[royalarrival]

My current understanding of the law is docking of tails and ears must be done by a vet. Problem is forcing this law is impossible. Just like registering your dog with your local county is a law, but impossible to completely inforce. C-sections...I can not imagine someone doing this in their home. Working for a vet, just about every weekend is a C-section or two. Most are scheduled (English Bulldogs), but some are ER cases.

I am familiar with the legislation that Rendell is pushing for, but don't recall seeing the tail docking, ears, C-section stuff in it. I will have to do some research on this part.

The main push is to toughen the laws for kennels/breeders in order to weed out the puppymills. There is a big up roar due to this. Kennels and breeders that state they are not a puppymill will hurt financially due to the regulations if the law is passed. The law will require a certain kennel size per dog as well as certain requirements for the outside play/run area. There are more to regulations for the housing provided, exercise per dog per day, documentation per dog of health, vaccines, exercise etc.. The big up roar is where they are stating the kennel size (amount of dogs) and up will apply to this law. It is a low # of dogs (can't remember off top of my head) which will impact the small breeders that work out of the home. They claim they do not have the financial means to make the changes to their kennel to abide by this law. It will put them out of business. They state the # of dogs in a kennel should be increased to effect the businesses the law is being pushed for in the first place...to weed out puppymills. They also have issues with the regulations like documentation of each dog per day of exercise.

IMO, If they are true to their breed and are honest in running a legit business, they have nothing to fear. Choke up the money to make the changes needed. So it takes 3 seconds to document the exercise time of each dog....big deal. Nurses, DR, Assistants at hospitals (encluding vet hospitals) must document everything from poop, to exercise and what they eat (including how much).

Again, I have not heard anything about pushing to toughen up on the tail docking and stuff. I will have to research this and see if they are adding anything different to the current law they are trying to pass.