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   On 28 Feb 2005 10:08:33 -0800 savetheboston@yahoo.com whittled these words:   
   > "just asking that members comply with the breed club code of ethics the   
   > application limits compliance to number/frequency of litters."   
      
   > But don't some breeders breed when the bitch is like 8 months or   
   > earlier maybe?   
      
    Sure, but age of breeding is not the only important point to hold   
   breeders to in regard to the breed club code of ethics.  The breed club   
   code of ethics is a minimum.  Most codes of ethics are not sufficient to   
   describe a responsible breeder although they are increasingly heading in   
   that direction. Fr example, te Rottweiler club's "Mandatory Practices"   
   sets the bar high, as it should.  If everyone followed it many thousands   
   fewer dogs would die.   
      
   Here are some clauses from a typical code of ethics which are important   
   factors in responsible breeding:   
      
   4. To ensure that my dogs are not a nuisance to my neighbors or my   
   community.   
      
   6. To accept full responsibility for every dog that I breed. To sell on a   
   contract that ensures that I am contacted whenever the owner cannot keep a   
   dog at any time in the dog's life. To assist in the placement of the dog   
   or accept its return. As owner of a stud dog, to offer stud services only   
   to those breeders who accept full responsibility for what they breed.   
      
   7. To under no circumstances, surrender a dog or a puppy to a humane   
   society or shelter. If the animal is unplaceable because it has a   
   destructive temperament, is seriously injured, terminally ill or it would   
   be inhumane to prolong life, to take responsibility for the euthanizing of   
   the dog.   
      
   11. To never supply an animal to pet shops, commercial brokers or dealers,   
   raffles or similar projects.   
      
   A breeder who fails on any of these points is not a responsible breeder.   
      
      
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