Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 55 - Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelters › Subchapter 3 - Standards of Care › Section 35:55-3-4 - Primary enclosures

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Any commercial
				pet breeder or animal shelter operatorthat applies for a license no later than
				September 1, 2013, shall not be required to meet any cage size requirement more
				stringent than United States Department of Agriculture standards. Regardless of
				license application date, any commercial pet breeder or animal shelter
				operatorreplacing or adding cages after September 1, 2013, shall meet the cage
				size requirements as of the date of replacement or addition.
(b) After September 1, 2013, any new facility
				or any replacement or additions ofcages for a previously licensed facilityshall
				meet the following primary enclosure size requirements for dogs.
(1) Commercial pet breeders and animal
				shelter operatorsmay house up to six (6) dogs removed from their whelping box
				in the same primary enclosure, but the primary enclosure shall provide at least
				the following amount of square feet of floor space:
(A) For an enclosure containing one dog, the
				mathematical square of the sum of the length of the dog in inches (measured
				from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail) plus 6 inches; divided the
				product by 144, times 2. Mathematically, the space the commercial pet breeder
				shall provide for the first dog equals 2 x [(length of dog in inches + 6) x
				(length of dog in inches + 6)/144].
(B) For an enclosure containing two dogs, the
				mathematical square of the sum of the length of the dog in inches (measured
				from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail) plus 6 inches; divided the
				product by 144, times 3. Mathematically, the space the commercial pet breeder
				shall provide for the first dog equals 3 x [(length of dog in inches + 6) x
				(length of dog in inches + 6)/144].
(C) For an enclosure containing three dogs,
				the mathematical square of the sum of the length of the dog in inches (measured
				from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail) plus 6 inches; divided the
				product by 144, times 4. Mathematically, the space the commercial pet breeder
				shall provide for the first dog equals 4 x [(length of dog in inches + 6) x
				(length of dog in inches + 6)/144].
(D) For an enclosure containing four dogs,
				the mathematical square of the sum of the length of the dog in inches (measured
				from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail) plus 6 inches; divided the
				product by 144, times 5. Mathematically, the space the commercial pet breeder
				shall provide for the first dog equals 5 x [(length of dog in inches + 6) x
				(length of dog in inches + 6)/144].
(E) For an enclosure containing five dogs,
				the mathematical square of the sum of the length of the dog in inches (measured
				from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail) plus 6 inches; divided the
				product by 144, times 6. Mathematically, the space the commercial pet breeder
				shall provide for the first dog equals 6 x [(length of dog in inches + 6) x
				(length of dog in inches + 6)/144].
(F) For an enclosure containing six dogs, the
				mathematical square of the sum of the length of the dog in inches (measured
				from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail) plus 6 inches; divided the
				product by 144, times 7. Mathematically, the space the commercial pet breeder
				shall provide for the first dog equals 7 x [(length of dog in inches + 6) x
				(length of dog in inches + 6)/144].