The shame of this whole thing is, this law looks like it is meant for mostly pedigreed dogs. But I will answer what I am pondering. As far as I know there is no GSDCA rule against accepting a member if they are USDA licensed breeder (although I do know of one they denied membership). So what makes the difference? What is ethical? A pet store seller? A broker? or a straight sight unseen pet or show sale sale? Where is that line? What about the one bitch bred over and over again? What about "reputable" breeders placing unsalable dog into the rescue program?. So many ethical questions laws do not or cannot cover.... Lissa Msg: #1 in digest From: "Stormy V. Hope" <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: New question Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:17:48 -0800 In 4 days, there will be hundreds of dog breeders that may be covered by the new Revised Rules and may need to be USDA licensed. 5 and more females that are capable of breeding on your premises, remember? And sell any as pets sight unseen at that point and you may need to be USDA licensed. There is lots of controversy, discussions about that. My question isnât about that. My question is about GSDCA accepting members who are USDA licensed? Do they now? If now, will they? Is it presumed that because a breeder is USDA licensed, they sell to pet stores? In GSDCA history, were there very good breeders who sold their â extraâ pets to pet stores? More than one question⦠but Storm ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================