Ginger Cleary - Rome, GA www.rihadin.com "It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error."United States Supreme Court, American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 US 382 (1950) ----Original Message----- The Pennsylvania Federation of Dog Clubs has updated their website with more information about the proposed breeding/kennel restrictions in Pennsylvania. Here's the link to their site, http://home.paonline.com/pfdc/ The proposed changes are extremely restrictive and may even affect people who co-own dogs with people residing in other states. In other words, you might be under the 26 dog limit on your property in Pennsylvania, but the "new" interpretation of the law may include dogs you co-own with owners in other states. And, if people are showing in PA and staying at your house, or even driving through and visiting, their visiting dogs count in your yearly 26 dog total. Some of the kennel and breeding requirements are detrimental to raising dogs as well, such as - dogs may not run on grass. Yep, you read that right! Dogs have to be exercised on stone or concrete - no dirt, grass or weeds. And...dogs of the same body weight can run together, but not dogs of the same height. So, your 60 pound bulldog can run with a German Shorthair, but your Bulldog can't run with a Sheltie. Also, all dogs must be whelped in a separate building from your main kennel or house with a concrete floor and drains. No more whelping dogs in your bedroom, kitchen, family room, etc. The outline for the letter to send to the committee is towards the bottom of the page. Only PA residents will receive a response and "count" as far as the committee is concerned. Letters must be received by the committee no later than February 14, 2007. You may cross-post this message. It's important that everyone in dogs in Pennsylvania, whether they have a kennel license or not, sends a letter protesting these proposed changes. Sally Kamm __._,_.___ . __,_._,___ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================