[gemy]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Gail, I don't think you are still understanding the bill. It says: You met the person face to face at a show. So you each got some sense of the other's character.
Q. How will this affect retailers who sell their
animals to buyers in face-to-face transactions at a
location other than their own premises?
A. The proposed rule is designed to close a loophole
in the current regulations that allows pet animals to be
sold sight-unseen, without any oversight by the public
or APHIS. Pet animal retailers who sell their animals
to their customers in face-to-face transactions at a
location other than their own premises are subject to
some degree of public oversight and therefore are not
the focus of this proposed rule and would not need to
obtain a license.

(1)Where does it say you must "sanitize you home?" Again, I think you are believing the propaganda sites. Have you read this? http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publicatio...l_pets_faq.pdf

Section 3.1 of the AWA (1)


(c)Surfaces--(1) General requirements. The surfaces of housingfacilities--including houses, dens, and other furniture-type fixtures andobjects within the facility--must be constructed in a manner and made ofmaterials that allow them to be readily cleaned and sanitized, or removed orreplaced when worn or soiled. Interior surfaces and any surfaces that come incontact with dogs or cats must:
And Yes I have read the APHIS FAQ sheet; may I remind you and everyone, a FAQ is not the proposed law; but an interpretation that APHIS or if you will an explanation that APHIS has offered; what is to say if this regulation passes that "their" preliminary interpretation can't change over time????

Again I say, meeting someone at a show, buying a puppy at retail in a pet store, does NOTHING to police and or guarantee the health and good breeding of the puppy.
In my example the prospective buyer was sent all details of the parents, actually had met the sire at a show 2yrs ago, the details enable them to verify all health checks done; the face to face meeting of the puppy confirmed their choice. They did not visit my home to see how I kept my babies. It is laughable that APHIS purports to assert that a visit to a pet store, or even once to a breeders' home constitutes any real amount of oversight.

I don't know what the answer is. It truly is appalling to me that folks sell over the internet in order to bypass what-ever legal loopholes there are.
I will also say although it is a moot point to this regulation; there "should" be regulations that say any "commercial breeder" who deigns to advertise "purebred" dogs, MUST do all health checks that are required to receive a CHIC number. No health checks no LICENSE.
Nancy; there is a Huge Philosphical difference between "hobby breeders" and commercial enterprises. And that is the crux of the issue as I see it. I do not and will not keep my pups and my dogs according to AWA guidelines; which I think are hopelessly inadequate in terms of rearing, raising well bred, socialized pet companions.
It is not about the "licensing" fee at all, but about the appalling restrictions under which I would have to rear my pups!! The appalling restrictions that would force me to place a retired female, in order to make room under the regulations to have another.
I have said it once, and I will say it again, you want to "police" internet sales, then do it through the internet. Don't do it on the backs of small breeders who put their heart, their love, and their finances into breeding only the best of the best!.