Hello, i was just wondering if anybody knows if there is a law that says if you have a dog you have to have 6ft fences in your garden?

ellie.

Never heard of this one. If there is one I'd have one big bill in order to put fences up. You do need to keep dogs under control, but I've never heard of a law that states you must have a fence.

Think this sort of law depends on local laws. May well be wrong but think that is so.

I can't see how you could implement such a law.  When you have neighbours not all the boundary fencing belongs to you, anyway.

Dont know of any law but good fencing makes good neighbours in my opinion.Do people not treat bounderies as being jointly owned these days or is that just gullible me.

THere is no law that stipulates whether you have to have a fence let alone the height (unless you live in some sort of controlled accommodation/zone etc which is rare).

However as most dogs, even quite medium size ones, can jump/scale considerable heights it makes sense to make your garden a "maximum security wing" if you value them and also to prevent unwanted "visits" :D

As someone said "fences make great neighbours"

I dont believe there are any council borough laws that say owners of dogs have to have fences up.
I do know from some building work on our home that you can have fences up to the approx height of 6 foot but then the planning dept at the local council borough could tell you more.

would this apply to people who have yorkies or other tiny breeds :D it would funny  to see it jump that high

My Grandfather has a Yorkie and he can scale a 6ft fence no problem ;-)

I'm not sure what the 'law' is on fences and dogs but I do know that rescue centres will not re-home dogs unless they are satisfied that gardens are adequately fenced to keep dogs secure.  Also,  as a dog owner you are supposed to ensure that your dog is not a nuisance to others so making your garden secure makes good sense.  If your dog did escape and caused either an accident on the road or was deemed 'dangerously out of control' you could face prosecution if I understand bye-laws and laws correctly.  If you have a small terrier you could make do with 3' fencing but if you've got a GSD or BC who loves jumping then 6' will be necessary.

If you erect a fence adjacent to a highway and that includes a public footpath (i.e. the pavement), then it can only be up to 1 metre in height.  On other boundaries, between houses, at the back of the house (provided there is no road adjacent) then you can erect a 2 metre high fence.  Note - this is before needing planning permission and nothing to do with whether you own a dog or not. Above this height, a planning application is required to your local planning authority.  There is no law appertaining to dog owners on having fences, but there may be something inthe deeds to a property (a covenant) which would prevent a fence being erected.  This is nothing to do with planning regulations though and is a civil matter. The same legislation applies to walls and other structures, including railings, trellis etc.  The only boundary treatment that does not come under the same rules, is trees and hedges (hence the problem with leylandii often highlighted in the press) which are living and growing and are as yet, uncontrolled by planning legislation although private members bills are constantly going before parliament (and being thrown out) to remedy this situation.  I hope that this helps.