Staranais Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Heads up! MAF have put together a draft "Code of Welfare" for dogs. The NZ public can make submissions on this code until the first of November 2007 - after that, the code will become legislation. IMO most of the draft code is pretty much common sense and nothing to worry about, but some sections are debatable. If you're from NZ, I think that it's pretty important that you take a look at the draft and make a submission if there's anything you disagree with. You may be particularly interested in commenting on the draft if you would like to keep the right to do any of the following things: * Ever leave your dog unattended in a car * Keep your dog in working condition with easily palpable ribs ("thin") * Use remote trainers for basic training * Use anti-bark e-collars * Keep a dog entire even if you do not intend to breed it (e.g for working or showing purposes) * Own an older dog and don't get it vet checked every 6 months * Dock dogs tails All of these things will either banned or considered to be not "best practice" by the code. (Please note that although there is no legal requirement for a dog owner comply with "best practice", the code of welfare will be revised frequently, and that "best practices" from this draft of the code may become minimum legal standards in later versions of the code. So if you don't agree with the "best practice", now is a good time to tell MAF that!) The first link below is the code itself, the second is instructions on how to submit your views on it: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/strat...elfare-dogs.pdf http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/strat...dogs-letter.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushaka Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 (edited) thanx Edited October 11, 2007 by Lewis & Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'm not from NZ but just wondering a couple of things... is the proposed legislation set to ban people from leaving their dogs alone in a car or is it to stop people cooking their dogs in hot weather? If it's an altogether ban that's awful. And another one I was wondering about if remote trainers are under scrutiny, are pinch collars banned in NZ? Just curious even though from Oz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staranais Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'm not from NZ but just wondering a couple of things... is the proposed legislation set to ban people from leaving their dogs alone in a car or is it to stop people cooking their dogs in hot weather? If it's an altogether ban that's awful. And another one I was wondering about if remote trainers are under scrutiny, are pinch collars banned in NZ? Just curious even though from Oz! Read the links I posted, it explains it all pretty clearly. But FYI, pinch collars aren't even mentioned. The previous draft a few years back mentioned "spiked collars", and I emailed MAF asking about the legal status of (blunt pronged) pinch collars, saying why I thought they should not be banned - guess a few other people must have done something similar, since there's no mention of "spiked collars" or prong collars in this draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushaka Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i couldnt seem to get into the link can u cut n paste the bit about cars?... I really was curious too.. I take my dogs everywhere and hop out occasionly to do things. I mean,if its sweltering i would leave them home,but on a normal day they sit in with windows down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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