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Old 31.10.2006, 13:50
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Re: Federal Dog Control Legislation

  • insurance cover - 3 million minimum with more cover needed when you have more dogs
  • training - theory test plus for those with "big" and "dangerous" dogs have to do further training (but they will accept foreign similar qualifications)
  • how to control your dog - do no damage to the environment, don't scare people, act correctly (duh)
  • walking your dog - not in the school, playground, sport fields and bathing areas (double-duh)
  • government and kantons should educate people how to interact with dogs
  • big dogs are 40cm or > 20kg weight
  • you can let 'em run wild on your private ground (as long as they can't leave it) and should be on the leash where poeple are (so this kind of procludes big dogs running free)
  • you can't walk three big dogs alone. Actually, making this law is good - I can say two on the leash is a pain!!
  • a dog is dangerous when the aim of you having the dog is to make it more aggressive (treating/breeding)
  • a dog is dangerous when he's big and wants to attack people, animals or the environment
  • a dog is dangerous when it has bitten another dog (and caused injury)
  • a dog is dangerous when it wants to relentlessly chase animals, cats, etc and bite or harrass them (I think a dog chasing a cat off your property and then stopping makes the dog OK)
  • licence to own potentially-dangerous dogs will only be given to people of moral fibre, > 18 years, and done a theory and practical test. And you can't walk more than 2 of them at once (yes, because they pull in opposite directions, get under your feet, are generally annoying)
I think that's a summary of the main points.
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