Guidance

Dealing with irresponsible dog ownership: practitioners’ manual

This manual helps practitioners in local authorities and the police in England and Wales in dealing with dog-related incidents.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 17 October 2014
• Last updated: 12 November 2014
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  1. 12 November 2014

     Replaced the document to fix typo in first paragraph, which should read "The aim is to encourage responsible dog ownership and reduce other incidents..."

  2. 17 October 2014

     First published.

Documents

Dealing with irresponsible dog ownership: Practitioner’s manual

Ref: PB14038

PDF, 1 MB

Dealing with irresponsible dog ownership: Practitioner’s manual - Annexes A - D

Ref: PB14038

PDF, 963 KB, 57 pages

Details

This manual helps practitioners in local authorities and the police in England and Wales in dealing with dog-related incidents. This includes how to help prevent matters escalating, using the powers contained within the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Further information

• Controlling your dog in public
• Dangerous dogs policy information