Oh, well, from my perspective the USDA is doing a great job, and if a person only saw our kennel as an example of how the USDA regulates breeders, they'd say the same thing, but we are just a drop in the proverbial bucket.
Our USDA inspector chats with us when she's out here, and it's INSANE the things she has said - like commercial facilities with 1,500+ dogs, multiple breeds, endless violations, etc etc. Now, I've never seen (in person) a kennel with more than 50 dogs, so I have NO IDEA what that would be like. I can only imagine. And there are lots of facilities like that. They consider anything under a couple hundred dogs to be small. Our measley 30 is like nothing - and to us it's full time work for 3 people!
Plus, our USDA lady has like 3 states that she inspects... how can one person possibly do that? A couple hundred kennels per year per person?
You can easily see why the system doesn't work - not because the premise is wrong, but because the resources aren't there. It's almost like an honor system to an extent. |