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Interesting. Has anyone worked out how to reach all those owners who didn't get their dog or cat from a pedigree breeder but whose pet has amongst the other 57 varieties in their ancestry, these very characteristics, and is currently humping its way through through the local dog and cat population (respectively) in their area? The type of dog or cat owner who doesn't get their pet's nuts cracked and doesn't subscribe to pet insurance and those tediously expensive vaccinations etc? There are likely loads of those about, unless the dog owning population of the Netherlands is vastly more law abiding than ours.
Laws are no good without enforcement. Having the law in place is only a start. I doubt there's much enforcement without breeder licensing and enforcement of non licensed breeders. You'll never stop ppl breeding and passing on the odd dog. I think it's possible to make a difference to the main breeders and showdog breeders though. A start definitely, but only a start.