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