SUSPEND AKC JUDGE - HSUS ADVOCATE, TED PAUL

In randomly selecting a few of the hundreds of responses, we were amazed at how many used the word TRAITOR. Your message was clear. Also, a lot of you picked up on AKC’s apparent position or relationship with HSUS. Collie people are not happy with their BOD. Ted Paul certainly caused a stir in more ways than we suspected.

Your votes will continue to be counted until the next HEADlines edition, after which time, we will file a report with the new Judging Department Director and ask for AKC's official position on this matter.  Thank you for your participation.

Now, some of your comments and a “Computer Tutor” tip. If you do a Control-Find, it will take you there just like in a word processor. Cool!

• I do not know Ted Paul personally however I do know that his comments, made with the credentials he is touting, have played against the dog fancy in general. Please do us all a favor and suspend him (for life) and save the fancy from idiots like this. Thank you, Pam Johnston

• Ted Paul, as you know, owns Beautiful America Publishing Company.  He doesn't have a website listed for him personally, but I'm sure that the company mail box could get flooded w/email!!  Here it is: bapco@beautifulamericapub.com “a reader”  Editor's Note: We have asked for his side of the story.

• I was in touch with AKC as soon as this came out, and the answer was that Mr. Paul didn't represent AKC, and is entitled to his own opinion, and they would not do a thing to him. Did we really think we would get a different answer? Suzanne Madieros

• He used his AKC credentials to further his personal agenda with HSUS before the house committee hearing on 2470. HSUS and AKC have conflicting views on purebred dogs, if he agrees with HSUS and is unwilling to release from his AKC affiliation voluntarily, then he should be suspended. He can not speak out of both sides of his mouth when it come to purebred dogs. You can not be in favor of breeding to better purebred dogs and HSUS at the same time. Sandy Ray

• We breeders, handlers, and dog OWNERS have enough to deal with fighting BSL and dog law every single day, without one of 'our own' fighting against us. There should be NO TOLERANCE for this behavior. He gets paid to judge the very people he is speaking against. I wish the AKC would stand up for what little rights we are fighting so hard to keep. Cindy Martishius

• Please suspend this judge. His actions are unconscionable. R L Pless

• He should be suspended from ALL AKC privileges - and I would encourage all other registries to do the same! I have spent the last 2 years of my life actively fighting such people. I have told my out-of-state relatives that IF something strange happens to me, look into the connection. I have been called names, squashed in the Sacramento hallways, while defending my dogs' right to exist in many venues. I was distressed when it appeared we were going to lose the AB 1634 fight - because AKC appeared to be sanctioning it!!
       Sorry - I judge Field Trials and Earthdog tests, have trained juniors and adults in conformation, and am a certified CGC tester. I'd say my life pretty much revolves around my RARE-breed AKC dogs - - and I am not about to go down without a fight!!!  In years past, “drawn and quartered” was standard for such treachery!!! Carol Hamilton

• I totally agree with suspending Ted Paul's judging license. I was appalled at his statements condoning the work of PETA and HSUS. This person should no longer have anything to do with dogs. Caroline Jones

• I am a long time breeder, exhibitor and fancier of collies, and I am appalled at both Ted Paul's self serving arrogance and the attempts by the CCA hierarchy to put a lid on this. With the CCA National Specialty right around the corner, there is talk of circulating petitions to have Mr. Paul brought up on charges, although the CCA President disbanded the ethics committee, so I don't know how that would work. Marguerite

• Mr. Ted Paul and his wife are good people. We cannot understand why they feel the way they do. Carol E Chapman

• Allowing this judge to maintain his AKC credentials gives the illusion to the general public that the AKC supports HSUS and its animal rights agenda. If the AKC wishes to retain (or perhaps, earn) the respect of breeders of any animal or the public that is slowly becoming aware of the actual agenda of HSUS, it must disassociate itself from this judge immediately and publicly. Jo Stegall

• As a judge, I resent one of "our own" being allowed to retain that mantle if they are supporting HSUS and all its negative connotations. He cannot have his feet in both worlds! If he apologizes, it needs to be in as large a public forum as his supportive statements. Ellen Worthington, Aynsworth Shelties

