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  • curlytailsC

    USDA Registration

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    There is or was a requirement for how much money a breeder could make in a year even if you had three or less breeding females. I believe it was $500. If you made more than that even with 3 or fewer females and want to sell your pups via petstores, you would have to get a USDA license. If you want to sell your pups for the petstore market, you must have a USDA Dealers license, either "A"-breeding only or "B"-breeding and brokering (basically buying the pups from either a person having an "A" license or breeding and selling your own pups in which case you would have a "B" license to petstores). The Hunte Corp. does not breed dogs but has a "B" license so it can deal/broker pups from "A" licensed breeders to petstores. There are also "B' dealers who sell to research facilities. It is my understanding that there are only around 10 doing this. The auctioneers and/or the dog auction facility must also be "B" licensed. The USDA has many laws about what can and cannot be done which is the Animal Welfare Act. The facilities are inspected but I think it is only once a year. If something is found that is in noncompliance, there is a date given that it must be fixed by and the inspector comes back to inspect again. One can now look up inspection reports for everyone who is USDA licensed. This includes exhibitors like zoos, circuses, carnivals, etc., carriers and handlers like airlines and transport companies, and research facilities like universities, hospitals, labs, etc. If one thinks being USDA licensed is so good, just think of the egg farms that were shut down because of human illnesses and the conditions of the facilities. Not all breeding facilities are like this but reading some of the inspection reports will educate you. Before attending the auctions, I had no idea how breeding dogs lived. I am amazed at the buildings, trailers, barns, etc. that they live in. It is not only breeders of dogs that need USDA licensed but also cats, rabbits, etc. Jennifer
  • AJs HumanA

    Question for our Canadian friends:

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    @wizard: Ah, but that was the old names for these hybrids. Now the PC term is anything with "oodle" at the end. No no no. If we're going to be PC, the correct PC term is "Designer Breed." Because you don't want to leave out the "ugles" of the world (pugles & the like), and it sound so fancy, like a dog Paris Hilton would have. I love it when people assume my girls are some unique & exotic (mixed breed) designer dogs, and they are always dissappointed when I tell them "No, its just a unique & exotic purebred primitive dog that's been around much much much longer than designer dogs." I actually had somebody at the dog park ask me if they were basenjis one day, and I replied Yes they are. They then asked "So they're miniatures?" I said "No, they are both within standard, just at the very small end of the standard." They insisted again they were toy basenjis. Whatever. :rolleyes:
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    Question on podengos for Diane McCarty

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    It most likely is (sort of) If you are in sections of the country where there are a lot of Portuguese - many of them had dogs sent over or brought over with them from Portugal to use in rabbit hunting. The older hunting pack goes back to the late 1890's. They do not register them and it is unclear if the lines have remained pure or if they have included other hunt pack dogs. I have trying to establish some contacts within the hunt community but at this point - we have to focus on making sure the documented dogs are placed where they are safe and can continue with the breed. Much as a basenji - they are not for everyone. It appears that the middle size may be the more problematic and I'm not too sure why. I will tell you - after having a barkless dog that it's hard to get used to any barking. She looks like a nice little dog - and is trained some - happy to provide information should your aunt choose to adopt her.
  • bellabasenjiB

    A question from a husband to Basenji lovers

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    I am just loving these responses from my husband's post!!!:D:D ROFL at the thought of him running through the house with the TP!:eek: I guess I should maybe pay a little bit more attention to him.;) That wine and Barry White music could maybe convince me to notice him more…:o
  • snorky998S

    FYI and questions

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    The formula snorky998 has is the same one I use in the grooming shop. Just becareful around his head.
  • etzbsederE

    Possible Breeding Questions

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    People need to only read about rescue dogs and how they got to where they are to understand why we are so outspoken about breeding (or as the case may be, not breeding) Believe me it is not and easy decision when you are trying to do it right… it is costly and a labor of love... pure and simple... I bred my first litter only to find 2 days before the pups were born that my bitch's dam had Fanconi... can you image what I felt? Can you understand why we are so against anyone that bred this year without testing? I went forward with a different approach only to get temperaments that I didn't like... I made the hard choice and did not take that line forward other then to collect the males for possible use in the future if I then had a line with excellent temperaments that also prove to "throw" those temperaments... and it was not that they were nasty, but just a bit to strong for my taste... Understand that every breeder if you are a responsible breeder makes very, very hard choices... and the choice to NOT breed it the worst... and the most difficult... which is why we ask? What does your Basenji have to offer the breed?