This is what would happen with the Amish kennels. And from what I knew from our neighborhood, the conditions were not all bad. But the quality of dogs was not that great. Some got citations and were told to dismantle their cages, kennels etc. I also had a friend who raised CH pekes and Poms. They were kept in an A/C room in cages. let out to exercise on concrete. They never touched grass unless they were showing. The place was immaculate and the dogs seemed happy, well fed and groomed. I'm talking about at least 15 of them. Very small breeding facility, mostly show. Who is to say this is abuse? I also remember that at that time AKC just did not have enough inspectors to go around. And the local authorities do turn their backs here at least. Anne, GA Sent from Anne's iPad > On Jan 31, 2015, at 7:45 PM, Stormy V. Hope <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Finally, AKC can inspect a kennel one day and it can be fine and dandy, clean > and wonderful AKC must notify the kennel that it is coming. The same kennel > a week later can be a total mess. ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2015. 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 both 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. POSTS CANNOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW. 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/ ==========================================================================