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- A
kennel is an area used exclusively for
housing, conditioning, and caring for
dogs. This area shall provide for a
safe and sanitary environment with
proper facilities for bathing, grooming
and cleanup. It shall have electricity,
running water and floors of an
impervious material. The kennel
facility should provide adequate
climate control and ventilation bearing
in mind the geographical location of
the facility.
- The
kennel shall consist of enough
permanent outside runs and inside pens
to adequately accommodate the number of
dogs the handler houses. The runs
should be large enough to provide
adequate exercise with fencing that is
fixed and of substantial strength to
prevent escape. The indoor pens should
be of a (minimum) size in which a dog
can stand up and lie down without
touching the sides or top of the pens.
- Cages
carried in a vehicle to shows and
returned to a "kennel space" do not
constitute a kennel. Cages left in a
vehicle do not constitute a kennel.
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- Adequate
facilities, for twenty-four (24) hours
a day living, must be on the kennel
property to provide supervision of the
kennel.
- Re-inspection
is required upon a change of address
(physical location).
- Transportation
(kennel on the road) must be a vehicle
adequate for the safe, comfortable and
humane transportation of the dogs a
handler is showing.
- Leasing
of outside kennel facilities to merely
satisfy the requirements for the PHA
may not be considered proper kennel
facilities by the Board of Directors. A
leased kennel or facility will be
inspected on an individual basis; and
approved only if it meets the PHA
requirements. The member must use the
leased facility on a full-time basis in
accordance with the terms of the lease
agreement and no other facilities may
be used.
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To
apply for membership in the PHA mail a
request for a Letter of Intent,
accompanied by three (3) letters of
recommendation from members in good
standing, to:
Kathleen
Bowser, Executive Vice-President
The Professional Handlers' Association,
Inc.
171017 Norbrook Drive
Olney, Maryland 80832
kathy@phadoghandlers.com
emai:kathy@phadoghanders.com
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