Surreal is the word for it. Not the only word, but the word. Pusillanimous would be another. I'm talking about the strange goings on among the Chinook breeders, still. It's a little hard to know quite what to make of it, but the bottom line seems clear enough. All the COA/UKC contingent were waiting for was the first sign of weakness from CCA, the first chink in the armour, the least little concession -- so that they could then surrender and get in line to march to the doorstep of the AKC!
The CCA Director made a rather poor showing online (see previous post), no skilled debater, she. Nevertheless, whether deliberately or inadvertently, she made exactly the right noise at one point -- when she said she "would not not consider a breeding to a dog from the cross program" you could feel the earth move. That weak double-negative statement was enough, apparently, to initiate the paradigm-shift that would spell doom for the UKC Chinook. After she left the list, another Board member came on to say that actually, only a small handful of CCA members opposed acceptance of the Chinook Cross Program dogs, and that a committee was "working on a solution." She followed that up with a plea for more members, after first explaining that CCA already had enough members to satisfy AKC, so people who joined would not be giving CCA "any further advantage," and that Cross breeders needed to join in order to have a say and represent their own viewpoint. The message was clear: get on board if you don't want to be left behind, the AKC train is leaving now.
There has been very little dialogue on the AKC topic since then. I think we can presume a rush to buy a ticket. Takeover accepted!
Posted by ditkoofseppala at May 27, 2008 05:44 PM