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Most people not involved in dog sports think this kind of law is a good idea. And in fact, some of my friends involved in dogs agree because they hate commercial breeders so much. They are short sighted, but not everyone is smart, face it. If they were we wouldn’t be where we are as a country.

It sounds like your friends are acting out of emotion and their hearts rather than their heads and that's where the libs get a lot of people. Most fellow dog breeders I converse with, think this is absolutely awful. I read back over the proposal, and from how I understand this, if you have more than 4 intact "breeding" females, even if you do not necessarily BREED them all at the same time, you will be subject to USDA federal licensing and inspections. The 4 and under exemption is only for people who only sell their puppies at their home and do not take deposits or ship "sight unseen".

In the case of rare breeds that are only limited to a few hundred throughout the country, this could be disastrous as most breeders would most likely not want to be inspected and follow requirements such as stainless steel whelping boxes, concrete kennels, etc. and whatever other draconian implementations they require versus a loving home. What's interesting is that there are already laws in most states that cover something like this. I follow the laws here for Pennsylvania and do not have a kennel, but any type of "puppy mill" would already NEED to be inspected by the PA Department of Agriculture because if you have 26+ dogs (both your own dogs as well as puppies produced) in a calendar year, you are required to be inspected and licensed. But hey, IT'S FOR THE PUPPIES so it must be good, right? lol

Interesting point to note though, this covers all animals so while I am unfamiliar with the sales of cattle, horses, pigs, etc. I would have to guess there is at least some type of online sales for them, which it would also impact.