is it still illegal to walk your dog without correct id

Hi,

Although it may come across as the opposite I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm genuinely wondering about peoples thoughts on the subject.

I thought, but could be wrong, that a dog in a public place must by law have an id tag showing the owners surname, house number and postcode. Has that law been changed now?

Its a serious question as I'm not sure, I've got such a tag for both my dogs as I thought the penalty was a 5k fine, but everyone I've spoken to has asked me what I'm talking about, the majority have said that their dog is micro chipped (doesn't mention micro chipping in the article), that or they say that's a stupid law and they are not following it as they don't need to and nobody would ever bother stopping them to check? These are all dog owners who claim to be responsible yet according to what I read they ignore the law of dog ownership, I understand the bit about nobody bothering to check but what if something went wrong and you got reported, would the police or council whoever it may be not check the tag for compliance of the law at that stage so they can rack up more charges? which is why I was just asking if I was the one who is wrong and the law that I read has been abolished now?

By the way, I'm not saying I have these tags because I agree with having those details on them, I just have them as they are the law, or so I thought lol

yea all dogs should have dog tag with all the info on them but who going enforce it?

http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/ukdoglaws.html

i never put my dogs names in case someone takes your dog

I never knew this Ty doesnt have a tag he always has his coller on though I will have to get him 1 whoops thanks for asking that question lol.

I never new this either, although mine does have a collar and is micro-chipped its a wealth of info on here!!

Kuma has a chip and her tag says our address and her name

ye all dogs must wear a collar and tag and even if your using a harness a collar must also be worn but im the same i will not put a dogs name on the tag just my surname address and my mobile number

Molly has a tag on her collar with my surname, my house number, my postcode and a telephone number.
She doesn't have her name on it, because as Steve said, if someone takes your dog, they then know it's name.
She also has a tag on her collar saying "I'm microchipped, scan me" And she has a similar one on her harness, just incase she looses her collar whilst she's out in her harness.
As far as I knew it was illegal to have a dog in public without a collar or or ID tag, it was the first thing we did when we got her.

When Piggy went off with the spaniel next door and got hit by a car...we found her by phonong the police, they said she had been found and taken by the dog warden...we phoned him and arranged to meet as he was out on his rounds...even though Piggy had been hit by a car and was grazed on her leg he said she has to have a collar,name tag with phone number and post code on...we explained that as we live on a farm we were concerned about the dogs getting snarled by the collar.... he said it doesn't matter in a PUBLIC place they need the ID tag... she has one now and we have had her "chipped"....he said it was a £40 fine down here in Helston....

Maz (& charlie my other staffie now not with us) got out of my front garden a few years back and because Charlie had to tag on I got ordered to pay £40 plus buy a name tag there and then (£5.99) at the council/dog warden office! I was living in Surrey at the time

ah I guess the £40 must be the standard and then I suppose the 5k is maybe for repeated charges. I'm glad I got them now, I was going to say that if it was an old law that wasn't used anymore then I'd get rid of them but they're definatley staying on now, better safe than sorry I suppose.

Cornish-Muscle wrote:Molly has a tag on her collar with my surname, my house number, my postcode and a telephone number.
She doesn't have her name on it, because as Steve said, if someone takes your dog, they then know it's name.
She also has a tag on her collar saying "I'm microchipped, scan me" And she has a similar one on her harness, just incase she looses her collar whilst she's out in her harness.
As far as I knew it was illegal to have a dog in public without a collar or or ID tag, it was the first thing we did when we got her.

Yes, exactly. It's the law that any dog must have a tag attached to its collar with the owner's surname, postcode & phone number.

I NEVER put a dog's name on its tag - some dogs will go with anyone if they use its name.