To All Stand Up for Dogs Petition(s) Signers, After many months, all the efforts with SUFD’s other petitions have now culminated in this one action petition calling for a National Boycott of ALL breeders…”UNTIL…..” This petition (let’s call it “Petition A”) and its ‘companion’ petition (call it “Petition B”) are far and away the most important petitions to date (they are a consolidation (and more) of the several earlier petitions). A is the most critical of the two since it is action-based. B is almost as important as it provides potential supporters with all the background, need and justification for A. (Please read ‘A’ completely to see why we think it is necessary to approach this nationally rather than in more seemingly manageable ‘smaller chunks’…and why we think this boycott can work). A is at: https://www.change.org/p/dog-lovers-everywhere-dog-lovers-everywhere-1-join-together-in-national-boycott-of-all-dog-breeders-until-the-extended-pet-industry-itself-pro-actively-focuses-on-reducing-shelter-intake-2-seek-support-from-political-action-committees-for-animals-pac B is at: https://www.change.org/p/matthew-bershadker-stop-contributing-to-unnecessary-shelter-intake-impoundment-and-killing-of-dogs-and-cats-far-better-proactively-support-4-major-humane-initiatives These are the 2 petitions that we really need to ‘sign and spread’ well beyond anything we’ve done before. Ideally, their signature counts should move together, but if one moves faster, please let it be A. (B has a ‘head start’ of about 5,900 signatures at the moment). PLEASE JUMP ON THESE 2 PETITIONS AND LET’S TRY TO GET THEM SPREAD FAR AND WIDE ASAP SO WE CAN START ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO ACTION ‘NODES’ (SEE BELOW) ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. If you go to the new Feb. 7, 2015 blog at www.standupfordogs.tumblr.com you’ll see strategic BLOG #1 where we’ve listed a number of actions for helping spread this coordinated national boycott. From this point on, Petition A will become our primary platform and strategic steps, as they are developed, will be provided as petition updates or as new blogs posted to www.standupfordogs.tumblr.com and/or www.standupfordogs.com/blog Because SUFD is very small, we can only serve ‘somewhat’ as a central communications/coordination ‘hub’ and decentralized grass roots ‘action nodes’ will need to spring up around the country. We’re now in uncharted territory where we badly need ideas and suggestions on how best to proceed. We’ll start by requesting ideas via our info@standupfordogs.com email address (We’ve been trying to handle so many things at once, our responses to emails have been poor or none (very sorry)… something we hope can be improved now that we have fewer petitions to deal with). Thanks everyone…we need you more than ever as we move into a much more participative mode. If we all succeed in reducing shelter intake this could save hundreds of thousands of companion animal lives every year. Stand Up for Dogs