Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes new rules and standards for high-volume dog breeders.

Highlights:

• Establishes rules and standards for high-volume dog breeders, some of which are highlighted below (Sec. 1).

• Requires the area of an enclosure that houses a dog to be at least the sum of the dog’s length and height plus 6 inches in both directions (Sec. 1).

• Requires that an enclosure provides enough room for a dog to turn in a complete circle, lie down, and fully extend its limbs (Sec. 1).

• Establishes minimum standards for temperature, ventilation, and lighting (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits housing a puppy that is 4 months old or younger with an adult dog that isn’t the puppy’s dam or foster dam (Sec. 1).

• Requires providing a whelping area separate from all other animals for each dam and her nursing puppies (Sec. 1).

• Defines a “high volume breeder” as an establishment that takes care of 6 or more breeding dogs and does at least one of the following in any given calendar year (Sec. 1):

• Sells 5 or more dogs to a dog retailer or pet store;

• Sells 40 or more puppies to the public; or

• Takes care of 60 puppies under 6 months of age that have been bred and primarily raised on the premises of the establishment.

• Exempts all of the following from the requirements of this bill (Sec. 1):

• Shelters operated by a municipal corporation or by a county in Ohio;

• Research kennels and medical kennels for dogs;

• Veterinarians that do not breed dogs; and

• Animal shelters operated by a humane society.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes new rules and standards for high-volume dog breeders.

Highlights:

• Establishes rules and standards for high-volume dog breeders, some of which are highlighted below (Sec. 1).

• Requires the area of an enclosure that houses a dog to be at least the sum of the dog’s length and height plus 6 inches in both directions (Sec. 1).

• Requires that an enclosure provides enough room for a dog to turn in a complete circle, lie down, and fully extend its limbs (Sec. 1).

• Establishes minimum standards for temperature, ventilation, and lighting (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits housing a puppy that is 4 months old or younger with an adult dog that isn’t the puppy’s dam or foster dam (Sec. 1).

• Requires providing a whelping area separate from all other animals for each dam and her nursing puppies (Sec. 1).

• Defines a “high volume breeder” as an establishment that takes care of 6 or more breeding dogs and does at least one of the following in any given calendar year (Sec. 1):

• Sells 5 or more dogs to a dog retailer or pet store;

• Sells 40 or more puppies to the public; or

• Takes care of 60 puppies under 6 months of age that have been bred and primarily raised on the premises of the establishment.

• Exempts all of the following from the requirements of this bill (Sec. 1):

• Shelters operated by a municipal corporation or by a county in Ohio;

• Research kennels and medical kennels for dogs;

• Veterinarians that do not breed dogs; and

• Animal shelters operated by a humane society.

Full Bill Text