Gail, I believe the commercial breeders lobby is using reputable breeders to pass on misinformation. So many of them just pass the email along without fully understanding what it says, and of course if someone who you respect passes it along, well you believe it's all true. Do you at least trust the ASPCA? Have you read what they say about the law?
This whole thing was started because of a commercial breeding facility called "Purebred Breeders, LLC". They have over 800 websites with different names and sell over 20,000 puppies a year. People were buying sick dying puppies and the Humane society got involved in a lawsuit with them. Purebred Breeders LLC is worse than the Hunte corporation who use to buy from independent dog breeders who at least had to be USDA inspected. It used to be thought that pet buyers who bought directly from a breeder would visit the home and see for themselves the conditions of the dogs, this is no longer true and the government has no recourse against these companies who are selling directly to the public.
You say, "A while ago I read the requirements for Kennels, and I was appalled. First and foremost in my mind, VERY FEW PUPPIES IF ANY, should be raised outside in kennels. It is poppycock. Dogs are in the main part destined to live in residential homes, and that is exactly where they should be brought up." You make it sound like a small breeder would have to put their dogs into a kennel, this just isn't true, but this type of propaganda has been passed before when making state laws, you can still have your dogs live with you in a family setting and in fact, that's what the HSUS tells pet buyers to look for. I urge all you breeders to get involved with the making of bills, you have great information on what would help protect the small breeder.
Gail I've been trying to educate the buying public for a long time now, I can't even get people to visit the homes of the people they buy their dogs from. One of the reasons I link the YTCA website is because at least they have breeders in most states and people can visit the homes, this is so important. If we love out pets we should be sure that their "parents" are being property treated.
Where did you read the term 4 breeding bitches? If it's from the actual bill the definition of a breeding bitch should be given. If it's from another site, the number may be wrong. |