Stop the ban on crossbred dogs!
New laws have been proposed in Australia that will effectively ban the breeding of Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs in the state of New South Wales.
This new legislation seeks to reduce the number of dogs in shelters (a very worthy aim) by banning the breeding of dogs except by recognised breeders. However, the only breeders the legislation currently recognises are those form the Royal NSW Canine Council, an organisation that admits only pedigree and showdog breeders.
Unfortunately, this proposed legislation has been badly written. It will have the unintended side effect of banning ALL crossbred dogs in NSW, along with any dog breed that is not currently recognised by the NSW Canine Council.
If this Bill is passed, the breeding of Labradoodles, Cockapoos and other crossbred dogs will effectively be banned. These wonderful dogs will be outlawed!
Labradoodles were first bred in 1989 by Guide Dogs Victoria, to provide seeing-eye dogs for people with allergies to dog fur. Today there are hundreds of Labradoodles in Australia and around the world who work as Guide Dogs, Assistance Dogs and Therapy Dogs, in addition to the many thousands of Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs that do the all-important work of family pets.
Help fight breedism! Please take action to stop this unfair discrimination. Stop the ban on Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs!
If you live in NSW, please email your objections to your State Member (addresses can be found at http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListCurrentMembers)
and send a copy directly to Clover Moore at Sydney@parliament.nsw.gov.au
and download a copy of this petition at http://users.bigpond.net.au/melinda/petition.pdf
New laws have been proposed in Australia that will effectively ban the breeding of Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs in the state of New South Wales.
This new legislation seeks to reduce the number of dogs in shelters (a very worthy aim) by banning the breeding of dogs except by recognised breeders. However, the only breeders the legislation currently recognises are those form the Royal NSW Canine Council, an organisation that admits only pedigree and showdog breeders.
Unfortunately, this proposed legislation has been badly written. It will have the unintended side effect of banning ALL crossbred dogs in NSW, along with any dog breed that is not currently recognised by the NSW Canine Council.
If this Bill is passed, the breeding of Labradoodles, Cockapoos and other crossbred dogs will effectively be banned. These wonderful dogs will be outlawed!
Labradoodles were first bred in 1989 by Guide Dogs Victoria, to provide seeing-eye dogs for people with allergies to dog fur. Today there are hundreds of Labradoodles in Australia and around the world who work as Guide Dogs, Assistance Dogs and Therapy Dogs, in addition to the many thousands of Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs that do the all-important work of family pets.
Help fight breedism! Please take action to stop this unfair discrimination. Stop the ban on Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs!
If you live in NSW, please email your objections to your State Member (addresses can be found at http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListCurrentMembers)
and send a copy directly to Clover Moore at Sydney@parliament.nsw.gov.au
and download a copy of this petition at http://users.bigpond.net.au/melinda/petition.pdf
We the undersigned wish to protest against the proposed Animal (Regulation of Sale) Bill 2007. This Bill as written will effectively ban the breeding of Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs in NSW.
We respectfully request that you remove the Bill's pro-purebred bias, and its unfair discrimination against Labradoodles and other crossbred dogs. We urge you to modify the Bill by providing a straightforward and readily accessible method of recognition for the many responsible and ethical crossbred dog breeders.
We thank you for giving this matter your urgent attention.
This law is very short sighted. I have always adopted cross bred dogs. Their disposition is so much more agreeable than most of the pure bred dogs I've known. The most wonderful of all the dogs I've had is my current Australian Labradoodle. She is perfect. I can't see having any other kind of dog.
We have an amazing Labradoodle and are currently awaiting our second. It has been huge benefit for us as our son has Asthma and we needed a dog who would not aggravate his condition. It would be absolutely wrong to ban their breed.
We own 'Evita' a wonderful RM labradoodle!
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This is very short sighted if it is limited to registered breeders as determined by RNSWCC. Yes I want to reduce dogs in shelters. Yes I want to stop dogs being sold through pet shops. Yes I want to stop all non-recognised breeders, But to stop the Labradoodle breed (and perhaps some other crossbreeds) is an absolute disregard for those people that rely on a care dog that is non-allergenic in place of the Labrador which some people cannot tolerate due to allergies. And how does this legislation stop all the dogs that will still come out of back yards and other non-registered breeders of any dog. Why not make sterilisation mandatory for non-registered breeding dogs. And is the same legislation going to apply to cats and all other breeding. A Labradoodle is worth far more than most pedigree dogs for the purpose it is genuinely bred for - a care dog for people with special needs. NO PEDIGREE DOG could give me what my Labradoodle does in terms of care, support, companionship, and love. Our bond is absolute and she helps me enourmously with my own special needs and mental health problems.
There is hardly a breed in existence today that was not, at one time, a crossbreed. And, it is safe to say that each one of them was developed (designed, if you must use the term) to have certain characteristics to meet certain goals of the breeders. But neither "purebred" nor purpose-bred cross-bred dogs are, themselves, the root cause of the problem of so many unwanted dogs in our animal shelters. Managed breeding of crossbreed dogs (which are the target of the legislation) cannot be shown to be a significant contributor to the explosive growth in the number of unwanted pets, and banning the managed breeding of crossbreed dogs is not a solution because it cannot materially affect the number of abandoned pets. There are more effective steps that can be taken to lower the number of unwanted dogs in our shelters that do not share the undesirable actual consequences of the legislation, nor the unanticipated consequences that such a blank prohibition would surely generate. Instead, take measures that CAN impact the problem. 1) Take a bold step, stand up to the moneyed commercial interests, and ban the retail sales of dogs from by commercial businesses such as pet stores (where the final seller is a third party intermediary - this specifically does NOT include prohibiting the sale of dogs by breeders directly to individuals). Banning retail sales also has the desirable side effect of virtually eliminating puppy-mills that require the high volume that retail stores can generate for their existence. 2) Mandate that all dogs (and cats), except those kept for breeding purposes, must be spayed or neutered before they are sold. Breeding animals must be spayed or neutered when they are no longer used for breeding and before they can be sold as pets. An additional step might be to require that all pet owners have their animals spayed or neutered as a condition for receiving their annual pet license (in those jurisdictions where pets are licensed). None of these steps will have an immediate impact on the number of animals in shelters, and they do require refinement and qualification prior to implementation, but they can stem the flow and reverse the the growth. Ultimately, the only effective solution to the overpopulation problem is to limit the number of animals that can be indiscriminately bred - or that can indiscriminately breed 'in the wild'.
