Basic Municipal Legal Requirements
Every Dog Owner Must Follow
- Municipal Licencing and Registration
Requirements For Your Pet Dog
- Most municipalities require annual licencing registration
- A fee must be paid and a municipal identification tag is issued
- This ID tag must be attached to your pet dog’s collar when outdoors
- Failure to register/licence a dog may result in a financial fine
- Identification Requirements and Microchipping
For Your Pet Dog
- Your dog must legally be identifiable
- The dog tag must be attached to a dog’s collar
- Identification requirements are practical especially for returning lost dogs to their legal and anxious owners
- Micro-chipping is mandatory in many municipalities and is strongly encourage by authorities
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- Public Control and Local Leach Laws
For Your Pet Dog
All municipalities have dog regulations.
- Dogs must not run loose without control
- Most public areas require dogs be on leash
- Municipalities understand dogs need off-leash areas – owners must have vocal command of their pet dogs
- A pet dog owner may be legally liable financially for any person injured by an off-leash dog
- Rabies Vaccination and Health Requirements
For Your Pet Dog
Rabies vaccination is mandatory universally.
- Dogs first inoculation is 3 months old
- Booster rabies inoculation in first year
- Depending on the vaccine type booster inoculations every 1-3 years
- Proof of vaccination is required for licencing, daycare, boarding
- Rabies inoculation is required for any dog bitten by another dog
Rabies inoculations are mandatory because:
- Rabies is fatal/deadly
- Rabies can be transmitted to humans
- Rabies control is a public health issue
- Dog Waste/Excretion Cleanup
(Pooper Scooper Laws)
For Your Pet Dog
No one likes stepping in dog poop!
- It is legally your responsibility to properly dispose of your dog’s waste. You may be fined for not cleaning up after your pet’s excretion
- Many municipalities now provide waste stations especially on public paths, parks, unleashed runs.
- Dog waste may cause diseases in other ingesting/sniffing dogs if not cleared away. These diseases can be spread to humans.
- coli infections
- Salmonella infections
- roundworm infections
- Infectious intestinal parasites spread creating illnesses like Parvovirus
- Environmental damages to grasses due to high pathogens and nitrogen
- Risk of water pollution
- when uncollected poop washes into storm drains
- when uncollected poop washes into waterways
- causes harm to aquodic life
- nutrients promote undesirable/harmful algae growth
- disrupts natural ecosystems in nature
Dog poop smells.
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