Normally then the dog will need to be kept on muzzle and leash at all times it is outside your premises, though a lesser form of restriction can be argued for\u00a0 in place of these usual restrictions imposed by a menacing dog declaration. But usually the dog therefore will not be chasing\u00a0 balls in the park or running after sticks anymore. Your dog loses much of its freedom upon a menacing dog declaration being imposed.<\/p>\n
Melke Legal is experienced in contesting such a declaration in VCAT and negotiating such declarations with councils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your dog may be declared menacing \u00a0because it has attacked a human or a dog or because it has rushed a person. Normally then the dog will need to be kept on muzzle and leash at all times it is outside your premises, though a lesser form of restriction can be argued for\u00a0 in place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1727","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n