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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Could you link the article that you got this from? Quoting just a line or two can often be misunderstood. I've talked with breeders who say, it's very important to sanitize the whelping area, for example. Also, when there is a large number of dogs, it's important to be able to clean the area in which they relieve themselves.
The FAQ comes from the people who make the law, it's should be accurate in describing what the law will do, if it isn't, you have a bigger problem than puppy mills.
Gail, this law is just to help regulate those breeders who sell from a website. Is the law perfect, no, there will still be those that abuse it, but now authorities will have some way to find and prosecute those breeders who are the very worst of the worst.
I would like you to answer two questions,(1) do you think it's acceptable for a breeder to sell a dog through a website? (2) Do you believe the breeder who does this needs no inspection of kennels? |
Animal Welfare Act | Animal Welfare Information Center
that is the link for the excerpt I abstracted. Also look at the very one FAQ where it stipulates "if" you allow your dogs free run of your home; then they will look at things essentially on a case by case basis.
(1) YES If this is a reputable breeder then why not? The question of internet sales or not, does not make defacto a "bad breeder. In this day and age, the internet is a wonderful tool, we can use to communicate to look up tons n tons of information. Why shouldn't a reputable breeder avail herself of this tool? I can as a buyer learn of some great puppies for sale in this way. How-ever all the research needs to be done by the buyer, prior to purchasing.
(2) Yes I believe in inspections actually. But under a different sort of circumstances the USA law seems to provide for. I believe that home breeders need to be given huge credits for doing what so many commercial breeders don't and can't do! That is rear a puppy 24/7 in a home environment. And yes the whelping area not only needs to be cleaned, but needs to be kept safe n secure from other pets in the house, during the critical0-5 or so weeks. We can do this, through the use of gates, doors, separate areas of the house.
Once the breeding is done, the whelping and puppy placement is done, why shouldn't I be allowed to let my dogs have free reign of the house? They are my dogs, my home, my companions, a huge part of my life!