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Post by gsdgroupie on Sept 3, 2021 9:00:16 GMT
I wonder what the 'punishment' is going to be? There is a video in this article, I don't look at things that give warnings of 'upsetting scenes', so I didn't watch it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58423967 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2021 13:45:35 GMT
My thought was that I’d keep an eye on this proposed law as it progresses towards passage - it may lack teeth, as it were. Interesting that there are likely to be clauses re: microchip database accessibility too.
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Post by gtrmacs on Sept 4, 2021 16:05:56 GMT
BBC had an interview with a man who was distressed that his dog was stolen from where he'd left it in the garden - it was gone when he decided to feed it at the end of the day ...
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Post by caryll on Sept 4, 2021 17:12:47 GMT
BBC had an interview with a man who was distressed that his dog was stolen from where he'd left it in the garden - it was gone when he decided to feed it at the end of the day ... OMG. Do people really not know where their dogs are & what they're doing? I have a really safe garden, but I know where Badger is & what he's doing!
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Post by goodie on Sept 4, 2021 18:32:31 GMT
We don't leave Axel alone in the garden, but even if we did, I don't think anybody would take him, they would not get the chance...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2021 19:18:38 GMT
OMG indeed. If ours are in the rear garden, there are eyes on them the entire time. We have external building works starting soon (allegedly next week, but then also allegedly this week until this week!) and the first thing we told the contractor was that proper site fencing was required to ensure secure perimeters for our dogs...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2021 23:08:32 GMT
I couldn't leave Kaio alone in the garden, the fencing on both sides are low, although I don't think she would be able to jump them due to her hips. We have a large galvanized dog run with a roof, that she goes in if its nice outside. It is secured with padlock that is bolt cutter resistant plus a padded chain with another high security pad lock. So a person would need angle grinder to get to her and we would hear the noise of her barking and the noise of the machine If I have to go out and she can't come with me, I put her in the house, then the lazy so and so, toddles off upstairs to bed  Plus, we can easily see her in her run when she is out there. |
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Post by gsdgroupie on Sept 5, 2021 11:00:17 GMT
My two are in and out all day long at this time of year, we have both the front and back door open and they just do what they like. It would take a seriously brave (possibly a bit stupid too?) person to try and get in through our main gates which are in excess of 7 foot high. We have several bolts and catches on there plus that's where the dogs sleep when they're outside. The only way to get in safely would be to disable the dogs in some way but what would be the point? They'd struggle to lift either of them. As the owner of the noisiest dog in West Sussex, possibly the UK, I have no worries whatsoever about someone taking them from home. It's a different story when we're out however, because Lucy like to go off ahead and we have to constantly call her back, she is super friendly with everyone and would probably go off with anyone who has a decent ball throwing arm!  At home, I do worry about the safety of Rusty, the cockerpoo that lives opposite, his gate is only about waist high and I'm sure that he could be easily lifted out if someone really wanted to. I've taken to having a quick glance out if he starts barking just to be sure! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2021 15:51:24 GMT
Our current fences are 6’ high on the adjoining side and 5’ high at the top and on the alley side, but once the external works are done, there will be 6’ fences on both sides and a breeze block outbuilding across the top. The rear garden isn’t wide enough to give them enough of a run up to clear even 5’, so we’re happy for them to go in and out as they please as long as one of us has eyes on them. Most of the external works are designed to allow us to use our rear garden without being overlooked by the person on the adjoining side, who is the subject of a harassment warning notice and various other prohibitions but will be receiving a visit from the police next week following yet another infringement last weekend.
We’d love the dogs to have a secure run like Kaio, but neither the adjoining side nor the alley side are suitable, as the person on the adjoining side teases and provokes the dogs (yes, really!) and the alley is an access way used by many people who shouldn’t be using it but do anyway...
Jax could probably give Gus a good bark for his money... 🙉
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