2015
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 15-1015
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Lawrence and Primavera, Becker J.,
       Brown, Buck, Conti, Duran, Fields, Ginal, Humphrey, Keyser,
       Klingenschmitt, Landgraf, Lontine, Lundeen, McCann, Navarro,
       Priola, Rankin, Ransom, Roupe, Ryden, Tate, Tyler, Vigil,
       Windholz, Young, Hullinghorst;
       also SENATOR(S) Lundberg, Aguilar, Baumgardner, Carroll,
       Cooke, Crowder, Donovan, Garcia, Grantham, Guzman, Heath,
       Hodge, Jahn, Johnston, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Marble, Martinez
       Humenik, Merrifield, Neville T., Newell, Roberts, Scheffel, Scott,
       Steadman, Todd, Woods, Cadman.
       
   CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF MAY 1, 2015, AS
      NATIONAL PUREBRED DOG DAY IN COLORADO. 
       
          WHEREAS, There is currently no day set aside to celebrate and
       acknowledge the contributions of the purebred dog, and we wish to
       designate a day to expressly recognize those contributions; and
       
          WHEREAS, Purebred dogs are living legacies of the cultures that
       created them, and historically these dogs worked alongside their people
       and provided them companionship; and
       
          WHEREAS, Today, the service of these breeds continues as they
       work alongside humans and provide inestimable companionship while
       serving as guide dogs, service dogs, conservation dogs, livestock
       guardians, search and rescue dogs, earth dogs, police dogs, canine
       soldiers serving by the sides of our military men and women, and
       ultimately guardians of family, home, and hearth; and
       
          
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, Purebred dogs have been of enormous help to medical
       science, serving as models for many heritable human diseases, playing a
       role in humanity's understanding of the human and canine genomes, and
       benefiting pharmaceutical research and development; and
       
          WHEREAS, Purebred dogs are working dogs, serving as avalanche
       dogs, trackers and trailers, herders, controllers of vermin, water rescuers,
       carting and sled dogs, retrievers, protectors, hunters, and bird dogs, and
       always they are the heartbeat of a companion near and dear to humans;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, All dogs should be valued, whatever their ancestry, but
       the purpose-bred dog and the predictability of its breed should be
       cherished and preserved; and
       
          WHEREAS, Each breed is indelibly etched in the history of the
       culture that created it just as surely as that culture's music, art, and
       language; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the General Assembly, proudly recognize
       "National Purebred Dog Day" on May 1, 2015, in celebration of purebred
       dogs and the many service and companion benefits they provide in
       Colorado.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       the Honorable Governor John Hickenlooper; Colorado Commissioner of
       Agriculture Don Brown; the members of Colorado's congressional
       delegation; Sheila Goffe, Director of Government Relations for the
       American Kennel Club; and the Colorado Kennel Club, Arapahoe Kennel
       Club, Buckhorn Valley Kennel Club, Colorado Springs Kennel Club,
       Grand Valley Kennel Club, Durango Kennel Club, Evergreen Colorado
       Kennel Club, Flatirons Kennel Club, Greeley Kennel Club, Inc., Metro 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       Mile Hi Kennel Club, Plum Creek Kennel Club of Colorado, Roaring
       Fork Kennel Club, Southern Colorado Kennel Club, Terry-All Kennel
       Club, Inc., Pikes Peak Herding Association, Continental Divide Herding
       Association, Rocky Mountain Earthdog Club, Longs Peak Dog Training
       Club, Mountain States Dog Training Club, Inc., Peak to Peak Working
       Dog Association of Colorado, Pikes Peak Obedience Club, Inc., and
       Sporting Dog Club of Colorado Springs.
       
       
       
       
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       Dickey Lee Hullinghorst               Bill L. Cadman
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                     Cindi L. Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE