Or owner licensing.
I see that a lot of the answers are saying "well then the goverment would be involved"But isn’t the goverment invovled already with the dog licensing?I
eh… interesting… but honestly who decides?
Everyone has a different opinion on what’s right. And in reality there is no "right" way to do things, there are gray areas.
I know rescues that won’t let people with kids have dogs. I know rescues who won’t let people with electric fences have dogs. I know rescues that won’t let people who haven’t HAD dogs have dogs… (stupid, IMO).
Who decides what the minimum standards are for the license to own?
In theory its a good idea. In reality, it’s more complicated.
I’d just settle for REALLY strict laws for animal abuse. And REAL punishment for those who abuse and neglect animals. I’d also settle for low to no cost spay neuter clinics in every city across the country. I’d rather see a mandatory pet ed class like home ed in HS. That would make me happier than a license.
Just my thoughts.
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My dogs aren’t licensed and I won’t license them. I’m over the limit for my municipality. Do I care for them properly, you better believe it. Better than 99% of the people on here. And everyone in my neighborhood knows it too. =) My dogs aren’t ever an issue – we are a curiosity.
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If only.!!!!!….would save a ton of trouble. Better owners = Better dogs, in my opinion.
EDIT: Mother Nature…..I think licensing people to be parents is a WONDERFUL idea!!!! There’s too many idiots out there half-assed raising their children. Maybe kids should be a privilege and not a right……considering the teen pregnancy rates, number of kids in DSS custody, abuse rates, domestic violence rates, etc. What’s wrong with wanting education requirements to be in place for people wishing to own a dog, or raise a child??? After the whole Dogfighting incident, Machael Vick was required to take an animal cruelty course. After DSS trouble parents are required to take parenting classes….wouldn’t taking these courses beforehand have helped to prevent such problems in the first place????
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It’s an interesting idea, because it would force people to think ahead before buying a dog. It would be a progressive way to perhaps teach people to be good pet owners.
But I think current licensing laws are directed more at the control of rabies than anything else. Licenses are renewable on a yearly basis with proof of rabies vaccination, so I think they were originally designed to prevent the spread of rabies, nothing else.
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One can only dream, but it will never happen. Someone would scream it violates their freedom or something silly when in fact it would make for better pet ownership I feel.
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Sure, that will come right after you have to have a license to raise your own kids.
Educate, don’t regulate.
You you want to have a license to plant a flower in your own front yard???
Keep it up.
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Don’t like it. Doesn’t prove that individual animals owned in the household are kept current on rabies vaccination and that all animals are spayed and neutered. Doesn’t serve the intended purpose. And these serve important public purposes.
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Wouldn’t that be nice! Of course, they could only get the license after passing a multitude of tests!
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could be a good idea. but you have to be careful about how you do it. it would be great to know that these animals are going to good LOVING homes that will give them the food and attention they NEED.
my brother wanted to adopt a cat last year. he went to get one with his girlfriend and they refused to let him have one because he has dreadlocks!! I mean, hello, it’s just hair! He’s the sweetest guy you will ever meet. So the next day, I went to the shelter and got the cat he picked out. And since I dont look "weird" they let me have her.
Just be careful with the way you judge people.
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But how would you keep track of the number of dogs an owner has? Or if they’re up to date on the mandatory vaccinations?
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That would fall under the catagory of getting a kennel license and if you own multible dogs as I do then it is a lot cheaper than licensing each and everyone individually. There are guidelines to go by, for example you have to live so far away from your main water supply if it is a well and so on. A kennel license only costs me 150 dollars a year and I own five dogs because I am on a 600 acerage. If I were to license each and everyone of my dogs then I would end up paying 75 dollars a dog so it is a big savings for me! All the best!
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While it is a good concept, I don’t think it will be effective. The government has a hard enough time regulating the laws that they already have. If they start liscensing households to own dogs they will try to do it on having kids. Not something that the government is equipped to do. I think it should lie in the breeder’s hands!
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eh… interesting… but honestly who decides?
Everyone has a different opinion on what’s right. And in reality there is no "right" way to do things, there are gray areas.
I know rescues that won’t let people with kids have dogs. I know rescues who won’t let people with electric fences have dogs. I know rescues that won’t let people who haven’t HAD dogs have dogs… (stupid, IMO).
