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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I personally have only sold 14 dogs from my website, without seeing the buyers in person...that was to reputable, well known breeders....one was out of State, two were out of country, there were maybe 6 people that I met at a show, we talked several hours over several days, and they contacted me later for a puppy. I have sold sight unseen to a couple of people that were given my name as a reference...they trusted the trainer and the handler and they contacted me...I did my checking and evaluating, and sold them dogs, site unseen....Does THIS make me a puppy mill???? NOT HARDLY! Several breeders that have gone out of business, have re-directed their own buyers, people THEY know and respect and trust, to me, and I have sold them dogs, sight unseen.....Does THIS make me a puppy mill???? NO! This is something breeders that have excellent lines in their pedigrees do frequently....Are we a puppy mill, because we sell excellent bloodlines/pedigrees to each other, to strengthen our own programs? Not hardly! We meet people at shows, they get to know show people and breeders and their dogs, and months later, after everyone is back home, that person will contact you about any upcoming litters. We can do all the evaluating and assessing these people by phone or over the internet, interviews and applications, and when we have a litter, we know if these people will be a good home for our puppies (even though THAT is NOT a qualifying factor as outlined by APHIS...they could care less what kind of people the dogs go to, they just want to mandate that they have access to your home so you can "lay your eyes on them, and they on you...as if THAT makes any impact on who I sell my dogs to) and we can sell a puppy, "sight unseen, off the website"....Does this make us a puppy mill??? Not hardly! This agenda has absolutely NOTHING to do with curtailing animal cruelty or ridding the world of puppy mills....this is aimed at running, INITIALLY, as many small breeders as possible, out of business...then they will move on to another area where they can gain control....until YOU have NO access to owning a pet unless you get it from a rescue or the dog pound...and when those dogs are all gone, you wont have access to owning a pet at all, and they will start on the cruelty of breeding farm animals for meat.....when I was first told all this years ago, I thought the person telling me this was slap dab crazy.....but I became more active in the political side of all this, actually seeing bills passed that were then "revised" down to tighter controls, and re-revised, until the particular situation was completely irradicated..... I am sitting here, watching it all happen, a step at a time...slowly, quietly,..... these bills are wolves in sheeps clothing...and by the time the general public and regular pet owners can actually SEE and FEEL and EXPERIENCE what is being devised descretely, it will be too late. One question....WHY should I be licensed???....why shouldnt the people that pander their sick puppies and kittens at flea markets and in parking lots and off the road side, out of the trunk of their car....why shouldnt THEY be licensed instead??? THOSE are the puppy mills dogs, that APHIS, HSUS and PETA would LOVE for you to believe they are trying to stop......so why dont they go after THEM???? Drive THEM out of business....THAT is what they claim they are trying to do! TOO MANY OF THEM??? You bet your bippy there are!! So, when someone is peddling dogs in those areas, storm troopers can pull up and ask THEM for a license to sell these dogs...and if they cant produce a license, conficate THOSE dogs....No, they wont be doing that...that makes too much sense! They will storm into Cloverhills breeding business, HER HOME, and ransack her home, confiscate all her breeding dogs and leave her absolutely dessimated....closed down a puppy mill???? NOT HARDLY!!! IRRADICATED A RESPONSIBLE, REPUTABLE BREEDER???? YOU BET! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! I WISH CLOVER HILL WOULD COME ON HERE AND RELATE HER HARROWING EXPERIENCE TO YOU ALL...BELIEVE IT, IT IS HAPPENING, AS WE SPEAK!!!

I had a horrendous experience a few months ago with an over-aggressive, unstable animal control officer that caused me to abandon my lovely home in order to return my dogs to the safety of my family home in a more breeder tolerant state. I won't post the details here because I haven't ruled out future action against the people who terrorized me that day.

It's very important to point out that I DID NOT LOSE ANY OF MY DOGS in this raid. I've worked hard to build a good reputation and I was able to get some influential people to intervene so that my dogs were not seized. I was also very lucky that day that people were able to drop what they were doing to help me. By grace of God I did not lose my dogs, nor was I charged with any offenses.

I have come to believe that most local animal control officers are members of PETA and HSUS. I also believe breeder raids are often carried out as fund raisers for local SPCAs and shelters. I believe more respectable breeders are raided than we know because they're likely too horrified, traumatized and injured to speak about it afterwards; they simply give up and disappear.

I don't trust anyone in the government to judge me.

Anyone out there needing advice on what to do in a raid, call me.