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Home»Latest News»‘Houdini hounds’ may avoid pounds
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‘Houdini hounds’ may avoid pounds

Neil WalkerBy Neil Walker27 June 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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Caring for animals: Kingston Council ranger Monika Pocervina with two lost dogs returned to their owner in 2013. There was no cruelty involved in that case. Picture: Yanni
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DOGS who perform not so great escapes as far as owners are concerned may avoid going to the pound in future if suggested changes to the way Kingston Council deals with lost pets go ahead.

Councillors at last month’s public council meeting voted for council officers to investigate minimising the chances of lost pooches facing a stay at a pound if a dog is registered and microchipped with council.

Cr Georgina Oxley suggested officers consider a “first strike” policy to have dogs returned straight back to owners.

“I think nobody wants their dogs to go wandering the streets day or night by themselves,” she said.

“Most of the time for people, pets are part of the family and when they do go missing it is devastating both for the pet and the human a lot of the time.

“If they do end up at the pound it’s a long, long process to get your dog back. I wouldn’t want any family to be going through that.

“So I think that it’s important if they do go missing, we’re able to return them as soon as possible.”

Cr Rosemary West agreed with Cr Oxley’s declaration that dogs “can be escape artists”.

Cr West said “Houdini hounds” often are experts in escapology and find inventive means to break out of fenced gardens and yards.

“My dog climbed up a tree to climb over a guinea pig’s hutch and jump down off the letterbox … people very kindly collected her and rang me,” she said.

On one occasion Cr West said her dog spent the day at “a very kind” vet’s office before being collected.

Council officers will look at the possibility of vets and doggy daycare businesses temporarily housing lost registered pooches.

Cr West said a small fee for such a service would be reasonable to most dog owners to avoid pets going to the pound.

Council has an arrangement for wandering animals to be sent to the Lost Dogs Home in Cranbourne which can be inconvenient for some Kingston residents to visit during opening hours to retrieve pets.

Officers will report back to councillors at a future council meeting in the coming months.

Councillors also tasked officers with reporting back on providing “more robust” dog tags since several dog owners have complained that the existing tags are “flimsy” and easily fall off pooches’ collars.

First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 27 June 2018

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