Stopping Dog Theft

[Snoz 29]

Has anyone had any experience of freeze branding for dogs , I was thinking of this as a deterrent for dog thefts as I've had two terriers and two litters of pups stolen over the last couple of years from my yard. My important dogs are now at my house but I'm thinking an obvious marking like a freeze brand would mean the dogs couldn't be sold or used in public as easily and put the dirty thieving scumbags off. Has anyone got any ideas for obvious permanent marking!!!! Cheers

[dymented 2,220]

OK with live stock ect a horse but illegal to do on a mutt do not no why id do mine if i could

[bitchie 292]

Here some tattoo the backlegs because ears can be choped but noone will chop a backleg!

[busterbuster1969 313]

My dog has her ear tattood

[Snoz 29]

Didn't know it was illegal cheers, back to the drawing board anyone know we're I can get man traps!!!!!!!! Ha ha

[THLpatrick 555]

Just keep shit dogs. That's what I do

[CBdogsA1 420]

Didn't know it was illegal cheers, back to the drawing board anyone know we're I can get man traps!!!!!!!! Ha ha

 

I've met a few women with these, and yes, they to were dogs !!!!!

[CBdogsA1 420]

It would be great if someone would make a GPS tracking chip like the ones for cars but obviously smaller.

[fireman 10,869]

They can there's one in every phone but it's the battery life that'll be the problem of making it work for the dogs life time.

[CBdogsA1 420]

3.5 jack plug socket in the dogs nostril, job jobbed

[skycat 6,173]

Didn't know it was illegal cheers, back to the drawing board anyone know we're I can get man traps!!!!!!!! Ha ha

Is it actually illegal? I was looking into this a couple of years ago, but I couldn't find any information to say that it was actually illegal. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction as to the legalities of it. I spoke to one of the branding companies, Northern Brand, and they said they would be happy to go into it further. I guess the dog would have to be anaesthetised: whether full or local anaesthetic I don't know. Full GA would make it very expensive.

[paulus 26]

 

Didn't know it was illegal cheers, back to the drawing board anyone know we're I can get man traps!!!!!!!! Ha ha

Is it actually illegal? I was looking into this a couple of years ago, but I couldn't find any information to say that it was actually illegal. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction as to the legalities of it. I spoke to one of the branding companies, Northern Brand, and they said they would be happy to go into it further. I guess the dog would have to be anaesthetised: whether full or local anaesthetic I don't know. Full GA would make it very expensive.

 

would be covered by the animal welfare act under unnecessary suffering http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/section/4

[skycat 6,173]

So a local anaesthetic would get around the unnecessary suffering bit wouldn't it? There has to be some way in which it could be implemented: and it would surely do much to deter dog thieves if the dog had bloody great white letters or numbers on its haunch.

[paulus 26]

So a local anaesthetic would get around the unnecessary suffering bit wouldn't it? There has to be some way in which it could be implemented: and it would surely do much to deter dog thieves if the dog had bloody great white letters or numbers on its haunch.

it would i think fall into the same part as tail docking as proof would be needed its for the benefit of the dog and not cosmetic for the owner. It would need a case going to court to get the answer and the rspca would chuck money at it like confetti at a wedding.

[skycat 6,173]

http://www.coondawgs.com/freezebrand.html

 

If the guy has done it on himself then OK our friends across the pond are a bit weird, but it looks simple enough to do ... in the land of the free that is!