Author Archive
Aug
International Dog Seminar Announced
DOG WARDENS TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL DOG CONTROL SEMINAR The National Dog Warden Association is hosting a two day international seminar in Altringham Cheshire on 13th and 14th October 2008. NDWA listened to its members regarding training needs and has put together a well balanced seminar that will look at aggressive dogs as well as dangerous [...]
Aug
Stolen Dog Reunited With Owner thanks to Dog Warden
Salisbury District Council Dog Warden Sam Stuchfield has managed to increase her total of stolen dogs currently recovered in 2008 to three. The latest dog to be reunited with it’s owner’s by Sam disappeared from a kennels in Norfolk over three weeks ago. Benny the Cocker Spaniel dog was found at the side of a [...]
Aug
Bull Breed Discrimination is Clogging up Rescue System
The plethora of Staffordshire Bull Terriers and type dogs currently in local authority holding kennels is placing a strain on the rehoming system in general. There also seems to be reluctance by some rehoming agencies to take these dogs after they have completed their seven days with local councils. The popularity of the breed has [...]
Aug
Dangerous Dogs Act Prosecution Brought by Dog Warden
A prosecution under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 brought by Three Rivers District Council Dog Warden Debra Sandling has resulted in a dog owner being fined, having to relinquish ownership of two Akita’s and being banned from owning dogs for five years. Dog owner Mr Ahmed of King’s Langley in Hertfordshire was before the Magistrates [...]
Jul
Stolen Dog Recovered by Dog Warden
Whippet/Lurcher cross Daisy who disappeared from her owners garden in Alvediston near Salisbury on Weds 2nd July 2008 has been found by Salisbury District Council Dog Warden Mrs Sam Stuchfield. Sam received information that a dog answering Daisy’s description had been seen on a temporary travellers site in the Salisbury area. Without wasting a moment, [...]
Jun
Dog Wardens Excluded from Canine Decision Making Process – Claim
At the RSPCA Dangerous Dog conference in London on Tuesday 3rd June 2008, Mr Chris Laurence Veterinary Director of the Dog’s Trust asked during an open question session to senior National Dog Warden Association member Dave Griffiths of East Hampshire District Council, the following question ‘Why has the NDWA withdrawn from various committees’ (or words [...]
Jun
RSPCA Dangerous Dogs Conference Report, By Neil Burton
WAKE UP CALL AT RSPCA DANGEROUS DOG CONFERENCE The RSPCA Dangerous Dogs Conference held in London on Tuesday 3rd June 2008 was a simultaneous eye opener and wake up call for the authorities and animal welfare charities to put aside any differences they may have and focus on everyone’s apparent stated primary aims animal and [...]
May
Dog ‘Back from the Dead’ is Reunited With Owners After Three Years
A dog that was assumed to be dead was reunited recently with its overjoyed owners after an absence of three years.Salisbury District Council Dog Warden Mrs Sam Stuchfield was called to Salisbury Police Station recently to collect a stray dog. The dog, a terrier type bitch had been handed in at the Police station, when [...]
May
Ealing Council Invents its Own Dangerous Dogs Laws
A recent article in the Ealing Times mentions that Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s) in the Acton area of London have been speaking to dog owners about keeping their dogs on leads and muzzled.Since when have Staffordshire Bull Terriers needed to be kept on leads AND muzzled? Has a new law been passed by government [...]
Apr
Why is The Government Ignoring Dog Wardens Over Stray Dogs?
By Neil Burton NDWA Chairman (All Rights Reserved)I am extremely grateful to Cuthbert Jackson for his extensive article regarding stray dogs post 6th April 2008 published on www.dogmagazine.net. All that the members of NDWA can say to their employers and the public, is sadly, WE TOLD YOU SO. It is not nice to have to [...]
