Are they not already banned? Should it not be actual enforcement we need?
For sure puppy farms are a huge problem however there needs to be some solution for purchasers of dogs that come from a farm as surrenders are coming from owners who very obviously clueless.
In a lot of cases the behavior problems that rescues see are the result of owners not having any interest in early training. A lot of emphasis is placed on early socializing being a huge driver but early training, or lack there of, is a bigger problem.
Maybe all pet keeping should be banned. Pets like dogs have a large carbon footprint and cats do untold damage to wildlife.
Extremely unlikely to have any impact.
SOP for owning dogs/cats should be: Mandatory Microchipping, mandatory neutering -breeders can have some special- COMPLEX- hoops to jump through with mandatory chipping and strict ENFORCED penalties for violations.
Also Govt sponsored TNR programs for strays. (country I live in, any vet will neuter a stray for free, Govt will refund)
main thing is actually enforcing the laws and penalties.
Hell yes. Let’s see some action on this.
Those people are awful. A dog to them is a commodity to pump out pups til she’s worthless, and they just straight up kill or abandon her.
I thought that puppy farming was already banned? Or is it just not enforced at all?
Force that every dog has to be chipped and registered/licensed
Chips may only be done through certified vets. Dogs must be chipped by a certain age.
Any dog being bought/sold that is not chipped is subject to seizure and fine of a nice hefty amount. Amount multiplies by amount of dogs.
Hit the buyers and the sellers nice and hard, and seeing as any reputable breeder or owner i have come across has the dogs chipped etc anyway it will not affect the decent ones at all. Its also very easy to check the puppy farms as even if they register, the vets and the paperwork will show the number of dogs going through listed to them
Anyone have the link to the petition? I’ll happily sign it
Anyone who has bought a specific breed dog has prob bought from puppy farm
I am in total agreement for the ban of puppy farms, please don’t get me wrong on this. However, adoptions are needlessly difficult and it puts people off adopting, and especially true when shelters lie about the dogs they are adopting out. You get rejected for mundane things and shelters have unreasonable expectations like people having to be home all day, no other dogs or pets in the house, no children, etc. Then there’s the description of dogs who sound normal but once brought home display issues that the shelter was clearly aware of but downplaying. I would never buy from a puppy farm, but equally I would feel uncomfortable adopting a dog that I was lied to about and when brought home ended up being a neurotic mess from previous situations. It isn’t the dog’s fault, but it isn’t as simple as adopt don’t shop. There is a lot going on with dog adoption that needs to be addressed.
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Are they not already banned? Should it not be actual enforcement we need?
For sure puppy farms are a huge problem however there needs to be some solution for purchasers of dogs that come from a farm as surrenders are coming from owners who very obviously clueless.
In a lot of cases the behavior problems that rescues see are the result of owners not having any interest in early training. A lot of emphasis is placed on early socializing being a huge driver but early training, or lack there of, is a bigger problem.
Maybe all pet keeping should be banned. Pets like dogs have a large carbon footprint and cats do untold damage to wildlife.
Extremely unlikely to have any impact.
SOP for owning dogs/cats should be: Mandatory Microchipping, mandatory neutering -breeders can have some special- COMPLEX- hoops to jump through with mandatory chipping and strict ENFORCED penalties for violations.
Also Govt sponsored TNR programs for strays. (country I live in, any vet will neuter a stray for free, Govt will refund)
main thing is actually enforcing the laws and penalties.
Hell yes. Let’s see some action on this.
Those people are awful. A dog to them is a commodity to pump out pups til she’s worthless, and they just straight up kill or abandon her.
I thought that puppy farming was already banned? Or is it just not enforced at all?
Force that every dog has to be chipped and registered/licensed
Chips may only be done through certified vets. Dogs must be chipped by a certain age.
Any dog being bought/sold that is not chipped is subject to seizure and fine of a nice hefty amount. Amount multiplies by amount of dogs.
Hit the buyers and the sellers nice and hard, and seeing as any reputable breeder or owner i have come across has the dogs chipped etc anyway it will not affect the decent ones at all. Its also very easy to check the puppy farms as even if they register, the vets and the paperwork will show the number of dogs going through listed to them
Anyone have the link to the petition? I’ll happily sign it
Anyone who has bought a specific breed dog has prob bought from puppy farm
I am in total agreement for the ban of puppy farms, please don’t get me wrong on this. However, adoptions are needlessly difficult and it puts people off adopting, and especially true when shelters lie about the dogs they are adopting out. You get rejected for mundane things and shelters have unreasonable expectations like people having to be home all day, no other dogs or pets in the house, no children, etc. Then there’s the description of dogs who sound normal but once brought home display issues that the shelter was clearly aware of but downplaying. I would never buy from a puppy farm, but equally I would feel uncomfortable adopting a dog that I was lied to about and when brought home ended up being a neurotic mess from previous situations. It isn’t the dog’s fault, but it isn’t as simple as adopt don’t shop. There is a lot going on with dog adoption that needs to be addressed.