Are you reading this yet? "ownership interest in OR custody of" How many of you out there co-own intact bitches. Combining 5 or 6 co- owned bitches all having a litter in one year, even if YOU only kept one of them in your back yard, makes you AND your co-owners all HVRB High Volume Retail Breeders. And that, of course makes you and your co-owners all "puppy mills" in the eyes of the ARs. This is not a drill. Stormy http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.3424: `(A) BREEDING FEMALE DOG- The term `breeding female dog' means an intact female dog aged 4 months or older. `(B) HIGH VOLUME RETAIL BREEDER- The term `high volume retail breeder' means a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit-- `(i) has an ownership interest in or custody of 1 or more breeding female dogs; and `(ii) sells or offers for sale, via any means of conveyance (including the Internet, telephone, or newspaper), more than 50 of the offspring of such breeding female dogs for use as pets in any 1-year period. Stormy Hope www.carpoc.org UPDATED EVENTS/LINKS! AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA GSDCA Legislation http://tinyurl.com/nj2tgz Sunshine Squad showgsd.org/sunshine.html ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================