• Chaos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Seems like we need to implement dog licences instead. It takes skill to own a well trained dog. Then just make sure people who are miscreants are banned from owning them.

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      1 year ago

      You know that dog licenses were just a tax on dog owners. There was no ‘fit and proper person’ test or requirement for training.

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        1 year ago

        Inspection of home, walking, traveling skills, leash skills, etc. Do it every year or every “birthday” of a dog you have.

        I own large dogs and would be fine with this. I’m walking around with a weapon, if I train it to be so

        No one “needs” a dog outside of a service dog, and that’s a whole other Convo.

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          Do it every year? Tried to book a driving test lately?

          There are 13 million pet dogs in the UK let’s assume people own multiple dogs. That’s 10 million tests a year. Let’s assume the test are quite hard. That’s a few thousand (10,000?) additional dogs removed from owners each year that need to be rehomed or put down.

          Easier to neuter, muzzle and outlaw proscribed breeds.

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          That’s a _lot_of infrastructure, training centres, test infrastructure to build up. Then lots of fun law to write, such as - am I - as an unlicensed person, allowed to look after my brother’s dog for the weekend if they go away?

          If there are four of us in the household, do we _all_have to be licensed to take the dog for a walk?

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            1 year ago

            Interesting point, it should be the owners responsibility to hold a licence only. If its abused such like a cars licence. The licence should be revoked permanently just imo. This would also cut down on bad breeders, if they sell to people without a licence, they should also lose their license.

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      1 year ago

      Ah yes, my dangerous weapon of a shiba inu requires a license.

      Unrelated, please do not go into politics.