Dogs
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DOG GOES MISSING
STRAY DOGS
UNWANTED DOGS
REHOMING
BARKING DOGS
RESTRICTED BREEDS
GREYHOUNDS
DOG IDENTIFICATION
If you have a dog over 4 months old, you must have a licence for it and the person to whom the licence is issued must be over 16 years of age. A dog licence may be purchased online at www.fingalcoco.ie, at any Post Office or at County Hall, Main Street, Swords. If you do not have a licence for your dog, you are liable to a €30.00 “on-the-spot” fine. Failure to pay this fine can lead to a prosecution with a maximum fine of €1,270.00 and/or up to 3 months imprisonment if convicted. Online Dog Licence Service
DOG FOULING
The problem of dog dirt in public places is a source of great annoyance to the public and results in a large number of complaints to Fingal County Council. Dog owners cause a health hazard by not removing their dog waste from streets, parks, beaches, playgrounds and other public places where people and children walk and play. Under the Litter Pollution Acts (1997-2003) it is an offence not to clean up after your dog has fouled in a public place and dispose of it in a proper manner. Dogs are largely responsible for an infection known as toxocariasis which mostly affects children. Allowing dogs to foul in public areas is anti-social and totally unacceptable. The ideal solution is for Dog Owners to train their dog to "go at home" in their garden. However, accidents can happen while you are out walking so you should always carry a pooper scooper or a plastic bag to remove the waste. Pooper scoopers can be bought in pet shops. If you don't clean up your dog's waste you can receive a fine of €150.00 or a fine in the District Court of up to €3,000. Waste can be placed in any litter bin. Please help to keep Fingal free from dog fouling by playing your part.
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DOG GOES MISSING
Ring the Gardaí and report the dog missing.
Contact your local pound and the pounds in the surrounding areas as soon as your dog goes missing – details on www.irishanimals.ie.
Check with local vets to see if the dog was brought in and left there.
Go online to the lost and found section of www.irishanimals.ie - details on here of what to do when your dog goes missing and also of all the Rescue Centres and Pounds where your dog might have been brought to.
Advertise in the Lost and Found section of newspapers.
The following websites are also useful:
www.dogsindistress.ie This site has pictures & details of dogs that are currently in Ashton Pound.
http://caravetgroup.com/Lost_and_Found/Default.175.html
STRAY DOGS
Stray dogs will be taken by the dog warden to the dog pound where they must be kept for 5 days. Ashton Pound, River Road, Ashtown, Castleknock, Dublin 15 Ph. 8383236 / 8683038 (near Halfway House Pub, Navan Road) provides Fingal's dog warden and the pound service is operated by them for Fingal County Council.
If you want to reclaim your dog, you will have to pay the Pound a reclaim fee of €12.70 plus a charge of €6.30 bed and board for each night your dog remains in the Pound. If you do not have a current dog licence you will have to buy one also for €20.00. If you don't keep your dog under effectual control you can get a €30 on-the-spot fine and if you don't pay the fine you can be prosecuted and receive a fine of up to €1269.74 and / or 3 months imprisonment.
You can bring an unwanted dog to Ashton Pound, River Road, Ashtown, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ph. 8383236/8683038 where it will be accepted free of charge.
You can get a dog, which is suitable for rehoming, from Ashton Pound, River Road, Ashtown, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ph. 8383236/8683038, for a small charge.
Excessive dog barking which causes a nuisance to any person is an offence. Your District Court can make an order requiring the reduction of excessive barking by a dog, can limit the number of dogs that can be kept on a premises or can direct that a dog be delivered to a dog warden as an unwanted dog. You can make a complaint about excessive barking to the District Court under Noise Regulations. Before you do this, you must first inform the dog owner of your intention by completing a special form under the Control of Dogs Act 1986. Forms are available from the District Court.
RESTRICTED BREEDS
Restrictions apply to the following breeds:-
* American Pit Bull Terrier
* Bull Mastiff
* Dobermann Pinscher
* English Bull Terrier
* German Shepherd (Alsatian)
* Japanese Akita
* Japanese Tosa
* Rhodesian Ridgeback
* Rottweiler
* Staffordshire Bull Terrier
* Every dog commonly known as a Ban Dog (or Bandog)
* Every other strain of cross of every breed or type of dog listed above
A person shall not permit a restricted breed to be in a public place unless the dog is being led by means of a sufficiently strong chain or leash, not exceeding two metres in length, by a person over the age of sixteen years who is capable of controlling the dog.
You shall not permit a restricted breed to be in a public place unless the dog is securely muzzled.
You cannot lead more than four greyhounds at any time in any public place and they must be led by a sufficiently strong chain or leash.
DOG IDENTIFICATION
Your dog must wear a collar with your name and address inscribed on it or on a plate, badge or disc attached to the collar.
If you do not have identification for your dog you can be fined €30 by the dog warden or in the District Court you could get a fine of €1,270 and / or 3 months imprisonment.
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