Yesterday I got a call back from the Texas Department of Licensing from someone that could explain more about the new puppy mill bill. The new bill will apply only to people that have 11 or more breeding females. If you have 11 or more breeding females but sell less than 20 puppies a year then you will not need a license. It will be over a year before all the rules better defined and people have to come into compliance. He also stated that they understand the situation with breeder/exhibitors that might have females over 6 months that are being evaluated for show or being shown but not being bred. They will work out something for those people. So basically the new bill will not effect many, if any breeder exhibitors or the small hobby breeders.
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