Is there a law in UK stating maximum number of dogs you can keep.?

Question

Ive heard that the legal limit is 3.
I have 13 dogs and am retuning to UK from Spain, so this is a worry.
I know there was no limit when we left UK 2 years ago.

Answer 1

how many times do you need to ask this question?
how many times do you need to ask this question?

Answer 2

There is no link 2 newdoglaw.com it doesn't exist!
So thanx 4 that Andrew W, how unhelpful!
I live next door 2 a kleptomaniac woman with 10 dogs, it ain't fun!
Out in the wilds of Spain where there's space between properties it's not 2 an offensive idea 2 have more than 1 dog.
But here in the UK, if U can manage the 6months paid quarantine good luck 2 U & I'll B glad 2 find out U're not gonna B my neighbour!
It's the health issues that U must consider.
What will U do with the waste from so many dogs?
Let alone manage the amount they'll P & wash away what will B an enviromental issue, if U insist on keeping 13 dogs!
2 Me that's 12 dogs 2 many.

Answer 3

No, there is no limit. There are limits in some parks etc, like in some London parks only 5 dogs can be walked at a time per person. As long as you can adequately care for the number of dogs you have, and they cause no problems for anyone else, there is no limit.

Answer 4

I don't think there is a limit on how many dogs you can keep.
So there shouldn't be a problem as long as they are well behaved and not to noisy.
Good luck in your return, and say hi to all of your dogs from me!

Answer 5

You could register as a licensed breeder with the local authority, then don't breed. Then its up to your landlord.
Many housing associations have a limit of 2 pets.

Answer 6

I am not sure if there is a limit or not. I just hope that you will be moving to accomodation that can handle this amount of dogs, and they have the space they deserve

Answer 7

Some dogs are much nicer to have around than some people so as long as the dogs are cared for and not causing a nuisance its your business.

Answer 8

no there is no limit. That is the limit for the US. As long as you provide the dogs with adequate care, and ensure they will not be a nuisance, then it should be fine.

Answer 9

There is no limit, but there is a responsbility that you can look after a large number of dogs.

Last month, 204 Yorkshire terriers were found crammed into a shed in squalid conditions in Sussex. But what happened next? Celia Hammond, founder of the Celia Hammond Animal Trust, explains how her charity is finding new homes for 86 of the dogs.

Every dog that we've taken will find a home. Some will take longer than over, some will take months to overcome their fear. And to be honest, I don't think these dogs have ever been touched; they're like wild dogs. It will take months to get them into a situation where we can get them into a home.

On Easter Sunday we got a call from another charity, Croydon Animal Samaritans, who had been told there was a lady who had had a stroke who was very ill. Could they go down and help? She thought she was going down to feed and clean some of these animals because they'd been in hospital. When she got there and went into the shed, she nearly fainted and realised she needed help.

It took until well into the evening, 10, 11 o'clock maybe to box these dogs up, to get them out of the cages pretty much in the dark with just torches. Some of them I imagine had never been handled so you were very likely to be bitten.

They all went up to our vet at our Lewisham clinic because some of them were really in a really pitiful condition and everybody worked through the night to try to sort them out and the most urgent ones so they would receive veterinary attention as soon as possible.

Well I last saw these dogs a week ago because I work in one of our London clinics and the improvement in the week has just been incredible. The girls work so hard with them and it's made such a difference. They're 100%, 200% better.

They come forward, they want to be stroked, you get the odd little one will just shy and then she remembers that you're quite nice and she'll come back again, so they've just improved beyond recognition and a lot of these are going out to homes next weekend.


Carolyn McBeath:

I've worked for Celia and for the charity for the past seven years. I work here at the sanctuary full time and I do a lot of rescuing and re-homing work here. I was involved in rescuing the dogs and the cats from the place on Easter Sunday and I've been working with the dogs on a day-to-day basis since they've come here.

A normal day consists of obviously getting them all up and giving them all breakfast and generally cleaning up from the night before. Obviously they're not house trained or what have you, so it's quite hard work at the moment but they're coming on in leaps and bounds and yes so it's a constant round of cleaning and feeding and playing and cleaning and feeding and playing.


Celia Hammond:

It's been fantastically rewarding working with this group of dogs. Obviously seeing them come in, just being petrified lying on the floor and within a few days starting to wag their tails and kind of recognise you when you come in has been really, really rewarding.

They've all got names and we know them all individually now. We know who's naughty and who gets picked on and things like that. We've got to keep them separate sometimes when we're not around to keep an eye on them and we've been teaching them to play games and play with toys and squeaks and trying to teach them to take a biscuit from your hand - something as simple as that they're not used to doing.

We started to home some puppies and a few of the easiest dogs over last weekend because they really did come on so well and they've gone to people who are very experienced and have had rescue dogs before so they know what they're letting themselves in for.

Answer 10

I would call the police in the town you will be moving to and they can answer your question.
13 dogs that's a lot!! You have more patience then me.

Answer 11

The law is now one dog per family.
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