Sentences with phrase «home hobby breeders»

Home hobby breeders simply could not meet the engineering standards designated for large commercial kennels because of zoning, land requirements or expense.

Last year Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin introduced in the US Senate the Durbin - Vitter «Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act» (PUPS) to require federal licensing and inspection of many home hobby breeders (see below).

However, home hobby breeders often have more than the threshold number of reproductively intact females, sometimes sell puppies to buyers who do not visit their premises, and occasionally sell puppies or dogs that they did not produce and raise on their premises.

NAIA believes that it is best to purchase a dog from a responsible in - home hobby breeder where purchasers can see the parent dogs and the conditions in which the puppies were produced and reared.

The home hobby breeder will engage their dogs in a variety of activities and training such as obedience and agility but these activities will not count toward the exercise requirement in this bill as written.

Not exact matches

You stated, «The law, unfortunately, does not make provisions for dealing with backyard breeders or hobby breeders that are selling puppies out of their home.»

One is set in a commercial breeding environment with hundreds or even thousands of other dogs, while the other is set in a hobby breeder's home environment with only a mother dog or a small group of household pets.

Home breeding is the number one setting of hobby breeders and small breeders.

There are home breeders, hobby breeders, and licensed breeders.

These are the people (often referred to as «hobby breeders») who work hard to choose GOOD homes for their puppies.

WoTeH «sin Shih Tzu is a small, hobby, home based breeder in the Phoenix / Scottsdale Arizona..

Breeding dogs is a lifestyle choice for hobby breeders, and the current proposal offers them two unacceptable choices: to operate illegally or provide federal regulators access to their homes for having as few as 5 breeding female dogs.

Applying commercial standards to small, in - home hobby operations as this proposal does will have a crippling effect on these breeders, and cause many of the finest breeders in the country to quit.

Instead of establishing a licensing threshold for retail breeders that have more than 4 breeding females the Department needs to define and then formally exempt hobby breeders (home breeders) as the Impact Analysis states is the intent.

Serious, dedicated hobby breeders enjoy the challenge to produce the best Springers possible — for the field, for the show ring, and for companionship in the home.

Hobby breeder: A breed fancier who has a breed or two (or even three); follows a breeding plan to preserve and protect each breed; produces a limited number of litters each year; breeds only when a litter will enhance the breed and the breeding program; raises the puppies with plenty of environmental stimulation and human contact; has a contract that protects breeder, puppy, and buyer; raises dog in the house or runs a small, clean kennel; screens breeding stock to eliminate hereditary defects; works with a breed club or kennel club to promote and protect the breed; and cares that each and every puppy is placed in the best home possible.

PUPS would expand federal jurisdiction into pets and require federal licensing and inspection of home hobby dog breeders who own one intact female and who place as few as 50 puppies per year.

The USDA's current animal care regulations cover breeders who sell at wholesale, who breed commercially in large quantities, and are ill - suited to home - based hobby breeders.

The bill requires registration of all animal rescues including foster homes but does not apply to any breeders other than high volume breeders and dog retailers; hobby and show breeders, sporting or hunting dog breeders, pet stores and small «backyard» breeders would not be subject to any regulation under the bill.