CA AB 1634 Pulled From Committee!

[Barb04]

I just received this news from my Anatolian board:

www.akc.org.

CA AB 1634 Pulled From Committee!

The American Kennel Club is pleased to announce that CA AB 1634 was
pulled today from the California Senate Local Government Committee by
the bill sponsor Assemblymember Lloyd Levine. The bill would have
required owners to spay or neuter all dogs and cats six months of age,
with few practical exceptions. Because of this development, AB 1634 will
not be considered for the remainder of this legislative session.

The American Kennel Club (AKC) wishes to express our sincerest
appreciation to the entire purebred dog community for their tireless
efforts to defeat AB 1634. California AKC-affiliated dog clubs and their
delegates and members, along with thousands of breeders and individual
dog owners rallied to our call for strong opposition to this
legislation. Our California constituents were joined by their colleagues
across the nation to present a united resistance against this intrusive
mandatory spay/neuter legislation. AB 1634 threatened the fundamental
right of responsible dog ownership with unnecessary governmental
intervention and in characteristic fashion our constituents united to
defeat this legislation.

 

[savethebulliedbreeds]

Woooo Hoooooooooo

 

[Dekka]

That is fantastic news!!

Now if only we could do something about that pesky legislation here in Ontario...

 

[savethebulliedbreeds]

Don't worry Dekka.....I have a very good feeling that will also come to an end.

 

[squirtsmom]

Yay, that is great.

 

[Aussie Red]

wow the first step towards a revolt of government intrusion. Yea

 

[agilityretrievers]

I've heard that there are still plans to submit a revised mandatory spay/neuter bill in January 2008, and that Los Angeles plans to implement mandatory spay/neuter as well as door-to-door checks for dog licensing ...

 

[RD]

Yesssssss! Terrific.

 

[Whisper]

Great news!

 

[elegy]

i would so totally support door-to-door checks for licenses. AC is constantly moaning that they don't have any money. well go enforce your freakin' laws and make some!

i am glad this bill is out of commission for the time being at least.

 

[Tazwell]

I never really read about the specifics of the bill-- I thought it would be a good idea-- Why isn't it? I thought they were going to excuse breeders and showers and such? Sorry if I'm a little out of the loop...

 

[showpug]

A little faith restored...for now.

 

[Psyfalcon]

I never really read about the specifics of the bill-- I thought it would be a good idea-- Why isn't it? I thought they were going to excuse breeders and showers and such? Sorry if I'm a little out of the loop...

Basically, at 6mo there is no idea to tell what is going to be a good show dog. How would one prove it was going to be a show dog anyway?

Worse off were the working and sports dogs. It would seriously hamper some working operations and generally drive working dog people nuts. It would be even harder to decipher a good working dog at 6mo, and I think they said they would have to be registered with a major kennel club. Some mixes are used, and working Jack Russels, Border Collies, Pointers, and Setters are registered with "minor" registries.

 

[Tazwell]

Hmm... I totally see the point, I thought they would have more organized exempts for things like that. I think the bill is a wonderful idea, it just needs to be worked out more. Obvously working and show dogs can remain intact, but I believe that pet quality dogs should never remain intact, unless there's some sort of health problem stopping that... I can't believe all the people who let their dogs breed for no good reason... Millions of homeless dogs being gassed and Euth'd because of those people who don't have sense to s/n their dogs themselves. Sorry, you can probably tell I'm heavily involved in rescue and shelter work here

 

[elegy]

but who determines what are pet quality dogs and what are show quality? who determines what truly makes a working dog? most of the dogs being intentionally bred today are, imnsho, pet quality.

many of the dogs who are euthanized have been bred intentionally, and many of them are pit bulls. many of the dogs who are in shelters arrived there as adults. these dogs were owned dogs, often dogs purchased for a sum of money.

the way the bill was reworked, it allowed anybody who wanted to breed one litter but the pups could not be sold, they had to be given away for free. since that flies in the face of just about everything responsible, how on earth could that be helpful?

 

[Tazwell]

the way the bill was reworked, it allowed anybody who wanted to breed one litter but the pups could not be sold, they had to be given away for free. since that flies in the face of just about everything responsible, how on earth could that be helpful?

That's the problem-- the "One litter" rule. I will never understand that...

Other than that, Almost all the dogs around here in shelters are mutts. Simply a dog they got for free from their friend, or for a measly $20 or so at a garage sale. You rarely see a purebred, ever. The only purebreds you see here are Pits, and they're all BYB pits. I'm in the Detroit area, so there's a lot of pits here (Go figure.).

I support the responsible breeders who make Buyers sign a contract saying that they will bring the dog back to them if they ever need to get rid of them, thus never putting an animal in the shelter. People who pay good money for a well-bred dog, are not going to dump it at a local shelter anyway.

The very few purbreds that we do see in shelters, are always poorly bred. For example, my very first purebred foster that I've ever had, who I have now, is named Bo. He's a Pomeranian, obviously not a well-bred one at that. He's got a genetic defect in his leg that doesn't allow him to walk right.

If normal Back yard breeders and "Oops, my dog had puppies" people were faced with a licensing process and/or a fine, I believe it would cut down the numbers of them greatly. It could help make owning a dog more of a privelage, not a right.

If that bill was worked out more, I believe it could work wonders.