that USDA should continue to perform all inspections of dog breeders and not to rely on the AKC and other dog breeding affiliated groups, with serious conflicts of interest, to conduct inspections and to monitor conditions at
federally licensed dog breeding facilities.
There are about 2,000
federally licensed dog breeders.
The laundry list of those who felt these meager restrictions would put breeders out of business included the American Kennel Club, the American Canine Association, the American Pet Registry, the Sporting Dog Alliance and Oklahoma Pet Professionals, an organization of
federally licensed dog dealers that would seemingly benefit from regulations based on the standards they already meet.
Not exact matches
K - 9 Stray Rescue League is a state and
federally licensed non-profit group formed in 1990 primarily to save
dogs on the euthanasia list at local animal shelters.
Mom is normal eyed CEA / PRA rough coat collie, stud is standard poodle
federally licensed therapy
dog.
«It's unfortunate that a municipality closed a legitimate business based on concerns about
dogs that are being provided by
federally licensed and approved breeders.»
The U.S. Department of Agriculture currently inspects only
dog breeders that sell to pet stores, but it is currently considering a rule that would require large - scale
dog breeding facilities, like this one, that sell directly to the public, to be
federally licensed and inspected.
All
dog breeders who sell more than 50 puppies per year directly to the public will be
federally licensed and inspected.
Pet stores usually buy their
dogs from
federally licensed breeders, meaning kennels with five or more breeding females that breed a lot of pups.
The puppy mill issue surfaces across Oklahoma due to a loophole which allows high volume
dog producers that are not
federally licensed to operate without any
licensing at all here.