• This is without question conduct harmful to the sport of purebred dogs. Bonnie Chandler

• Collie breeders all over the country are horrified by the stand this man has taken -- while he pretends to be representing us. Somewhere he lost site of what pet lovers know -- these dogs (and cats) are beloved possessions. Older dogs, pets, show dogs, puppies, rescues, ALL deserve better treatment than he would allow them to have. And he does that in the name of animal RIGHTS? What rights does he want them to have? They would be unable to reproduce; he doesn't want them to live with humans even if they are happy there; is he going to give them a vote? The only right Ted Paul would give them is the right to be extinct. Charlotte Holzman

• The standard AKC statement says it all. His past association with HSUS & The Fund for Animals shows where his allegiance is. “… AKC suspension on grounds of "conduct detrimental to the sport." He must have known that he was speaking against carefully bred, greatly cherished hunting, sporting, performance, and show dogs. Gail Brown

• I find his actions abhorrent and inexcusable. If the AKC does not suspend him, give me his show schedule, and I will personally post it and make sure to avoid the shows where he has been hired and let them know why I will not be showing there. Sara Peterka, D & D Ventures, Inc.

• He should be suspended... it certainly doesn't help the AKC or exhibitors and breeders. Jeanne M.

• Suspend, absolutely. As I stated in the letter I wrote to you when this incident came to light, he has used his position and by doings so, insinuated that he represented AKC. He has not acted in the best interest of the sport or for that matter AKC, the rest of us who want to continue to show and breed our dogs or cats.

       He has every right to affiliate himself with H$U$, this is a free country even though he does not seem to want that for the rest of us. He can leave all his money to H$U$ or PETA or who ever he wants to, it is a free country.
       He can not in my opinion be an H$U$ supporter and act in the best interest of the sport of pure bred dogs. They are two diametrically opposed positions. Not only should his Judging credentials be withdrawn but he should be suspended from all AKC privileges for "actions detrimental to the sport of purebred dogs". D-M Hedgcock, Great Dane owner

• This man needs to never judge at a show ever again. He has played into the radical agenda of HSUS who have used him and he is too stupid to even know it! David & Cindy VanLandegen

• My Husband and I are totally disgusted with Ted & Beverly Paul and the damage that they have done to the sport of dogs. Mr. Paul should have his judging credentials revoked at the least and be suspended for life and drummed out of the AKC AND the Collie Club of America at the most. For a dog fancier, AKC judge and a Collie fancier to give ammunition to the ARA, H$U$ and PeTA (AKA—THE ENEMY) is UNTHINKABLE! GET RID OF HIM! Thank you, Dot Newkirk, Cambric Collies

• As an Oregon resident, I would say that yes, AKC should suspend this judge immediately. Robert Perry, Professional Handler

• I have shown under Paul many years ago and he is arrogant and a “showman” – this is greatly disappointing that one our “own” would stab a knife so deep in the back of his own breed and many others. Linda Ward, Tanya Ward - Show & Performance Collies

• I am in favor of suspending Ted Paul's license to judge. I feel that his support of HSUS is detrimental to the sport of pure bred dogs. Jill Dybus-Thomas

• I support the suspension of judge Ted Paul. His alignment and support of the HSUS is an affront to the AKC, the sport of purebred dogs, and to the dedicated AKC breeders. Maureen Pogorzelski, Lyricc Cavaliers

• Not just suspend, permanently BAN from judging! Hilda Moore

• I believe that if this is truly the way this judge feels he should not be judging for AKC or anyone else - He is not helping the AKC in there endeavors nor is he helping the individual breeds nor the individual breeders - He should be ashamed to even associate himself with these organizations and people. Bill Davis, Three Bears Chow Chows

• Definitely suspend. We do not need the wolf in sheep's clothing in our ranks. Linda Scanlon

