Thank you Dr Gail

I've had the pleasure of having a top quality veterinarian, Dr Gail Bushur-Irwin for several years now. She came to Newton, a small country clinic, and brought medical advances and services to our small town. We developed a friendship through our love for horses, dogs, and animals in general. Our conversations frequently start with my comparison of medical knowledge in humans to medical care in my animals "So Dr Gail, in humans we do this.....can I do this for my dogs!?" Dr Gail frequently humored me with in-depth educational responses to my questions, and fulfilled my hunger for knowledge!

I'm happy for Dr Gail, but sad to announce she is leaving our local Newton clinic at the end of August. I've had the luxury of being 2 miles from immediate emergency care and I truly appreciate the care and support that she has provided to my animals. She's received more than one tearful phone call with an "I need help" plea and she's always been a supportive friend willing to listen. She was willing to give me Dr's orders and allow me to practice my nursing knowledge and skills on my dogs and puppies, whom I love so dearly. Not many breeders have the luxury of such perfect teamwork with their veterinarian.

The good news is Dr Gail has accepted a position at Effingham, IL which is about 30 min from me, so it will still be possible to receive her care. I hope that she enjoys her next adventure. From the bottom of my heart Gail, I appreciate everything you do for us! Here's a big thank you from "all the Dow's"!

Love Ya!

Horses- Emma, Makina, Kiah, baby Mahala, Jazzy, baby Chase, and Dolly the Donkey!

Rex- the tortoise

Riley- the cat

Cairns- Keagan, Bridget, Thea, Cooper, Maggie, Chloe, Camille, Carmie, Ella, Gracie, Bentley, Libby, Rainey, Miyah, Bailie, Lanie, and Maisie!

Pronunciation of "Cairn"

Have you ever wondered how Cairn is really pronounced? The correct pronunciation is [kairn] meaning a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc. In the US, it is not pronounced "Karen" or "Karn" which are both common mispronunciations.

What's next?

I feel a little bit like I'm on a witch hunt lately! In the last 3 weeks, I've had my name used by scammer's twice with a large number of false ads trying to scam people. I've had my photo of Cooper posted multiple times and each time, puppyfind.com removes the ad and the scammer's just post them again. So in a rage of irritation, I posted the above photo with an ad describing that people should be aware of these idiots. Don't send wired money, and if there's a $1500 puppy pictured for $400 with shipping included (a $250 value), don't you think that's a little bit of a clue that something isn't right? What was funny was that within minutes of posting my photo & SCAMMER alert ad, the scam ads with Cooper's photo were removed. The African jerks must watch the website all the time. (You can probably read my frustration between the lines here! LOL)

As if it isn't enough to have people stealing your photos and scamming buyers, I've had 2 Cairn breeder websites directly plagarize my copyrighted text from my website that is all original verbage written by ME. Maybe it wasn't intentional, but just a word to those that may read this. Taking photos or text from a website that clearly states it is copyrighted, and then using the text in your 0wn website without giving recognition to the author is plagarism. The text has to have the author cited, or be original text. I don't mind if someone wants to link to my website stating "more information about..." as I do on my own website. But please don't take information and photos from my website without my permission. In my world that's just being polite but it's also a legal matter.

I don't want to be on a "witch hunt" and have to ask breeders to remove photos and text that they've taken from my website. I don't want to be offended by other breeders when they may or may not have philosophies different from my own. I just want people to be kind, polite, respectful and show compassion towards others. Is this too much in this day and world? I hope not.