Walk your dog 3 times a day -- or be fined

**VoodooJoint** · #1 04-25-05, 10:40 am

Glad to see more countries are taking animal cruelty/neglect more seriously. We need some stricter laws like that in the U.S. too.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe...eut/index.html

Other countries have had similar laws against "animal mutilation" for ages. Hopefully these ideas will start to spread here soon.

**Rachy1412** · #2 04-25-05, 10:51 am

I am glad to see that there are strict fines for animal abuse. However, I don't agree with fining someone for not walking their dogs three times a day though.

**VoodooJoint** · #3 04-25-05, 10:53 am

I agree that the 3xs a day thing seems a bit much...but I like the rest of the laws.

**Rachy1412** · #4 04-25-05, 11:04 am

I like the fact that it is stopping dogs from becoming fluffy toys. Alot of famous people like Paris have "handbag" dogs... I think it really sets a bad example.

I am so glad that they are stopping people from docking tails and dyeing their fur. (Why they would want to I do not know!)

Even though I agree that fining them is a bit too much for not walking their dogs 3x a day.. I see an awful lot of fat dogs!! I believe theres no excuse for a fat dog (Unless medical!)

What confuses me is that America's ASPCA have the same about of power as the police. Where as here in the UK the RSPCA have hardly any rights what so ever and yet we have alot of laws agaisn't animal absuse.

**Marlania** · #5 04-25-05, 12:11 pm

I agree with the other laws, but I can't agree with walking three times a day. If I had to do that, I'd never be home!

**Slap Maxwell** · #6 04-25-05, 12:14 pm

I don't agree with the 3x a day walks. But the docking and dyeing is fine.

I know I wouldn't have time to walk my dog 3x a day.

**Myspoiltpiggies** · #7 04-25-05, 12:29 pm

My dog only gets walked once a day.. but I honestly think she prefers cuddling up to us better than walkies. My uncle has a dog who is 13 and he has been walked 4 times a day ever since he got him as a pup. Some people can't walk the dogs that much, they don't need it that often if you have a garden and you pay attention to them at home. There are elderly people, e.g. Widows, who need dogs for company, and I'm sure that most elderly people can't walk dogs as often as 3 times a day! So that's unfair really.

**suzy_99** · #8 04-25-05, 12:40 pm

This is ridiculous to me. I never walk my dogs, however, they are outside playing for like 6 to 8 hours a day. I go out and play fetch with them and everything, but they have never been on a road. They are all in perfect health. I probably would walk them if we live in a more urban area, however, we have 100 acres of land and I see no point in teaching them where the road is, because then they would be more likely to get hit by a car (at least in my situation, because our dogs are not tied and only stay in on our property). I am glad to see that more laws are being put in place, but I would fit this one like crazy if it was ever proposed aorund here.

**bunnyluv17** · #9 04-25-05, 12:43 pm

Maybe it means the dog must go outside 3X a day to go to the bathroom. Maybe in that part of the country, many people do not have yards so the dog must be walked instead.

**Sabriel** · #10 04-25-05, 03:41 pm

Still, I'm sure some people in that area have decent yards. Even in Toronto, some people have huge yards. You can't really generalize like that. I don't have a dog (and if my husband has it his way we never will) but I can't imagine it would need to be out on a leash for a walk 3X a day. Wouldn't a game of fetch or a good swim in the summer provide better exersice and stimulation?

**Marlania** · #11 04-25-05, 07:57 pm

Maybe it means the dog must go outside 3X a day to go to the bathroom

Hmmm...could be this as well. Of course, what about those folks who paper train or litter train. My dogs go outside (at 100 lbs. a piece, there's no way I'm encouraging them to go inside), so they're definitely in the yard several times a day. Whether its referring to actually walking a dog or bringing it to the bathroom three times a day, how is anyone going to regulate how often all dog owners do this?

**DocDolittle** · #12 04-25-05, 08:14 pm

Hehe, so I'm the only loser here with enough time to walk my dogs 3x's a day? Get up at 5:00 in the morning, walk my dogs, get home from school at 3:25, walk my dogs, eat dinner at 6:00, walk my dogs, do homework at 8:00, walk my dogs. Also, the ear cropping and tail docking were only used because in hunting it often times helped hunters and even prevented injuries.Now, there's almost no reason to do so. Yay for Turin!

**suzy_99** · #13 04-25-05, 08:17 pm

Also, what type of physical activity the dogs get is completely up to the owners. If they want to play with their dog in the house instead of outside, why is that wrong? One of my dogs, whose a small terrier, loves to play catch down our hallway. She can do this for hours at a time and gets plenty of exercise that way. Of course she still goes outside with our other two dogs, but only for about a quarter of the time that they do. I really can't see that this type of law would be able to be inforced without great expense, which governments are not usually willing to spend on animal well being.
Two of my dogs are also very big and if they don't want to go outside, their is no way that I can force them to and I really wouldn't want to make them go if they don't want to anyway.

**DocDolittle** · #14 04-25-05, 08:18 pm

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Also, what type of physical activity the dogs get is completely up to the owners.

Awesome point! My aunt has a jack russell and he loves agility and frisbee. He still gets walks alot, but those games are his favorite.

**Baby Bears** · #15 04-26-05, 05:33 am

I have never understood why people dock thier dogs tails and clip their ears. I know with German Shepards and Dobermans the ear clipping makes their ears stand up, but I personally think they are cuter with floppy ears. All soft and velvety!

I understand the hunting thing, but now alot of people do it for "showing" purposes. UGH! Surgically altering an animal for "looks" is insane!

Hurray to all the floppy eared, long tailed, regular coloured, non-clothes wearing dogs in the world!!!

**laura220** · #16 04-26-05, 06:15 am

Nah, Doc your not the only loser. I walk my dogs 3 times a day, sometimes four. I think dogs should be walked at least twice a day unless they're out with they're owners for at least 2 hours playing. I agree the docking and dyeing(WHY?) can be illeagal.

Except for dogs working in the field or on hunts. Then docking is necessary unless you want your dog in excruciating pain same with dew claw removing. Croppping ears is just dumb, it's not even pretty especially in Great Danes.
Suzy, do your dogs by any chance dig, bark or chew excessively? Anybody else's dog/s?

**VoodooJoint** · #17 04-26-05, 09:33 am

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Originally Posted by Baby Bears

I know with German Shepards and Dobermans the ear clipping makes their ears stand up,

Just a point of fact. German Shepards' ears aren't cut...They are born floppy (like a lot of naturally erect eared dogs) and as they grow the ear cartilage stiffens and they stand erect.

Dobermans, Great Danes, Boxers, pit bulls, and schnauzers are a few of the dogs that get their ears cut off

boxers, most terriers, poodles, weimeriners, most spanials dobermans and rottweilers are some of the dogs that get their tails cut off.

Some of those breeds get both ears and tails cut off.

Most show dogs also get their dew claws removed and get their nails "show cut"

Show cut nails are a relatively unknown cruelty. To show cut a nail the toenail is cut VERY short...right through the quick. Anyone who has cut their pet's nail too short knows from the reaction that this is very painful. The nails on show cut dogs often become infected because they are walking around with open wounds on all 4 feet.

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