Dog keeping rules in various coutries

[Vaiva]

Originally Posted by rolf

The dogs must not bother the neighbours by barking or howling all day long.
The dogs must at all times have a leash on except in special places where there are signs saying so or if the owner have full control over the dog.
The owner must always pick up the shit from the dog.
All dogs must have an insurance(for damage on other dogs, people or other peoples property).
All dogs must have adress and phone number of the owner attached to the collar of the dog.
Greetings Rolf

Do you need an official agreement of your neighbours if you want to have a dog?
Do dogs in public places have to be walked only with a muzzle on?
(in LT, Vilnius - both YES)
How do these special places for walking dogs look like? Are you allowed to enter parks and beaches with your dog?
We are finally allowed to enter parks, what a happines
Insurance is something new for me, we only pay monthly fee for having dog/cat.
Aa, and is there a number of dogs/cats that you are allowed to have in a flat?

Thanks, Marcy, seems like you have also strict rules...

[tikaani]

Originally Posted by rolf
The dogs must not bother the neighbours by barking or howling all day long.
The dogs must at all times have a leash on except in special places where there are signs saying so or if the owner have full control over the dog.
The owner must always pick up the shit from the dog.
All dogs must have an insurance(for damage on other dogs, people or other peoples property).
All dogs must have adress and phone number of the owner attached to the collar of the dog.
Greetings Rolwe

we have prity much the same rules over in the uk, there is no diferance having a dog in the city of the country side,
i shall have a look and see if i can find some afficial paper work about it for u
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[Juniorwolf]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

Do you need an official agreement of your neighbours if you want to have a dog?

Well if you have your dogs inside your house or have only 2-3 dogs living outside, no official agreement is needed, but if you have more dogs living outside(in the city) you must have an official agreement from your neighbours, but this is a little tricky, because if your dogs are quiet(no barking/howling), you will need no official agreement.

Originally Posted by Vaiva;

Do dogs in public places have to be walked only with a muzzle on? (in LT, Vilnius - both YES)

Only dogs who have been ordered by the police to wear a muzzle due to biting other people or dogs, must wear a muzzle in public places(the law will maybe change for muscle-dogs only).

Originally Posted by Vaiva;

How do these special places for walking dogs look like? Are you allowed to enter parks and beaches with your dog?

In most parks, forrests, etc. it is allowed to walk with your dog, but only on the leash, some parks, forrests, etc. have some areas where it is allowed to let the dog free.
In the period from 1.October - 31.March dogs are allowed at the beach and are allowed to run free, in the rest of the year only at some beaches dogs are allowed.

Originally Posted by Vaiva;

is there a number of dogs/cats that you are allowed to have in a flat?

This is only the owners of the apartment complex who decides how many pets is allowed, so this is not law, but rules from the landlord.

It is allowed to bring your dog in almost all public transports(in few busses it is not allowed), but only 1 dog for 1 person, but almost every day I travel by public transport with both of my dogs without any problems.

Normaly you can go where ever you want, with your dog as long as it is on the leash and not bothering other people, with exceptions from shops and places with food(dogs are only allowed in places with food if they have an outside area, but still not all places with outside areas welcome dogs).

Greetings Rolf

[Vaiva]

Thank you, people, you are great

At the moment I am working on the new version of the dog keeping rules in Vilnius and hope the municipality will be friendly to us... It is a pitty, a lot of people, who decide upon these rules, still think the dog has to live in a countryside on a metal chain

[Grin]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

Oh yes, the same is usually hapenning in Lithuania... At the moment ALL the dogs have to be walked with muzzles (I don't do this ), youcan not enter parks or allow your dog to swim in public beaches Even in a dogs playground officially dog hs to wear a muzzle Stupid, isn't it?...

Hey, could you please write the rules of keeping/walking a dog in Poland in a topic "Dog keeping rules... blablabla.."?

I'm not the right person to write about the rules, I'm afraid, because I'm not a specialist in it at all, and my information wouldn't be precise.
But on the other hand, our Polish rules are not precise either, as usuall.

As far as I know each town has its own rules. And of course they mostly choose the most restrictive ones; as for example here in Katowice, where dogs should wear both; the leash and the muzzle at the same time (!) when in public places, which in practise means... always...
And what's more; there is no official playground for dogs in Katowice. So you see...

As for the beaches I heard that there are places, where you can come with a dog, but I'm not sure if all year round.

Oh! And there of course is the controversial law which lets any hunter with a gun to shoot at a dog wich is without its owner and looks... wild.
This law was introduced to prevent forest animals beeing chased by the wild dogs and thus to force controll over their dogs on the owners.
But of course so far there were accidents, when this law was abused and people lost their dog friends during ordinary walks...

That's what I can write.
I doubt it will be of any help to you.
There are people who have much more information than me.

Regards

[Vaiva]

So this seems to be just the same in both neighbour countries - Poland and Lithuania "No education, just forbiding"

[Grin]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

So this seems to be just the same in both neighbour countries - Poland and Lithuania "No education, just forbiding"

You've touched the very point.