Current through February 24, 2025
The following persons are exempt from licensing under s.
ATCP 16.02(1), to the extent that they are
engaged only in the following activities:
(1) VETERINARIAN. A veterinarian who keeps
dogs for the purpose of providing care or treatment in the normal course of
veterinary practice, within the scope of the veterinarian's license under ch.
89, Stats.
(2) PERSON CONDUCTING
ONE-TIME SALE OF HIS OR HER DOGS. A person who sells his or her dogs at a
one-time liquidation sale if all of the following apply:
(a) The person notifies the department of the
proposed liquidation sale at least 30 days prior to the start of the sale. The
notice shall identify the number of dogs that the person will offer for sale,
the location at which the person keeps those dogs, and the starting date of the
sale.
(b) The person, at the start
of the liquidation sale and throughout the sale, offers to sell all of the dogs
that the person owns and keeps at the location identified under par.
(a).
(c) The person owns and keeps,
at the location identified under par. (a), no more than 30 dogs at the start of
the liquidation sale or at any time during the liquidation sale.
(d) The person does not move any other dogs
to the location identified under par. (a) during the liquidation sale.
(e) The person does not permit
other persons to sell their dogs from the location identified under par. (a)
during the liquidation sale.
(f)
The person was not licensed under s.
ATCP 16.02(1) during the preceding license
year, and did not conduct a sale under this subsection during the preceding
license year.
(g) The person does
not engage in activities for which a license is required under s.
ATCP 16.02(1) in the next
year.
(3) OPERATOR OF
TEMPORARY DOG MARKET. The operator of a temporary dog market if the operator
does all of the following:
(a) Gives the
department written notice of the temporary dog market, at least 10 days prior
to the start of the market. The notice shall include the location of the
market, the beginning and ending dates of the market, and the approximate
number of sellers who may bring dogs to the market.
(b) Provides adequate facilities for, and
takes reasonable steps to ensure, humane treatment of all dogs kept at the
market.
(c) Arranges for a
Wisconsin certified veterinarian to examine all dogs kept at the market on each
day of market operations, if the market operates for 2 or more consecutive
days.
(d) Obtains all of the
following information from each person who brings one or more dogs to the
market, before the dogs enter the market premises:
1. The person's name and address.
2. The number of the person's license under
s.
ATCP 16.02(1), if any.
3. The number of dogs that the person brings
to the market.
4. A description of
each dog that the person brings to the market, including the dog's breed or
type, sex, date of birth, or approximate age, color, and any distinctive
markings. If the person brings a dog on behalf of another person, or brings a
dog that the person has purchased from another person, the description shall
indicate that fact and shall include the name and address of that other
person.
5. Documentation showing
that each dog that the person brings to the market has received a rabies
vaccination if required under s.
95.21(2),
Stats., and, if the dog has been imported into this state, has been imported in
compliance with s.
ATCP 10.80.
(e) Keeps the information required under par.
(d) for at least 5 years, and makes that information available to the
department for inspection and copying upon request.
(f) Allows the department to inspect the
temporary dog market during market hours.
A person may obtain a one-time liquidation sale or
temporary dog market form by calling (608) 224-4872, by visiting the department
website at https://www.datcp.wi.gov or by writing
to the following address:
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection
Division of Animal Health
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI
53708-8911
