If anyone breeds dogs in Ohio, you may want to look at this bill. It is the worst one I've seen anywhere, except it doesn't include cats. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_606 You'll be commercial if you sell more than 25 animals, or own 9 or more dogs. A commercial license for 9-25 animals is $5000 YEARLY. Then the next level is $10,000 got 26-50 a year. If you own 51 dogs the fee is $50,000. In reasonable terms, 2 labs having 13 puppies each would cause you to pay $5000 for a kennel license. Keeping 5 dogs in a kennel that could house 10 dogs could cause you to be required to pay the $5000. The way the bill is worded you could be charged a $5000 to $50,000 kennel fee yearly, if you had a empty kennel building on your property. Your dogs can be seized for just about any reason, including natural disasters. Dogs that are seized can be destroyed. The commercial licenseing is based on the number of dogs you can house, not neccesarily the amount you actually have. I don't know any breeders in Ohio. They seem to be keeping quiet about this. OH HB 606 is at: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_606 Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA Never underestimate the ability of the hypocritical to hoodwink the sanctimonious. www.rihadin.com . __,_._,___ ============================================================================ 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================