EXACTLY! There are already a lot of state regulations in place to deal with puppy mills. It is going to hurt responsible breeders such as myself, who do have a number of intact females but I only produce 2 litters a year. From how I understand it, ANYONE who would ship a puppy or sell “sight unseen” would need to be inspected in order to do so. Bloodlines will suffer.
Oh, and this applies to ALL breeding animals. Obviously the AKC is only interested in the puppies aspect, but this pertains to livestock and any other type of animal that is raised and sold.
Many of our local breeders of hunting test dogs seek out puppies from bloodlines in other parts of the country.
I have a lovely dog from probably the premier breeder of field trial Labradors in the country. She is a wonderful lady, very down to earth and not at all too proud to talk to a little amateur dog owner like me.
I bought one of her puppies and had the little girl shipped to me via air, rather than spend a week driving all the way across the country and back with a squirming little puppy in a crate for 2-3 days! Better she should spend an uncomfortable hour than TWO DAYS (and she was SO glad to see me when I opened up the crate door).