- Oct 19, 2012
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Evening All! I see we've had the discussion about those Ag. Dept. forms, and some fun with naming 
. I remember Darkwing Duck, but not his song -I'm impressed! I love thinking of names for my critters, but I hate when I have a group of names that gets broken up because something happens to one animal. for instance, we lost Mr. Darcy last summer which left Elizabeth and Jane in the middle of a farmyard full of Big Bang Thoery names. And there's the very generic-ly named "Peep", the guinea hen, so we all have our off moments.
I see Tygress settled the Ag. Form debate fairly well, but I'll just add that the GA. Dept. of AG. changed their forms after 9/11, in conjunction with some sort of state homeland security recommendations. As a subcontractor in a grooming shop, The shop got yearly inspections, and each groomer had their own license as well. We were given new forms within the last 12 years that do ask for name, address, phone #, and DL for anyone dropping off a pet to be groomed. The form is for anyone who takes possession of an animal (dealers, pet stores, groomers, vets), even temporarily, and is supposedly intended to track the movement of animals in case of disease. That way, any potential exposure of other animals/people can be tracked, and anyone who may have started some sort of bio exposure on purpose can be identified. That's what we were told, but you're right; nobody likes being asked for their personal info -especially to get a dog bathed. That's way very few places actually do it; they'd lose too much business. We told our inspector that we keep good records of our customers, but that we can't make a person give us their DL. I think the state still had people using their SSN as DL numbers then, so it was understandable. The inspectors stopped handing out the forms, and few ask for them anymore, so I don't know if it's changed now or not. For what it's worth, birds have a record of being able to transfer some really nasty diseases, it's a case of CYA for Tractor Supply. That's my..er.. ten cents.
. I remember Darkwing Duck, but not his song -I'm impressed! I love thinking of names for my critters, but I hate when I have a group of names that gets broken up because something happens to one animal. for instance, we lost Mr. Darcy last summer which left Elizabeth and Jane in the middle of a farmyard full of Big Bang Thoery names. And there's the very generic-ly named "Peep", the guinea hen, so we all have our off moments.I see Tygress settled the Ag. Form debate fairly well, but I'll just add that the GA. Dept. of AG. changed their forms after 9/11, in conjunction with some sort of state homeland security recommendations. As a subcontractor in a grooming shop, The shop got yearly inspections, and each groomer had their own license as well. We were given new forms within the last 12 years that do ask for name, address, phone #, and DL for anyone dropping off a pet to be groomed. The form is for anyone who takes possession of an animal (dealers, pet stores, groomers, vets), even temporarily, and is supposedly intended to track the movement of animals in case of disease. That way, any potential exposure of other animals/people can be tracked, and anyone who may have started some sort of bio exposure on purpose can be identified. That's what we were told, but you're right; nobody likes being asked for their personal info -especially to get a dog bathed. That's way very few places actually do it; they'd lose too much business. We told our inspector that we keep good records of our customers, but that we can't make a person give us their DL. I think the state still had people using their SSN as DL numbers then, so it was understandable. The inspectors stopped handing out the forms, and few ask for them anymore, so I don't know if it's changed now or not. For what it's worth, birds have a record of being able to transfer some really nasty diseases, it's a case of CYA for Tractor Supply. That's my..er.. ten cents.
