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Originally Posted by Julia Howard  I have bred yorkies for 20+ years but this may well be the last straw for me too. It is enough for me to make sure I am in compliance with AKC and be
prepared for an inspection. I have only had one inspection but it went well.
I don't want to put my dogs outside in a kennel either. My puppies are aways very social and loving and that usually makes an impression on buyers but if one is raised in a kennel, you can forget that. With mine being in the house, my husband or I am always picking one up and cuddling with it but if they are outside they won't have nearly the contact. That is not the reason I started breeding. I think everyone who breeds knows that it is not a money making proposition. Also, I have four breeding females; however I have five older females. Three are spayed and two are not. I also have two female puppies that I have held onto but I think they will go too. It really takes the wind out of your sails if you are a small breeder who does well to break even and keep your dogs healthy. I can't see anything good coming from this. In my area we have few yorkie breeders left anyway due to the economy, so this is going to limit choices for getting a puppy to the Humane Society or a couple of pet stores. |
The law doesn't apply to you, if you had MORE than four AND sold the dogs to people over the internet, then the law would apply to you and you would have to register. You say you can see nothing good coming from this, do you realize that over 80% of the dogs sold now aren't registered with anyone and have no inspections? The laws were made before the internet and no one ever thought there were be so many dogs sold without anyone seeing the breeding conditions.