[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by WalnutHill

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.

Maybe you should go with the inspector and check out a few other kennels. We might get another undercover bust.