It is true that pounds are full of crossbread dogs. For example a labrador crossed with a german shepherd. My dog, a labradoodle, will never produce offspring to end up in a pound because he was desexed at 6 weeks old before he even came to us. This is a practice called juvenile spey and neuter and is practiced by many breeders of so called designer dogs to help prevent the problem of unwanted dogs ending up in pounds. How many labrador or german shepherd breeders employ this practice? Not many, hence they contribute to the problem much more than my labradoodle breeder. Rather than introduce laws to ban the breeding of cross bred dogs why not introduce a law requiring all breeders to practice juvenile spey and neuter on all their offspring except dogs they are retaining for breeding?
Legislation that 'bans' cross-breeding is not only draconian, but impractical and illogical. If this kind of legislation had been passed years ago, we would not have modern breeds such as the cattle dog, kelpie and Australian Shepherd. The improvement of dogs' breeds for their own health and use to society should always be protected and supported.
If passed without correction, this legislation would achieve (at least) four very negative outcomes: 1) greater reliance on inbred lines as only show and pedigree dogs would be available, 2) ban responsibly bred and very popular crossbreeds 3) drive "dodgy" breeders further underground, out of sight of any kind of regulation 4) perpetuate the openly, unashamedly elitist and obnoxious mindset of (some!) breeders of show and pedigree purebred dogs.
The Australian Labradoodle is the only dog my asthmatic son has ever been able to live with, please amend your legislation so this wonderful breed will not be lost.
The true Australian Labradoodle (ASD) as bred by "Beverly Manners" is a wonderful {unique} animal. It is kind, intelligent, gentle with children and highly trainable. I have had dogs ALL my life but never have had a dog like this, until now. I have 2. They are just an excellent, excellent animal and should this breed be extinguished, the world would have yet another LARGE void. Please don't allow this to happen!!!!
There are other ways to control the number of dogs in shelters (control bad breeders maybe!), leave the labradoodle alone.
These wonderful, healthy, friendly dogs should not be banned from anywhere! I absolutely disapprove of it!
I agree certain breeds should not be crossbred. But come on the doodles!!!!they are bred from the most placid of all the breeds & have done for 20 years, surely if there were going to be any issues they would have been bred out or breeding stopped early on. Think about why they have been bred to begin with...to be used as eyes for the allergic, sight impaired, or just the allergic family member.
Pure bred dogs are simply creations of breeding 2 breeds or more together until they breed true for 10 generations or so to create a recognised breed. All pure breeds started out as a mix of breeds. Eventually the current designer dogs could become 'pure breeds' We used to breed pure breds but have recently succumbed to the charm of the groodle - what fantastic dogs!! Please amend this new law to make sure it targets the correct people, not discriminates against some of the best dogs you'll ever find.
As the owner of two fabulous poodle x labradors obtained from a reputable breeder of multigeneration labradoodles, I object strongly to the wording of this new legislation which will restrict the rights of caring breeders as opposed to puppy farms. Only allowing breeders who are registered with the Royal NSW Canine Council will have far reaching effects on the genetic diversity of dogs. While legislation is needed to restrict disreputable breeders research needs to be done to address issues with puppy farms, there are also disreputable breeders registered with the Royal NSW Canine Council
Reducing the number of dogs that find themselves in the pound is a wonderful motive but take a look at the rescue organisations and you will see that Doodle dogs are not commonly found in comparison to other breeds like Labradors, cattle dogs, greyhounds etc. To ban the breeding of doodle dogs would deprive people like myself of a allergy free dog with a great temprement and the motive for this banning would not be achieved. Please reconsider.
Target the real problem - backyard 'breeders' in it purely for money. All PET dogs (and cats for that matter) should be desexed. Allow responsible breeders who agree to be licensed and adhere to legislative controls to continue.
To ban crossbreeding is nothing more than eugenics... we managed get rid of this but only through a world war. Don't continue with the principles of fascism.
Labradoodles are fantastic family pet. I Am allergic to animal fur. We had a miniture poodle for 17years which I was allergic to I could never touch him with out him making my eyes itch and my hands itch. However we now have a labradoodle which I can do anything with him without being allergic which is just fantastic. Labradoodles forever!!!!!!
Labradoodles are a purpose bred crossbreed, they are not bred indescriminately and generally have a good temperament and are intellegent. They have been in existance since the 1980's. Many pedigree dogs have undesirable traits. Labradoodles are very expensive to purchase, anyone willing to pay this (in my opinion) over inflated price, is unlikely to abandon their wonderful companion.
I class this as an infringement of civil liberties!...not everyone wants a pedigree dog, some of my best friends are mongrels!
My Labradoodle is a lovely loving dog with everybody he meets if you want see go meet one ....
