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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  I dont know every law that already exists in every state. This new bill states that the excersize area must be 2 times the size of the primary area. Does that mean that I have to build a house twice the size of the one I have for excersize? I use x-pens for outside. My dogs are never left outside unattended. Also, I dont want to hire a mathmetician to design kennels for all shapes and sizes of dogs that may reside at my house. (I do a little handling now and then) This would not work for pro handlers either. Sometimes they have 30+ dogs and sometimes they have 10. All are intact. I guess they are commercial breeders. Mandatory micro-chips? What about all that cancer they supposedly cause? What about a handler? These arent even the handlers dogs. Some of these dogs stay at the handlers home for a year or more.
There is no protection or recourse for breeders reguarding buyers that may possible lie about a health issue. What if my vet says something totally different than the buyers vet? Looks like the breder is ALWAYS going to be the one at fault. They are implementing breeding practices that some breeders do not agree with. Lets not have the stupid government tell me how to breed, when to breed and how to place my puppies. As for records, AkC already has them beat: 7 years.
Sorry if I cant write or explain as eloquently as wildcard, but wildcard is right on the money on this. |
First of all, are you breeding 10 litters a year? If not, you don't have to follow this. I would guess that primary area, might define the actual kennel or cage where the dog spends most of it's time, and the exercise area should be twice that size. It probably defines the term "primary area" in some part of the bill.
What do you think is a reasonable number of litters for the home breeder to have? Ten litters to me sounds like a very high number, if your having 10 or more litters a year you would be required to register as a commercial breeder, and all the things you mention only apply to the commercial breeder.
Microchips are probably required for several reasons. One might be because commercial breeders do identify dogs with tattoos, the microchip would be way less painful. Also commercial breeders have been know to dump or shoot dogs, no longer necessary to their breeding program, and this would enable authorities to know who the dog belonged to. As far as microchips causing cancer, no link has been found and there is only one dog that has developed a tumor around the chip, and this I believe is in Russia.
The lemon puppy law only applies to commercial breeders, and only in certain conditions. Not sure what these are, I haven't studied every part of the bill, but I am interested in it mainly on how it would affect the home breeder. The lemon puppy law won't affect the home breeder of Pet Dealer.
So a commercial breeders would be those that are selling 10 litters of dogs a year, and a "Pet Dealer" is someone who "sales for profit" 6 or more dogs a year. All they have to do is keep a record of who they sold the pets to, just the name and address of the customer, that's all, and this is the record that has to be made available should authorities request it. The second thing a Pet Dealer has to do, is make available any vet records, should a potential customer request them.
If you are selling less than 6 dogs a year, you don't have to change anything, or keep any records.
As far a your statement that AKC requires that you keep records for 7 years, remember, lots of kennels have been suspended by the AKC, and also remember that the AKC can't suspend anyone who is following state law regarding kennel conditions. That's why the states must make the laws.