Who decides what the minimum standards are for the license to own?
In theory its a good idea. In reality, it’s more complicated.
I’d just settle for REALLY strict laws for animal abuse. And REAL punishment for those who abuse and neglect animals. I’d also settle for low to no cost spay neuter clinics in every city across the country. I’d rather see a mandatory pet ed class like home ed in HS. That would make me happier than a license.
Just my thoughts.
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My dogs aren’t licensed and I won’t license them. I’m over the limit for my municipality. Do I care for them properly, you better believe it. Better than 99% of the people on here. And everyone in my neighborhood knows it too. =) My dogs aren’t ever an issue – we are a curiosity.
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Owned by 5 dogs and rescue volunteer.
If someone was going to go through the trouble of this new regulation then maybe they should attack all of the issues. Say making people have a license and education about kids before they decide to have a baby factory. Any idiot can get laid, but how many of them can properly raise a child?
Or how about the marriage and divorce thing? To get married all you have to do is fill out one paper, wait three days. To get divorced you have to fill out a whole writers cramp PILE of papers and wait four-five months.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE EDUCATED BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO ATTEMPT MOST ANYTHING!!!!!!
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Owner of previously unwanted dog and cats. Also been married and divorced and remarried, and have three kids.
Licensing doesn’t really work well in the first place. They just did a recent poll and it is believed that less than 15% of people have their dogs licensed anyways!! My dogs receive all of their shots and are well taken care of, but I don’t have licenses for them. Nor has anyone ever come to the house to ask about it. They wear their rabies tags on their collars, along with their Name tags w. address, and phone number, and they are microchipped.
You have a good idea, but unfortunately people always find ways to get around these things. They established gun control legislation in Canada that states you must register your firearms (guns). To date it has cost millions of dollars to implement, only good citizens are doing it (paying to do so) while the real criminals continue to go around shooting people with unregistered guns (I know this was a bit of a tangent- but it is an example of how ineffective the things usually are)
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Yes, that would be nice.
But, to make the animal world even better –
People have to pass a test before owning the dog, knowing the dog breed, ensuring that it will be altered, or even alter before getting the dog. Passing a good home check, and so on.
That’s basically just a strict thing of what shelters and breeders do now.
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That would be terrific, if only someone would do that.
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While I can understand the motive behind the idea,If it came up to a vote in my area I would vote NO- rather like the NRA would vote agianst a gun owner lisence.
Big problem is – who decides who is "good enough" to have a dog? It can easly become a southern reading test (ya know the ones a Univ prof can’t pass if they are the wrong race)
On this list alone I’ve heard it said you shouldn’t own a dog if:
You work – your dog need your presence & attention at all times
You make less than $50,000 a year – you should be able to afford any vet cost, the very best dog food ect. (neat trick without leaving home hugh?)
You have kids -disaster waiting to happen
You have other pets- you can’t give each undivided attention
You don’t have another dog- otherwise your dog in living in solitary confinment
You don’t walk it at least 30 min twice a day
You force it to walk hugh distances and long times- like 30 min
ect ect…
Not to mention the groups that disagree with keep animals "slaves" at all…
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hmmm An idea that I support. Take a test if you pass you get a puppy and a license to own said puppy. If you want another puppy (different breed) another test. Sounds good to me, you make the bill I will contact the congressmen and we will get this passed.
Yep, lets do it..
Also a license to have children. Why not? We have to have a license to get married why not to have kids and dogs…
License to drive a motor vehicle, that can be used as a weapon… well a dog can be used as one also.
SO yes a DOG OWNER LICENSE sounds good to me.
What would the Questions be though, I wonder? Hmm. Another question for you to post maybe for idea’s I think you’ll get some good ones…
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I think it’s a foolish idea. I’m against govt interference in our daily lives as citizens. The more power you hand over to them freely, the more they’ll take. Where would it end?
Mine aren’t licensed. I see no reason for them to profit off my decision to own pets. I keep them confined, I take good care of them, it’s nobody’s business what I do, or how many I have, or whether I choose to spay/neuter. That’s my decision, and I’m responsible and educated enough to make those decisions. I see no reason to pay a "fee" proving I am. Much less, my doing so, isn’t going to change the behaviors of those that abuse their animals.
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You’ve got to be kidding. Do you want to live in a communist country. Thar’s what it would be.
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