Niraya wrote:

From my understanding - you can only have one person's contact information on a chip? Please correct me if I'm wrong. At least that's what I was told when I got Bella chipped. But even if a breeder chipped their puppies the information would be changed to the new families when they got the puppy which still wouldn't allow the puppy to be found by the breeder if it ended up in a shelter. That's going off of what I was told about only having one person's information on the chip though.

The person that registers the chip has control over the contact information. Most rescues register the chip with their contact information so they can track the animal post adoption. If the animal then ends up in the shelter the rescue can tie the chip to the owner by cross referencing the adoption information. A responsible breeder could do the same.

Commercial breeder typically refers to a licensed breeder that is inspected either by the USDA or a state organization. The label however makes no difference in how they run their operation. Since the laws and inspections are very liberal. In Oklahoma if you have 11 or more breeding females you need a license, the rest go unregulated.

Thanks for all of that info, Kristina! Like i said though - some responsibility falls upon the parent clubs to take care of and others fall upon the judges - partially for never having to go back to judging school (I don't know what goes into becoming a judge but that's the best I could come up with >.>) and also because many judges judge multiple breeds. No breeder should EVER breed for color/looks. (unless you're using the word "look" to describe how the dog structurally looks to meet the standard?)

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The person that registers the chip has control over the contact information. Most rescues register the chip with their contact information so they can track the animal post adoption. If the animal then ends up in the shelter the rescue can tie the chip to the owner by cross referencing the adoption information. A responsible breeder could do the same.

That I didn't know. Thank you . Then speaking from that point I don't know if/how many breeders than do that - I didn't ask any that I know if they chip their own puppies - but I do know some/most require the puppy to be chipped via the contract.

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Commercial breeder typically refers to a licensed breeder that is inspected either by the USDA or a state organization. The label however makes no difference in how they run their operation. Since the laws and inspections are very liberal. In Oklahoma if you have 11 or more breeding females you need a license, the rest go unregulated.

I understand now where our differences came from!

In PA it's 26 dogs before you have to get a license. =/