Interesting read regarding the importance of broodmares

Remember when people were all complaining that Zenny should be raced instead of retired, because now she was "just a broodmare". Well, this article is 5 years old, but extremely important. So, here's to "Just a Broodmare"....
http://pedigreepost.net/new_articles/broodmare_power_in_pedigrees.html
http://pedigreepost.net/new_articles/broodmare_power_in_pedigrees.html
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The one thing that concerns me about broodmares is when they are done breeding. These great mares who had very important jobs suddenly have no importance. I have a wonderful friend, Jeanne Mirabito, who runs Our Mims Haven. This is a place where former broodmares who no longer serve a purpose can go and live out their lives. It is a wonderful place where they feel loved and wanted. I honestly don't know how she does it because she really loves every mare that comes to live at her haven and with each passing I know it takes it's toll on her. But she serves such an important roll for these mares. So many of them become neglected and at Jeanne's they come to live out the rest of their lives in peace and comfort and can die with dignity, knowing they were loved to the end. Thank god for people like Jeanne.
The article on broodmares was wonderful! Let's hear it for girl power!
@ Joanna. Have you shown your dogs at the Houston Dog Shows.
As with most everybody's life saga of twists and turns, I'm currently BACK in Texas (I Never thought that would happen!) and live in a very rural county just NW of San Antonio (the famous hill country). I'm single again and I have one daughter who has one daughter and they live in SA, so I'm pretty close. I have one dog, an Min Pin who I adore and tons of great memories and some wonderful old photos of some of our champions.
I do watch the big dog shows now and then when on TV and actually remember some of the judges back when we were competitors! My mom's most well known winning Beagle was Am.Mex.Can.Ch Pacific's Casper of Starcrest; he may have been at Westminster once upon a time but I'm not sure about that. Uno was nice. If I remember right, Uno was of a similar type that I parents bred.
Good luck to you...maybe you'll get back with the dogs. Showing was SO much fun; sure kept our family together for a long time.
Wonder if the Moss's will give her a year off after this PG.. do u have dogs now..