• I feel that by being a spokes person for the HSUS Mr. Paul has gone against everything that the American Kennel Club stands for. He has gone against every caring breeder, everyone who has and loves their pets, and those of us who enjoy showing our dogs. Please add my vote to, I'm sure, the list of people who have voted to remove him as an AKC judge. 
       Thank you for keeping me informed with the information I receive from TheDogPress. O & R Hausken

• He has no business speaking for the dog fancy! I am outraged! Marcia Tucker, Sunsprite, breeder for over 30 years of Rottweilers and Miniature Pinschers

• This man can not be a true purebred dog lover and take the side of HSUS. Send him home with his friends...the HSUS, and tear up is license. Jay Campion

• This is an intolerable act and certainly prejudicial to the best interests of the sport. James F. Brennan

• This man is a traitor to the very essence of dog breeding. He cares not that those in the future and present could lose this right to the pursuit of happiness. He is A TRAITOR TO THE FANCY AS WELL AS TO AMERICA. Diane Amble

• This man is a traitor to our beloved dogs. His association with these organizations are sufficient to suspend him, without looking back. Barbara Green

• An AKC judge that would do this should not be allowed to earn money nor attend a dog show, this is a conflict of interest... I would not -- support this judge’s entry or a club that would hire him. Jennifer Reed and Christian Smith

• We're being assaulted from without - now from within. Is this why I pay lots of money to AKC in registration and show fees? Beth Toraason, Toucha Shar-Pei

• I vote to suspend not just judging privileges, but all AKC privileges. Ted Paul is a perfect example of narrow-minded stupidity and selfishness. Margot Woods

• I find it appalling that Ted Paul identifies himself as an AKC judge all the while being an advocate of the Animal Activist Cult. He should be removed immediately and it should be on the cover of the GAZETTE. Jolene Davis

• How could any Judge support such as that; Yes, he should be suspended - For Life. Frank (judge)

• Actually heard this man speak at the legislative meeting, and thought at the time that he was sincere, but ignorant. The fact that he is a long-time supporter of HSUS & other groups/ideas of this genre makes him despicable instead. He should definitely have his license yanked! And – since he is licensed to judge pems & cardis – I am going to make super-sure I don’t ever enter under him! I. Peckham

• At the rate we are losing our rights to own, show and breed dogs, the AKC definitely does not need to accredit a judge nwho supports animal rights' activists. Mary L. Stumpff

• Suspend Mr. Paul's judging privileges. His comments are totally derogatory to our sport of dogs. Helene Benson, Kandiland Chihuahuas

• I vote YES - he is not in the best interest of AKC show dogs. His actions are detrimental to the sport. Pat Robinson, ROBINHAUS German Shepherds

• As we are fighting the BAD dog laws here in Illinois, I for one would like the AKC to suspend Ted Paul~! They have done it for lesser offenses. Mildred Bartlett

• Although AKC has fallen in bed with the HVB themselves trying to increase their registration numbers, (he) should be suspended for the damage he has done to respectable breeders. Mr. Paul owes all dog breeders an apology. R. Allegrini

• Judges are not supposed to judge at "other registry" shows-what would be said for this judge not to be suspended for backing PETA/HSUS. Grovetonlabs

• I find it incomprehensible that anyone who supports the HSUS would even have the desire to judge dogs, unless that person is totally clueless regarding the true agenda of that organization. Somehow, I find that impossible to believe, though. Gail Karamalegos

• I vote for suspension. I have been a breeder/exhibitor for 45 years, having started in the era of the big kennels. We maintained our own gene pool. You only have to look at my breed today, labrador retrievers, to see the problems we created when the large kennels went by the wayside. Jean Nelson

• Absolutely suspend. And I am a collie person of nearly 40 years as a breeder/exhibitor. I am ashamed and appalled at this entire situation - as well as very saddened . I think the Paul's are being taken for fools by HSUS and I am concerned about how many others may have already done the same thing. Vickie VonSeggern, Thorndale Collies

NO- IGNORE:  To date, only two votes in support of Mr. Paul.

• It's their money-they earned it and they can send it anyway they want. Further, they have good rationale in what they wish to support. Laura Holum

• Right or Wrong, he has the right to his opinion......... cmyers, Cejam Chows