Tags for exempt dogs non-existent
Applying the new dog control rule which excuses stock dogs from microchipping has hit a hiccup.
The specially marked tags for dogs excluded under a recent amendment don't exist. Oh me, oh my.. wouldn't it have been easier just to 'chip all dogs or no dogs... would the money spent on these sorts of stupidity be better spent on educating the public on 'how to read a dog!"
Timaru District Council environmental health manager David Vince said the labelled tags were a completely new requirement and one that couldn't be met on July 1.
He said a common sense approach would see statutory requirements carried out as soon as possible. The dogs exempt from chipping are used to work stock – genuine farm dogs, but an urban-dwelling farm worker's dogs would meet the criteria.
(blah, blah, blah. I'm surprised the Racing Dog Council isn't up in arms about the 'chip as it was said in Australia (where Greyhounds don't require the 'chip) that when a dog requires laser therapy (which most racing dogs do), they can't do it because the 'chip + laser = a no-no.
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The specially marked tags for dogs excluded under a recent amendment don't exist. Oh me, oh my.. wouldn't it have been easier just to 'chip all dogs or no dogs... would the money spent on these sorts of stupidity be better spent on educating the public on 'how to read a dog!"
Timaru District Council environmental health manager David Vince said the labelled tags were a completely new requirement and one that couldn't be met on July 1.
He said a common sense approach would see statutory requirements carried out as soon as possible. The dogs exempt from chipping are used to work stock – genuine farm dogs, but an urban-dwelling farm worker's dogs would meet the criteria.
(blah, blah, blah. I'm surprised the Racing Dog Council isn't up in arms about the 'chip as it was said in Australia (where Greyhounds don't require the 'chip) that when a dog requires laser therapy (which most racing dogs do), they can't do it because the 'chip + laser = a no-no.
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