Anyone who has been to Germany may find that this German dog seems to be too obedient; Moreover, all over the street, there is not a single stray dog to be seen.
In public, it is rare to see people being pulled aside by their dogs and running around, or reprimanding their dogs, and it is rare to hear dogs barking at will. Most dogs do not actively pestering strangers and making aggressive movements.
Is it true that "Western dogs" are born so self-disciplined?
In fact, these "self-disciplined Western dogs" have spent a lot of money and painstaking efforts to "smash" out.
In Germany, people have always been encouraged to "adopt instead of buy".
Usually, all kinds of dogs can be adopted in pet stores and shelters.
This is the largest animal shelter in Europe – the Berlin Animal House
When applying for adoption, the other party will strictly examine whether you and your family have the "ability to keep a dog".
For example, ask why you want to have a dog, have you ever had an animal before? After that, you also need to submit some "supporting materials" to prove your current financial ability, the place where you live has space to keep a dog, etc. - for the "happiness" of the dog, people must be subjected to the same investigation as the household registration.
Once you've been "honored" to pass the audit, you must also sign a legal document expressing your willingness to be tracked and spot-checked by Animal Protection Society volunteers at any time — if you beat a dog, starve a dog, commit "cold violence" against a dog, etc., once found, you will have to pay a small price.
On the German website, the most popular "dog name" is counted
However, adoption also has to pay money, coupled with medical examinations and other related procedures, an average of about 150 euros (1160 yuan) per person.
Obviously, this is already a "small threshold" that is worth thinking twice. But relatively than to buy directly, it is still much cheaper, at least 2/3 of the money can be saved.
Next, that's the beginning of the burning money.
For example, according to the regulations of the capital Berlin, the owner is required to buy insurance for his dog for no less than 100 euros.
Regarding dog insurance, the regulations vary from place to place, and on average, German dog owners usually have to pay 100 to 270 euros per year for their dogs. Dogs that have been assessed as dangerous also pay more than 30% more premiums.
In Berlin, for example, a tax of €120 per year is paid to keep a first dog, and another €180 is paid to keep a second dog. Those who steal dogs without paying taxes will be fined 10,000 euros if they are discovered.
The German website counts the cost of pet keeping - the turtle ranks ahead of the dogs, which ... Maybe it lives long?
At the same time, whether it is an adopted or purchased dog, or a puppy under an old dog, it is also necessary to register with the city hall within a certain period of time, apply for identity certificates and health certificates, and distinguish them into large, medium-sized dogs and small dogs to match different dog raising policies.
According to the German Dog Law, before breeding a large dog or a specific dog breed, the owner must first pass the theoretical test to obtain a professional certificate in breeding. Specific exam questions cover animal medicine, animal psychology and legal knowledge.
In particular, the owners who are defined as "dangerous dog breeds" will have more stringent exam questions, and once they do not pass, the dogs in the family will be forcibly pulled away. It doesn't matter how deeply you feel about it.
For example, this Bordeaux dog from France was used for bear hunting earlier - looking at its expression, it is very unpleasant
Generally speaking, in order to help dogs have better "dog births", taking them out will not cause trouble for their owners. When the puppies are about 4 months old, the owner will send them to the "puppy course" to learn, mainly to cultivate the puppy to get along with other dogs, owners, strangers, pay attention to the hygiene of the dog and so on.
After successfully graduating from the "Puppy Course", the dog will also enter the "Youth Course".
At this stage of learning, it is mainly to learn how to be a "social dog", for example, to guide the dogs not to bark at passers-by, not to run red lights, to keep quiet on public transportation, to go out when the time is prohibited, and so on.
Can dogs of this breed also obey the whole thing?
Usually, this stage of the course requires the personal cooperation and participation of the dog owner.
Finally, dogs also need to take a graduation exam, and after passing the exam, their owners have obtained a "dog license", with which they can exercise many privileges.
Typically, the owner can not lead the dog leash during the trip, the dog can take the transportation, etc.
Dogs that fail to pass the exam need to be "retaken" and retake the exam.
Of course, there are also many Germans who choose to train their own dogs at home, and they can still do a good job, and they can also pass the exam to get a "dog license".
After all, the price of the dog training school is not low, and the fee in the big city is basically 50 euros per hour, which is more expensive than the cram school of human children.
As mentioned earlier, even if you pay for adoption, all the formalities and vaccines are completed, and even the dog passes the relevant exams, this does not mean that you can sit back and relax.
In the open and dark, animal protection organization staff and some volunteers are staring at you, and if you are not careful, you may cause trouble.
For example, before the outbreak, if you did not walk your dog for a long time, someone would complain to the animal protection organization, and you would be very passive to accept questions and pay fines. As a result, some owners who do not have time to walk their dogs will ask someone to walk their dogs for a long time, and the price is about 10 euros an hour.
In this way, it is generally an hourly job of helping people walk their dogs
In addition, if you are reported to have abused a dog, once verified, the penalty is two years in prison.
Even, according to the relevant report of the German newspaper Le Monde, in Germany, the probability of dog abuse being reported is much higher than the probability of domestic violence-related behaviors being reported - Germans seem to be more concerned about the owner hitting the dog than the man beating the wife (of course, a considerable proportion of men belong to the beaten party).
What is even more amazing is that according to the relevant German law, the police are not only responsible for supervising and picketing the problems of the human world, but also have the task of maintaining the "dog rights".
For example, once a dog is found to be chained or locked in a room with too low a temperature, it can be judged to be a violation of the law, and the police have the right to immediately search for evidence and file a complaint, if they go directly to chase the dog, it is a "felony" in the animal protection law.
In addition, if you keep it and gradually become disgusted with your own dog, or if the economic conditions are not good, you can't afford to feed the dog, and you decide not to throw it on the street, it is also a crime.
Dogs have been registered earlier, and the quality is generally not low, and with the "assistance" of the relevant personnel, it is not a very difficult thing to find the owner who threw it away.
German law also stipulates that the owner of abandoned pets will be fined up to 90,000 euros (1 euro≈ 7.0362 yuan).
You know, in a Ruhr-area city like Essen, you can buy a three-bedroom house for 100,000 euros!
So, on the streets of Germany, stray dogs are quite rare. They really have no money to raise, they will choose to pay a handling fee to put it in the shelter center, and they dare not throw the dog away casually.
In short, as mentioned earlier, the reason why Germany's "Western dogs" "appear to be "cultivated" is that most of them are "smashed" with money and effort.
To put it nicely, Germans regard training their dogs as an "obligation" and regard dogs as important family members; To put it bluntly, that is, the cost of raising dogs, abusing dogs, and abandoning dogs is too great for ordinary people to bear.
But you have shed your blood, can you not take good care of it?