Under current legislation they don't have to wait for three strikes! They can revoke someone's license with no strikes if they see fit. That is what I mean when I say: The PPA provision does not give the USDA any more authority than it already has. It will create an incentive for dealers to challenge every violation rather than providing an incentive to come into compliance.

I think we are all able to understand that anyone who is unethical does not care that the law states the pup should be one year old and can not be bred more than three times in any 2 year period. Your professional and hobby breeders do not recommend breeding until after the dog is two years old.

I guess the bottom line is, Will this provision to the farm bill make a difference? I believe the answer is no. It will just make it more difficult to enforce the laws we now have since the agencies that enforce abuse will be required to be spread even thinner than they are.

The Puppy Protection Act does not address the real enforcement problem, which is persons operating without a license or with a suspended or revoked license or who could care less how many times their dog was bred in the past two years. I also think that unethical people will always exist in this world and that the more people are educated to become aware of the problem, the less likely their will be a market for dogs bred by unethical breeders. As long as there is a market, there will be unethical breeders! And that is the sad truth about the whole subject! No matter how many laws we put into place.