I'm on your side of this argument, but any law is going to have to quantify in order to define what is being regulated.
I live in Pennsylvania and have lived in Lancaster County (where the Amish crank out puppies like any other livestock). Successive dog laws have failed to put much of a dent into volume breeding business there. OTOH, zoning laws limiting households to 2 dogs have really put private breeders in jeopardy. Get that 3rd dog and your local township considers you 'a kennel'. In this case, the number is unrealistically low.
Tell me about it. We moved to S. FL about 2 years ago, and I could only bring 2 of my dogs. I was very lucky to be in a situation with a co-owner who took one of them and 2 sons who took the other two (I had recently lost my 2 old dogs to old age--that's another sad story!). It's really difficult to show dogs and only be able to keep 2 at a time.
susie
I had no idea that the Amish were being irresponsible dog breeders. Are they that sloppy with their horse breeding too?