Can anyone tell me why a dog, who is a family pet needs a licence ?
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Can anyone tell me why a dog, who is a family pet needs a licence ?
It's the law.
So why don't I need a licence for a hamster ?Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
Hamsters cant disturb, threaten, maim, kill or even just litter. Dogs can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamjar
Some People who keep large animals in an urban setting are idiots. Licensing laws should be tighter.
What a narrow minded general statement to make. We have 3 dogs, live in a town and why are we idiots ???Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Ask your neighbours.Quote:
Originally Posted by max power
Fine, "are idiots" is a bit strong. But damn it, shut them the hell up, keep them away from my car and maybe, just maybe, have some consideration for the fact that they are animals and probably hate staring at 4 walls as much as any human would.
I don't have dogs but my next door neighbour does.
Does that make my neighbour an idiot?
is that your neighbours or are you making a rather general statement again. My dogs make no more noise than the local children and get more fresh air than a lot of the members on these boards sitting in front of their computers all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Ok some people don't treat animals right or have respect for their neighbours but not everyone.
Never mind dogs, people should need to get licenses before they have children.
Great post, agree 100% !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Definitely true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
And no provisionals! :D
How about you keep your car away from my dog? I think people who live in cities who own cars 'are idiots'Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
For any specific reason or is it just a coincidence it overlaps with the 70% of people you don't like anyway? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
There's no need for people who live in cities to own cars, with the amount of traffic it would take off the road public transport in the city would be perfect for people to get around, there would be less traffic and noise pollution, less anger issues among the masses, people would be healthier for cycling/walking, and if you did need a car for a weekender you could rent one out like quite a few people in Dublin doQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Are certain breeds of dog banned?
It would make more sense if you needed a dog owner licence. That way irresponsible people could be banned from owning a dog.
In my apartment complex dogs are banned. It is quiet surprising how easy to ban things, like mini Republic.
That's not very christian :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pete
The New Ireland eh Pete :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
That would be a text book dyslexic sentence?Quote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
Freudian slip but does give me an idea :D
I think a lot of Irish people have a crappy attitude to owning all manner of pets -but particularly Dogs and cats. They see it as a right rather than a responsibility.
I have a three year old I can't let run around his own front garden coz some cnut up the road lets his fcuking mutt roam around and he uses my garden as a toileting spot. I swear his dog's being sent home with a spear through it one of these days and ISPCA et al can suck 'em.
Thats on comment on your neighbourhood and not on all dog owners. How about i say i go to Limerick and the 1st person i meet will stab me:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
This has come up quite a lot in the last few weeks on foot.Quote:
Originally Posted by max power
We have been merrily machine-gunning and blowing one another up down here for at least the last ten to fifteen years.
Yet people still persist with the "Stab City" angle??
Knife Crime is soooooooo Italia 90 people
EDIT: On the dog licence thing it's basically another pointless rip off tax the government catches people with, ala the TV licence. Very, very few people actually bother paying it mind you.
I believe the cool kids are using knives in an ironic fashion LTID? Complete with retro Iralia 90 stickers?
Damn right!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Just look at the influence I've had since I got here!
http://www.japantoday.com/category/c...abbing-2-women
http://www.japantoday.com/category/c...plans-in-email
http://www.japantoday.com/category/c...spute-in-tokyo
I was never one of the cool kids :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I would like to think the fee (only around 12 euro btw ) goes to help fund the dog warden etc.
I think you should have to apply for the licence and if you get it then you can get a dog some people just shouldnt have animals. say if you live in a city with no garden then getting a labrador shouldnt be aloud.
A dog in a house that barks at people snooping around your house is a far more effective deterant than an alarm.
What does this have to do with an annual tax on dog owners? Are you getting compensated from the proceeds?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
My dad keeps a dog, walks it twice a day, feeds it, inoculates it, lets it roam the back garden - bringing it in when it starts barking. It's a family pet, carefully looked after, bothering no-one except. Why does he have to pay an annual fee for this?
I can only assume that it's for the same reason I have to pay for the right to own an ATM card. Bloody stealth taxes.
Nothing stealth about the ATM ones. clearly marked as taxesQuote:
Originally Posted by John83
Presume the dog license pays for admin on some sort of dog database. Not really sure how it'd help but there are worse examples of stoopid taxes
What dog database? They can't even tell if you've paid the licence. A younger brother answered the door to an inspector a couple of years ago, and we were issued a fine because he didn't know where the licence was kept. My dad had to get a solicitor involved to get them council to acknowledge that maybe they were being a bit thick. If there was some kind of database in play, they wouldn't have had to call.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
As far as I can tell, it's make-work for the inspectors.
EDIT: On ATM taxes, granted it's not what economists mean by a stealth tax, but it is on of those new, pointless taxes that have let the government lower income tax rates for political reasons without actually benefiting anyone.
I presumed incorrectly so... Stupid playing Devils Advocate...Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Not that new either...Quote:
EDIT: On ATM taxes, granted it's not what economists mean by a stealth tax, but it is on of those new, pointless taxes that have let the government lower income tax rates for political reasons without actually benefiting anyone.
It was in McCreevey's last budget, if memory serves. Not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
He upped it. It was £10, then he made it €20Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
How can you be so sure such a scheme even exists?Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I don't contest it's a problem with my neighbourhood but it's far from unique or specific to it. I see the same problem of people not knowing where their pets are in rural areas and provincial towns.Quote:
Originally Posted by max power
I see dog **** on the streets of the some of the most affluent areas of this city. I see gobshltes who come into our public parks with their well groomed, licenced, inocculated, probably medically insured pets and getting them to crap on the verges, under the trees and on the playing fields that people are then supposed to play upon.
Good for him. Provided he doesn't do what I described above. I would hope his licence fee is spent at least in part rounding up strays.Quote:
Originally Posted by john83
[QUOTE=jebus;908169]There's no need for people who live in cities to own cars, with the amount of traffic it would take off the road public transport in the city would be perfect for people to get around, there would be less traffic and noise pollution, less anger issues among the masses, people would be healthier for cycling/walking, and if you did need a car for a weekender you could rent one out like quite a few people in Dublin do[/Q
completely wrong, what about people working shift work?
He brings a small gardening tool and a plastic bag when he walks the dog. And even though he doesn't leave dog **** lying around, he wouldn't let the dog soil a pitch or playground in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Why should he pay for rounding up strays? He has nothing to do with them. Imagine a tax on children to pay for state orphanages!? It's nonsense. If strays are a big problem, microchip every dog in the country, and fine the owners of strays heavily. If dogs fouling parks is a problem, have more litter wardens, and fine those caught heavily. Stop making people pay on the presumption of wrongdoing. It's absolutely unfair.
Chineese Takeaways have been dealing with the stray dog population quite effectively for years................Quote:
Originally Posted by John83