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Originally Posted by Lilah Charm  I am not advocating for a lack of laws Ann, I completely agree with you. Sadly, there are some badly written laws that, like this campaign seems to be doing, take away the rights of dedicated hardworking breeders who are registering and liscencing their facilities- really meticulously managing their efforts and instead of regulating all of the horrific atrocities that occur outside of the carefully monitored facilities, continue to allow those behaviors to go unchecked while making it harder for all of those good breeders that we advocate for to continue to do what they are doing. Isn't it sad to think that Breeders we reccomend on this site would be called a puppy mill if more than six puppies left their house a year? We know better than that! My guess is that a Black Russian terrier like Dara would likely have a number like that or more in just one litter!
If we really want to see our breed protected and advocated for, then we need to protect their carefully managed lines and protect our dedicated breeders. For as many heartbreaking threads of ill health and deformity that grace the pages of yorkie talk we must remember that those are typically the by-products of bad breeding practices and that every puppy that does not represent the health, vigor and beauty that the Yorkshire terrier should then grows to reproduce without regulation continues to poison the health and integrity of our breed. With no caring, dedicated breeders to counteract that we will soon lose what we cherish about OUR breed.
I do believe that regulations are in order to protect what we value, but a law written using words like puppy mill but changing the definition of puppy mill to include a good breeder whose golden retriever has eight puppies in her one litter and is campaigning three bitches in show, do not support good breeding, do not protect those unregulated uncaring backyard breeders or uninspected mass production, disgusting facilities that produce oodles of ill health puppies in miserable conditions. We need carefully written legislation- not these crassly spat out ideas from people who do not have the facts using buzz words to pull the heart strings of caring animal lovers. That is an atrocity to not only our breeders but to be innocent people who think they are helping animals and most of all to the health and well being of our beloved breeds. |
You are absolutely correct average litter size is 7-8pups litters of 10 puppies or more are not un-common. And every breeder here will tell you that breeder will not be getting much sleep for at least 3 wks. You need to rotate the pups on the nipples. Likely one puppy will die - crushed or got too cold - despite your warming blankets under the huge litter box Despite you waking yourself up every hour or so to rotate. To check on Mama and the pups. You might need to supplement if mastitis happens or milk is not flowing in abundance. You ever wonder why commercial breeding facilities do not breed an abundance of large breed dogs. Too expensive to keep the breed - to provide the large spaces necessary nevermind the 4lbs or so a food a day a large to giant breed eats.
And average litter size for many medium breeds is also 6-8 pups.
So lets see we now won;t have any or very few in home large dog breeders as they will be flouting the law and being branded a puppy mill!!! We won;t have commercial breeders or very few - what happens when you want a large breed dog? Of course almost ditto most of the medium sized breeds like Goldens - Boxers - etc etc.
Enforce the laws you already have on the books. Stiffen the penalties and for goodness sakes don\t plea deal away existing penalties and jail time.
When you the law make it too difficult for good breeders to follow-when you ostracize our very passion and love and slur our reputation by laughable and inappropriate numbers what would any sane person do? Walk away. Don't even get started - of course in a decade there might be no good purebreds left in NOrth America to get started with! Problem solved? Right????