Puppy and kitten brokers Anyone holding a puppy or kitten for sale, including brokers, must register with their local council as a DAB and comply with the DA Act and Code.
Yes, but you must have a supply number that identifies the origin of the dog. If you sell a dog or puppy through a pet shop or retailer, they must use your supply number identifying you as the breeder.
RSPCA Australia considers the minimum acceptable age for a puppy to be removed from the mother dog for adoption or purchase to be 8 weeks of age.
This welcome law change will make it illegal for anyone other than a breeder to sell kittens and puppies commercially. From today anyone planning to buy or adopt a kitten under six months must deal directly with the breeder or an animal rehoming centre.
Sellers need a licence if they are:
Breeding and selling five or more litters in a year. Advertising a business breeding and selling dogs. Selling dogs commercially, such as in a pet shop. Selling puppies under the age of 12 weeks, even if they are not the breeder.
Breeders can only sell puppies they have bred themselves, and only from the place the puppy was bred and reared. Puppies must be 8 weeks old before they can be sold or leave their mum. Puppies must be seen with their biological mum.
A licence is required by anyone selling animals as pets, either directly or with a view to them later being sold as pets, in the course of a business.
That means that even if you make a loss from breeding a litter of puppies, you'll still have to let HMRC know about your income and expenses from your dog breeding business.
If the puppy still doesn't sell, stores will often cut their losses and give puppies away to employees, friends or rescue groups.
For a new licence, the application fee is £393. This includes veterinary inspection fee on first application. For a renewal of an existing licence, the application fee is £315.
Pets are permitted in-store at Bunnings if they are secured safely in a vehicle (such as a trolley or in a car in the timber yard), on a lead and wearing a muzzle, or carried. Of course, assistance animals are always welcome.
One experienced dog trainer and expert on dog development suggested that the optimum age for a puppy to go to its new owner is about 8-to-9-weeks, when the pup is ready to develop a strong bond.
There are no litter limits and breeding dogs can legally be bred from their first season 6-9 months (as long as they are 'physically mature, fit, healthy') until they cannot physically produce any more puppies. Cruel back-to-back breeding allowed. Legal to kill dogs that are no longer required by the puppy farmer.
Selling, supplying or giving away dogs or puppies
If you advertise, sell, give away or supply dogs or puppies, you must provide a 'supply number' that identifies the registered breeder of that dog. This means you have to register as a dog breeder and provide a supply number, even if: you only want to breed 1 litter.
If the result is that selling the puppies is classed as a hobby then you will not need to report the income to the ATO.
Registration requirement
In NSW all cats and dogs, except exempt cats and dogs, must be registered with the local council, in whose area they are ordinarily kept, by 6 months of age. This includes breeding cats and dogs.
The ideal time
The exact time that is best for a puppy to go to its new home can vary by situation, but most breeders and veterinarians agree that 8 weeks of age is a good minimum. Some states have laws in place preventing puppies from being sold any earlier.
Animal for sale: Selling animals isn't allowed on Marketplace or buy and sell groups. This includes posting about animals for adoption.
Puppy mills are inhumane high-volume dog breeding facilities that churn out puppies for profit, ignoring the needs of the pups and their mothers. Dogs from puppy mills are often sick and unsocialized. Puppy mills commonly sell through internet sales, online classified ads, flea markets and pet stores.
A person who breeds several show litters a year is called a “hobby breeder”. Hobby breeders are perhaps the best option for most people looking for a healthy and characteristic purebred dog.
Not every breeder's contract is the same, but the most common way for breeders to structure the return or rehoming of a puppy is to refund the buyer based on what the breeder is able to resell the dog for minus any costs incurred such as transportation or boarding.
Legally, the puppy or kitten must be bred in the place it is being sold. They should look out for any warning signs and report any behaviour that appears suspicious. Ideally the puppy or kitten should be over eight weeks old when it is sold.
First of all, breeders are not legally required to vaccinate their puppies. The only vaccine legally required in the United States is Rabies and puppies typically have to be 12-16 weeks of age (varies based on state) to receive this particular vaccination.
Puppies cannot be sold until they're eight weeks old, and they must be microchipped before you can buy them. Breeders must also register their details on the database, and their details will be recorded against the microchip for the life of the dog.
Home breeding is the number one setting of hobby breeders and small breeders. It is fun to raise a litter of puppies right at home, and when done occasionally, it's not that bothering. The satisfaction of having a litter of puppies at home and being that close to the birth of new dogs is worth the cost.