WE WON ON ALL BILLS IN VIRGINIA, THEY ARE GONE!!!  THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU ALL WHO WROTE LETTERS, SENT EMAILS, FAXED, PHONED..IT WORKED!!!  YOU DOG
PEOPLE ARE THE BEST!!! 

BELOW IS A LIST OF WHAT HAPPENED!!!

Fantastic news from today's House AC&NR AG subcommittee meeting.


HB 1884 - Hargrove - License fee increases w/fees dedicated to spay-neuter
programs) - Tabled (Near Dead, to be finished off 2/1)

HB 2723 - James Scott - Potentially Dangerous Dogs -  PBI - "Put this bill
where the sun don't shine"

HB 2846 - James Scott - Prohibit gas euthanasia - PBI

HB 2859 - Peterson - Pet store inspections - PBI

HB 2927 - Kilgore - Forced Pet Sterilization - Struck

HJR 768 - Ward - Spay/Neuter Resolution - Reported (To Full Ctme on 2/1)

Sen. Potts has had dental surgery and his two bills, SB775 and SB952, await
his return. Both are doomed, in my estimation. Only one AR bill is left
standing, Sen. Locke's SB765 License fee increase bill w/a sterilized fee cap.

Thanks to everyone that worked to hard to protect our sport and hobby. It
couldn't been done without your help.

Sincerely,
Bob Kane
Virginia Hunting Dog Owners' Association
http://vhdoa.uplandbirddog.com/index.html

ANOTHER THING....THE VIRGINIA FEDERATION HIRED TOM EVANS A SEASONED LOBBYIST
WHO PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN GETTING THESE BILLS DEFEATED, I STRONGLY SUGGES
EACH STATE HIRE IT'S OWN LOBBYIST, ONE WHO IS ETHICAL, HAS BEEN AROUND YOUR STATE
LEGISLATURE AS A LOBBYIST FOR YEARS...

A LOBBYIST SPENDS ALL OF THEIR TIME AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY..IT IS NOT ALL
THAT EXPENSIVE AND WITH LEGISLATION BECOMING AS SOPHISTICATED AS IT IS BECOMING
WE NEED THIS!

THE AMERICAN DOG OWNERS ASSOCIATION WAS WELL REPRESENTED AT THE HEARINGS AND
SUPPORTED TOM EVANS...WE ACTED IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERATIONS AND IT WAS A
PLEASURE WORKING WITH THESE WONDERFUL, MOTIVATED PEOPLE!

THE AKC AS USUAL CAME THROUGH FOR US WITH THEIR SUPPORT!

AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH, WE IN VIRGINIA LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Maureen Hill-Hauch
Vice President
American Dog Owners Associatio