it is entirely you who is utterly blinded by obsession, delusion and bitterness. Fact is, and this really ought to register with you, when you type out and rubbish and it's right there on the page for all to see, it pretty much blows anything else you say right out of the water. Credibility? Lol! You have none!

You are so consumed, so wound up about me - you have managed to reveal yourself to be utterly incapable of putting together a coherent sentence. I'd suggest you quit the drink/the crack pipe/or whatever it is that is causing you to hallucinate, quit obsessing over me, quit your out dated attitude to dogs and tidy your act up enough to be able to contribute something positive to canine welfare.

15 years ago @ Dog News - Respect MP, George Gal... · 0 replies · 0 points

A Staffy 'on attack' is no more a killer than any other breed of similar size and stature.

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - (ex) Rottweiler Breede... · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh dear. You really are finding this hard to follow aren't you. I feel if I dumb it down any further it will go beyond patronising and in to the realms of baby talk. Anyway, here it is in as simple terms as I can make it.

This is an article which takes from the Kennel Club's OWN registration figures the fact that the number of traditionally docked breeds has plummeted since the docking ban was brought in. In other words, breeders who used to be involved with breeds are now leaving those breeds because of the docking ban. The Rottweiler is a breed that has seen particular decline in the number of puppies being registered SINCE THE DOCKING BAN. So do you see? That is cold, hard clinical facts that breeders who WERE breeding Rottweilers have abandoned the breed - in other words - one day they were breeding Rottweilers, then came a docking ban, and now they're not. Follow? So, what this shows is that these breeders were quite happy to be involved in this breed when they were allowed to have its tail cut off, then when the law changed and they could no longer do that, they abandoned the breed - hence less were registered. It's pretty basic stuff, this. As I say, I can't spell it out any clearer for you. Certainly no twisting and turning from my end but, it would appear, some comprehension troubles on yours.

15 years ago @ Dog Magazine dot net -... - (ex) Rottweiler Breede... · 0 replies · +1 points

You're right, you could use more reading. The issue is abandonment. This is not an article about docking, it is an article about a breed that has been abandoned by people who were supposed to care about it. That they abandoned the breed because they could no longer dock the puppies or because they wanted to move to more 'profitable' breeds is neither here nor there to me, both are spurious - abandonment and the reasons for it is the central theme of the article.