Problem is - those people probably feel that Fluffy and Fido's foal is a WONDERFUL example and everyone should have one or ten of them ...

Same with their children - they probably feel their kids are shining lights on this earth as well ...

And who are you or me or anyone else to tell them differently???

Yep!!

And the shame of it is, we can't legislate common sense or stop the stupid from breeding.   ( horses, or children! )  It seems stupid can't be fixed, and the consciensious can't win. 

  This also goes to the "Macho" mentality, whether it is pitbull dogs, or firey horses, or fast cars. All they want to do is make up for their physical "Shortcomings".

Hey, I like fast cars!  I used to like fast men but then I got married and hubby would rather I didn't tell that joke now.  It's all good, he's got fast cars!

Backyard breeding is both good and bad.  Some mighty fine animals come from small operations and some crappy animals come from big name breeders.  Some great horses started out as ugly ducklings and some nice foals turning into turds.  An assumption either way is only your opinion.

You wanna see bad breeding at it's finest?  Watch a daytime talk show or better yet teach public school.  At times I wanted to beg parents not to have any more kids for the sake of society.  Then there are the kids that don't have a real family unit...you know, who's mommy gonna wake up with today?  I want to know where good old fashioned family values went, I'd like to move there and feel normal again.  Can you imagine that in my family/hubby's also, only once has there ever been a  divorce?  My students told me that I came from geese, we mated for life.

Hey Huntseat....love the geese thing....In addition to public schools, sit in at child support court sometime....ughhhhhhhh......   There was a wire service story in the Jackson Sun last Thursday about horses being turned out in Eastern Kentucky......   The sad thing is that people in attempts to "do good" fail to see the big picture....ie, so many homeless people have serious mental illness........is it better to have long term institutionalization or put people out on the street?  The states chose the streets because it was cheaper, until the jails and prisons started filling up with mentally ill people....but there it is.....

Education is (imo) the best answer.............