Doodlebop;2505136: They are saying that a lot of your puppy mills, are USDA certified, so why not start there, since there is an enforcement issue.
We already start there, and for reasons I gave in my previous post, I don't believe the USDA is doing a very good job.
Then in your second comment, Pet Dealers are required to keep the name and address of where they got the puppy,, Even you are already classifying Puppy Dealers as brokers.. Remember they are people offering more than five puppies per year.. And who is going to enforce the name and address issue..
Puppy Dealers may be brokers or breeders, but the breeder isn't buying a puppy from a puppy mill and selling it as his own. With records available, consumers would be able to check this out.
Who and where is this money going to come from? When the new Indiana law uses the fines they collect? How would it be different..than the USDA? If laws are passes with poor thinking and no foresight, and not even a way to finance, then what is the sense in doing it, if you are not going to do it right..
I don't know who the money is coming from, that would be a question I would ask the lawmakers.
We have went over and over, how this will affect all breeders in Indiana, those selling or offering for sale more than five puppies a year, and those have 10 litters of puppies a year, that are sold for show and pet purposes, being labeled COMMERCIAL BREEDER, and classed in the same class as the low lifes mistreating and selling over 1000 puppies a year, to anyone with 225 dollars...
If you are selling over 10 litters a year, I think it's reasonable to suggest that you are breeding as a commercial breeder. Ten litters a year is a lot of puppies. For some of you there will be no number that you think is sufficient, but I don't think most home breeders are breeding 10 litters a year, and if they are, they will have to ensure the dogs are properly cared for.
This bill is ill thought and needs to be rewritten..
My only hope is that the true home breeder gets involved in the bill, and doesn't automatically believe some of the information that is put out by commercial breeders, who are disguising themselves as one of you. |