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Privacy Issues

On April 24, 2010, I posted to the forum of the serious illness of Ceilidh, one of three beloved Australian Shepherds who live in our home. That posting was read by a woman by the name of Tess Downey and she took the information from this Chat Board to an Australian Shepherd forum a day later. Tess Downey does not post to this forum but she apparently has access to it. She transferred the information about Ceilidh being observed walking on our property four days after she was rushed to the emergency clinic, where she had fluid and bleeding removed from around her heart and was able to come home two days later. Tess Downey is not someone I know but she is associated with Ceilidh's breeder, who, when her sire was dying of hemangiosarcoma at the age of three, eleven years ago, made the ethically questionable decision to draw semen from this dying dog and impregnated her bitch. Three puppies were born of that litter in 1999, Ceilidh, Hope, both of whom are and have been in my care, plus one other. Two from that litter have suffered hemangiosarcoma, the same illness of their sire.

This forum has gone private for the very reason that non-privacy became a serious issue on the public Quilt Chat Forum. I would now ask Eric to please note that this provocation, which was directed towards me personally on the Australian Shepherd forum, for reasons that are private between the breeder and me, has come from this Quilt Chat Forum.

The woman's name again: Tess Downey. She is accessing this forum. Her email: sharryl@MSN.COM

RoseyP

posted by RoseyP @ 11:02 AM