Not exact matches
Passed in 1966, the Animal Welfare Act states the following
requirement, «Any breeder who has more
than 3 breeding dogs, and sells
puppies for commercial purposes, must have a license issued by the Department of Agriculture.»
Unfortunately,
puppies younger
than 3 months can be sold at a much higher price (sometimes thousands of dollars per dog) and some importers have falsified the dogs» documents to state that they are 4 month old in order to comply with import
requirements, when in fact they are much younger.
Big, older dogs are going to have vastly different nutritional
requirements and limitations
than small - breed
puppies.
A 15 - pound Doberman pinscher
puppy has different diet
requirements than a 15 - pound miniature pinscher.
-- Notwithstanding the provisions of section 201 [FN1] or any other provisions of this act,
puppies that are brought into this Commonwealth for a period of less
than 18 months as part of a formalized training to be service dogs shall be exempt from the licensing
requirements of this act.
This very high
requirement gradually decreases; by the time the
puppy reaches 80 % of its adult weight (i.e. at ~ 6 months for a small dog and 8 - 10 months for a large dog), it consumes only 20 % more energy
than an adult.
If the additional amount of floor space for each nursing
puppy is less
than 5 % of the minimum
requirement for the bitch, the housing shall be approved by the attending veterinarian.approved by the attending ve showed several clear violations of this provision.
In papers filed yesterday, the consumers argue that the Andersons have continued to violate a court order and the terms of a settlement agreement the parties entered into more
than three years ago, by selling
puppies from substandard breeding facilities and violating disclosure
requirements as to where the
puppies they sell come from.
«Large breed growth diets contain a little less
than 1 percent calcium and more
than adequately meet the growing large breed
puppies» calcium
requirement.
One final note to consider on the subject of
puppy food is that
puppies do have different
requirements to support their rapid growth
than adult dogs.
Large breed
puppies have more specific
requirements about calcium and phosphorus
than adult large breed dogs and they need to have food that keeps the calories down so they won't grow too rapidly.
The energy
requirements of a
puppy are far more
than what an adult dachshund would require and higher amounts of quality protein are needed for growth.
The compromise bill has more limited
requirements for veterinary care
than either the current law under the
Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act or S.B. 113 / S.