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Originally Posted by swan  Gemy, thank you. That was the most cogent, well written, and informative answer I could have received. People like you are exactly why I come to this site.
I agree with you completely on a number of issues, first the sourcing of the statistical data needs to be complete and reliable. But you are right the numbers do not add up. The simple concept of supply and demand will lead always to someone to fill the gap in supply.
I really feel like this issue needs to be discussed, I don't think people realize how complex the issue is and that laws are being passed that effect all of us who love dogs.
I could look it up but wasn't there a law passed recently that lowered the number of dogs you can breed before being classified as a commercial breeder?
The more I learn, the more questions I have.
Gemy, again thank you for your reply. |
You are more than welcome, and Yes there was a law passed just recently that did limit the number of dogs and made many hobby breeders de facto needing to register as a commercial breeder. If you have 4 or more breeding females and sell even one puppy/dog sight unseen you need a license....
There is a thread here entitled something APHIS I think it should be searchable.
The general dog owning population lives in "happy" ignorance, and you see that is "our problem". They for the starters don't know the difference between Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. They confuse the terms. Well every animal lover should be for Animal Welfare hey I know that I am, I guess Animal Rights might just be another term for Animal Welfare.
Quite frankly John Q Public unless truly passionate about dogs, might only spend 5 minutes a year thinking about overall dog welfare and breeders and where their next puppy will come from.
And for me there is the overall belief gap, as a breeder as a person I need to be both true to my beliefs and to position my stance without denigrating another breeder. That is a fine line to walk, especially when I look at commercial breeders. They could have the finest facility in the world, clean, well run, well kept, but unless I see audited statements from them, that included audited health test results, I have a very difficult time believing they all do pre breeding screening tests, breed appropriate genetic tests, and I know for sure they bloody well don't championship their dogs. So they breed purebred dogs okay, but how well do these purebreds meet the standard? This seems to me a BIG Divide.
My pragmatism says they are filling a gap we can't meet. And some-one has to.
Awh so much to think about my head starts swimming.