Why is a fee necessary for a hobby breeder? Let say a kennel in Maine has 10 intact females that is $650
per female that you have to pay the local government to have these dogs on top of what you paid to buy the dogs. [$6500.00]What part of how can anyone afford that are you missing? Most breeders are not selling the higher end dogs they retain them for breeding they sell one or two show and breeding quality puppies and the rest are the pets, in my breed pets are $450 and up that come from champion pedigrees. I do not place pets with papers for breeding. Sometimes I neuter them before they leave.
You are incorrect about the dog"market" people are buying mutts, "designer mutts" which have the potential to have twice as many problems as purebreds because they carry the genes for different breeds. It is PC now to "rescue" which makes people feel all philanthropic until they get little foo foo home and he is a monster. Ask Ellen.
I have never had more than 2-3 intact females at any given time thats just me, but I will speak up for those who have a right to keep as many as they can care for in a humane manner otherwise I and pet owners are next on the list. It will be illegal to own animals all because people do not understand what is going on in their own state legislature.
For Dana; spaying is to occur at 6 months. I have two very tiny Chihuahuas 2lbs and I guess if I lived in a mandatory spay neuter area I would have to move rather then see if a vet would kill these two while performing a spay.