More information can be found on "Puppy
Mills" at: http://www.puppymills.com
1. If they sell more than one breed of dog.
2. If they do not OFA the hips and elbows of their males and females.
3. If they do not put any titles on any of their dogs. All breeding dogs should be proven to at least meet the standard.
4. If they have more than 2 litters a year.
5. If they do nothing with their dogs except breed them and sell puppies.
6. If they do not offer a contract with the sell of the puppy.
7. If they do not offer support for the life of the puppy.
8. If they do not offer to take the puppy back if they cannot keep it for some reason.
9. If they breed a Rottweiler before it is 2 years old
10. If they do not breed to improve the standard of the breed they are breeding.
11. They only breed dogs that are in the standard.
12. Rottweiler males max. height at shoulders is 27" For the females it is 25".
The above information was supplied by:
Mary Ann and Dale Herring
gustav@htcomp.net
http://www.vommuhlental.com
Gustav vom MarDale: BH,CD,CGC, TT, TDI, retired.
Morro vom Kiefernweg: ZtPr, BH, SchH ll, OFA Excell.
RO-EL2053-T(Done at 5yrs old), RO-TH5/68M-T
Itta vom Frasertal: OFA Good,Elbows clear V1-Rated
Nicki vom Goldenen Vlies SchH III BH gekört bis AD HD & ED Frei
Puppy
Protection Act Introduced
Article
from: The American Humane Society of the United State
On October
1, Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Richard Durbin (D-IL)
introduced the Puppy Protection Act (S.1478), along with seven
original cosponsors. These Senators have stepped forward to crack
down on the more than 3,000 puppy mills that operate in the United
States.
The Puppy
Protection Act will help the U.S. Department of Agriculture
enforce the Animal Welfare Act by encouraging swift and strong
action against repeat violators of the AWA. It will also address
the problem of incessant over-breeding by commercial breeders and
require that dogs be adequately socialized, enhancing their
well-being and helping to ensure fewer behavioral problems in the
future.
Specifically,
this legislation will:
-
Require
that dogs and puppies at commercial breeding facilities be
socialized with other dogs and with people according to
standards based on recommendations of animal welfare and
behavior experts.
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Address
breeding practices, requiring that females must be at least
one year old before being bred and limiting breeding to three
times in any 24-month period.
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Create a
"three strikes and you're out" rule that would
permanently revoke the licenses of chronic violators of the
standards set forth by the AWA.
What Is a
Puppy Mill?
Puppy mills are
breeding facilities that produce purebred puppies in large
numbers. The puppies are sold either directly to the public via
the Internet, newspaper ads, or at the mill itself, or are sold to
brokers and pet shops across the country. Dogs from puppy mills
are the "inventory" for retail pet stores. These
facilities treat female dogs like breeding machines, starting to
breed them when they are as young as six months and then breeding
them every heat cycle until their reproductive capacity wanes (at
around five or six years). At that point they are often killed or
auctioned off to unknown fates. Dogs and puppies at puppy mills
are warehoused in cages and denied any meaningful human
companionship. Controversy over puppy mills is not a new
phenomenon; for decades, the media have highlighted problems at
puppy mills, most notably 20/20, Dateline NBC, Good
Morning America, and The Today Show.
What You
Can Do
Contact your two U.S. Senators and urge them to become
cosponsors of S. 1478, the Puppy Protection Act. Also contact your
U.S. Representative and urge him or her to join as an original
cosponsor of the Puppy Protection Act when it is introduced in the
House by Representatives Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Sam Farr (D-CA).
