Oh, gosh, blimey!!! Not the pictures....they were pretty distressing but didn't show "typical" conditions at all! Usually it is much, much worse.

The "gosh and blimey" stuff goes to Candi....we agree....AGAIN!!!!
Laws seem to be put into the legal system to shut people up and make them think their concerns have been addressed. The sad fact is they are no use at all unless they are taken by authorities as important and are enforced.

In this country you have to have a license, by law, if you have more than two breeding bitches in your ownership. Think for two minutes and you will see how stupid this is in the first place!! Two breeding bitches could be interpreted to mean two bitches with puppies at any one time, two bitches at a time in pup....almost anything.
In reality you could have two bitches waiting for their next season, two bitches with weaning pups, two bitches with new borns and two bitches pregnant and not need any inspection of your facilities. If questioned you would "get away with it" because you are not breaking the law. Nobody is aware of the law so nobody reports violations. Nobody keeps an eye on suspects or inspects randomly and if someone is caught out they claim a mismating.
Puppy farming is more likely to be prosecuted when the evidence is shocking and disgusting in the extreme. This leaves thousands of people with very healthy bank balances in this country alone to continue hiding their dogs in mobile homes, cellars, garages, utility rooms, out houses and farm buildings. In many of these cases once the bitch is pregnant she is put into the chosen area, often with two or three other bitches, to get on with it. These animals are then forced to compete for what food is available and what space they can get. The only contact with humans many have is when their pups are taken from them at between four and ten weeks to go to the pet shop. Many young bitches are killed after their second or third litter as they become too aggressive toward the owner. All of this, remember is within the law as it is enforced. There is no need to even take your dog to the vet to kill it. You can do it yourself as long as you do it in a way that is designed not to cause undue suffering. Basically, you can hit it over the head with a shovel. If this causes suffering and you say that you have done it many times before with no suffering you are within the law. For a nation that are celebrated as animal lovers these laws, even if they were enforced, are barbaric and, surely, way outside current understanding of animal behaviour and psychology.

As Dixieland Dancer says there are some really good people out there breeding quality pups that go to quality homes. These people need to step back a bit and let the scraping of the scum take place. (We have different points of view on very few issues, it is our reasons for taking our point of view that differ, more often than not.)

Puppy farms need a new definition, new penalties, new enforcers and a new understanding in the general public. More than that, laws need to be enforced and be seen to be enforced in a much more general way - not just the most disgusting, most distressing or most horrible. Everyday cases need to start hitting headlines, make people think and care.
Any breeder who worries about this is doing things they don't want "us" to know about.
Dixieland Dancer should be applauded, not only for her morality and humanity, but for her honesty and real care.