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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I don't want to do away with USDA breeders, I believe they fill need, but I do want to do away with puppy mills. I think some people call every commercial breeder a puppy mill, but I believe it's possible to be a large-scale breeder and raise the dogs humanely. I would like to see the USDA have more authority to enforce laws already in place, and I would like every breeder who breeds above a certain number of litters a year, to have some type of license, and be inspected. I'm not sure what that number should be, I believe there has been talk of 10 or so litters and that seems reasonable. I think we need input from good breeders because I would hate to do anything that hurts them and has no impact on the bad breeders. First we need to address the problem of really inhumane kennel conditions, for millions of dogs. The second problem is people breeding who aren't held accountable for the health of their dogs offspring. This is more of a problem with small backyard breeders. These breeders generally treat the breeding dogs well, but the offspring often has a most difficult life, due to poor placement or people not being able to afford proper health treatment for genetic problems. |
Thanks for your response. But what are your thoughts on the Dept of Agriculture overseeing large scale breeding?
And what is humane? What should commercial breeders do differently?
Until we divorce the breeding of dogs and cats, separate from the breeding of livestock destined to the consumption table, how could we ever get HUMANE breeding of our pets from large commercial breeders?
The mindset of breeders of consumption animals, the mindset of farmers is and necessarily so very divorced from the mindset of the breeder of high quality health pups, that are destined and borne to be loved and cared for over many years.