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Originally Posted by FlDebra  The first line of my post says I personally would not want more dogs than I could have inmy home. I never said I would ever have 50 dogs or think that is right. This is just legislation that says that if anyone sells 50 dogs a year, they would have to have a USDA license. It is not about having 50 breeding dogs. Anyone with that many needs plenty of employees to help.
One male and one female per breeder is not realistically going to make it into law. I have 4 dogs and can handle that just fine. I have no problem giving them all the attention they need -- even my puppy, Rocky, the little attention hog! If you want to do any good in changing laws you have to pick a realistic solution -- something people will actually vote for and get passed. Trying to limit everyone to no more than 2 dogs is ludicrous and has NO chance of being passed. So, then you are back to having no law at all. |
However, if a breeder has no more than 2 for breeding, there will be a lot less unwanted dogs in this world and a lot less being taken to shelters only to be killed. The same goes for cats. I breed Sphyx once every 2 years and I only have two. One male and one female. That is plenty every 2 years so that the population can be controlled.
I also have a show dog, a Samoyed that I am only going to breed if she wins in the ring. If not, I am not going to breed them just to breed them. They have a better chance being sold if the mother and father (whoever it is at the time) are champions. She has more champions in a pedigree than I ever saw. Only a handful from a 5 generation has not been champions so I don't want her breeding pups without a championship. Enough of this. It has nothing to do with your post. Just wanted to point out this out.
As far as legislation goes, the people don't usually get to vote on laws. It is up the states.