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A day of dog safety work carried out by a housing association and the Dogs Trust has been hailed a success.
Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) teamed up with the Dogs Trust to carry out micro-chipping, neutering and health checks for tenants’ dogs in the Aigburth area of the city.
The event held in Beechwood Gardens for tenants on the Beechwood, Heydean and Hurstlyn estates saw 36 dogs being micro-chipped, 41 neutered and 70 given check-ups to assess their health.
The work follows quickly after LMH tenant, Kelly Jones, received an ASBO in May for failing to control her dog in the Beechwood Road area, and is part of the housing association’s ongoing work to make its communities safer places for people to live.
Director of Housing and Neighbourhood Services, Angela Forshaw, said: “The day was a great success with so many tenants taking the opportunities to register their dogs, make them safer and check their health.
“We are going to hold more days with the Dog Trust across the city throughout the summer and are calling on all LMH tenants who own dogs to be responsible and get their dogs micro-chipped and registered, and to control them at all times.
“Anti-social behaviour is something we take very seriously and we simply will not tolerate people making tenants’ lives unbearable.
“We have already shown we will take a strong line against those blighting our communities and encourage anyone suffering from anti-social behaviour to report it to us so we can act on it immediately.”
LMH tenants can report anti-social behaviour online at: https://www.liverpoolmutualhomes.org/do_it_online/report_anti_social_behaviour/
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Commented 82 weeks ago
Having been nipped by a Jack Russel and knowing of colleagues tragic distress at having had her face ripped by a big dog, I recommend that the Bill on dogs (now passing though Parliament) requires:
1) third party insurance;
2) muzzles when in public;
3) cost of third party medical treatment (by insurance);
4) collars to display insurance cover;
3) chipping for identification and insurance.