Regulation of high-volume sellers of puppies

(a)

Retail pet store defined

Section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2132) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(p)The term retail pet store means a person that— (1)sells an animal directly to the public for use as a pet; and (2)does not breed or raise more than 50 dogs for use as pets during any one-year period.

(b)

Licenses

Section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133) is amended in the second proviso— (1)by striking retail pet store or other person who and inserting retail pet store, or other person who (1) does not breed or raise more than 50 dogs for use as pets during any one-year period, and (2); and (2)by striking research facility and inserting research facility,. (c)

Humane standards

Section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2143) is amended— (1)by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; (2)by redesignating the second subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (3)by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(j)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), a dealer shall provide each dog held by such dealer that is of the age of 12 weeks or older with a minimum of two exercise periods during each day for a total of not less than one hour of exercise during such day. Such exercise shall include removing the dog from the dog’s primary enclosure and allowing the dog to walk for the entire exercise period, but shall not include use of a treadmill, catmill, jenny mill, slat mill, or similar device, unless prescribed by a doctor of veterinary medicine. (2)Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a dog certified by a doctor of veterinary medicine, on a form designated by and submitted to the Secretary, as being medically precluded from exercise.