DEFRA on Dog Welfare

[camies 1]

Don't know if this has been covered, but I found it reading the National Gamekeepers Association site.

It's only an advisory but we all know such things become law behind our backs with no consultation with the people who matter i.e. us.

 

Click here DEFRA Dog Welfare to read the whole thingy.

 

Couple of examples:-

How often to feed your dog

Your dog must be fed at least once a day, but generally, it is advised to feed your dog twice a day.

(mine would eat both meals and sleep the rest of the day and not be terribly keen running round on a full stomach lamping that night)

 

A long-haired dog will need more coat attention than a short-haired one and will need grooming daily to keep its coat free from matts and tangles.

(Springer plus brambles, possibly good advice)

 

you should make sure that your dog is not able to move freely in a vehicle. A safety harness, specifically for use in a car, or a secured, purpose built cage of adequate size and with good ventilation, will keep your dog in one place.

(I take my dog lamping. She sits alongside me in the open back of the landrover and retrieves the shot rabbits, will I not be able to do this anymore? Food for thought isn't it?)

 

When you are away from home

You must arrange for your dog to be cared for if you are away from home. Many animal welfare organisations recommend a maximum of four hours.

(Hands up all those who leave their dogs for a few hours longer as the norm)

 

Codes of Practice

(3) A person’s failure to comply with a provision of a code of practice issued under this section shall not of itself render him liable to proceedings of any kind.

(4) In any proceedings against a person for an offence under this Act or an offence under regulations under section 12 or 13 –

(a) a failure to comply with a relevant provision of a code of practice issued under this section may be relied upon as tending to establish liability,

(I underline the last section to show that codes of practice can be used in law cases!)

 

Add to this the Chairman of the Scottish Game keepers Association looks like he is going to recommend that all dogs be kept on leads at all times to the government (NGA Magazine) as he thinks that all dogs are the biggest threat to wildlife (as do the Americans apparently).

(Hope he does not own one).

 

Personally I can't really see how my dog can retrieve on a leash let alone lift game.

 

ho hum.

[higgins 75]

Don't know if this has been covered, but I found it reading the National Gamekeepers Association site.

It's only an advisory but we all know such things become law behind our backs with no consultation with the people who matter i.e. us.

 

Click here DEFRA Dog Welfare to read the whole thingy.

 

Couple of examples:-

How often to feed your dog

Your dog must be fed at least once a day, but generally, it is advised to feed your dog twice a day.

(mine would eat both meals and sleep the rest of the day and not be terribly keen running round on a full stomach lamping that night)

 

A long-haired dog will need more coat attention than a short-haired one and will need grooming daily to keep its coat free from matts and tangles.

(Springer plus brambles, possibly good advice)

 

you should make sure that your dog is not able to move freely in a vehicle. A safety harness, specifically for use in a car, or a secured, purpose built cage of adequate size and with good ventilation, will keep your dog in one place.

(I take my dog lamping. She sits alongside me in the open back of the landrover and retrieves the shot rabbits, will I not be able to do this anymore? Food for thought isn't it?)

 

When you are away from home

You must arrange for your dog to be cared for if you are away from home. Many animal welfare organisations recommend a maximum of four hours.

(Hands up all those who leave their dogs for a few hours longer as the norm)

 

Codes of Practice

(3) A person’s failure to comply with a provision of a code of practice issued under this section shall not of itself render him liable to proceedings of any kind.

(4) In any proceedings against a person for an offence under this Act or an offence under regulations under section 12 or 13 –

(a) a failure to comply with a relevant provision of a code of practice issued under this section may be relied upon as tending to establish liability,

(I underline the last section to show that codes of practice can be used in law cases!)

 

Add to this the Chairman of the Scottish Game keepers Association looks like he is going to recommend that all dogs be kept on leads at all times to the government (NGA Magazine) as he thinks that all dogs are the biggest threat to wildlife (as do the Americans apparently).

(Hope he does not own one).

 

Personally I can't really see how my dog can retrieve on a leash let alone lift game.

 

ho hum.

these advisory rules,are they coming from the same DEFRA that could not keep the recent outbreaks of cattle disease spreading in Surrey and were actually the cause of it?If i remember reading the outbreaks actually occured from their premises,i see it's all been swept under the carpet now then?

Edited June 13, 2009 by higgins