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Dear international dog owner living in Germany: did you know that you have to register your dog in many regions of Germany? As our main office is located in Hanover, we will give you some information about the Regulation of Lower Saxony. According to the Lower Saxony Law on the Keeping of Dogs (NHundG), all […]
The dog licence is a certificate of competence for you as a dog owner in Germany, with which you can show that you have special knowledge in dealing with dogs. Furthermore, this dog licence provides the information that you have trained your dog well and have it under control, i.e. that the pelt nose is […]
Again and again animals cause damage to property and persons. Dog bites and riding accidents are just two examples of the many liability cases with which an animal owner may suddenly be confronted. Such events may have serious financial consequences for the owner of the animal in question. The owner of an animal is also […]
The Higher Regional Court in Celle ruled that dog owners must be held liable for the “wrong” behaviour of their pet at the garden fence. A dog frightened an old lady passing the garden fence with a loud bark. He ran towards the fence and jumped up. The woman fell, so she had to go […]
The district court of Frankfurt am Main ruled that the owner, whose dog frightens a running passer-by, must pay for damages. A passer-by ran to the subway and was chased by two free-running dogs, frightened and jumped on the hood and roof of a parked vehicle. The dog owner must be liable for the damage […]
Tribunal Decisions on the Leash-Requirement for dogs Costs of the treatment Dog owners must pay for injuries made by (mutually) biting dogs. The treatment costs are waived against each other. If one of the dogs is not leashed, its owner must bear the treatment costs alone. Amtsgerichts Frankfurt am Main, Aktenzeichen: 32 C 4500/94-39 Fake Alarm […]
The district court (AG) Daun decided that the owner of a mixed breed dog does not have to be liable for unintentional mating of a mating pedigree dog by his male dog. A mongrel male mated with a female in heat. Six mixed-breed puppies resulted from it. The owner of the non-pedigree puppies sued the […]