• As a minimum, each dog has a current annual vaccination for distemper, canine hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvo virus; 
• Each dog is properly supervised, is not dangerous and does not cause a nuisance or threat to anyone; 
• When our staff need to visit your accommodation (eg. if you have requested a maintenance engineer) you take your dog(s) out or keep them in a different room while these visits take place and comply with any specific instructions provided to you. 

If we, in our sole and reasonable discretion, consider your dog to be dangerous or to be causing a nuisance, harm or threat to anyone, or to be likely to do so, we may ask you to remove it from the village (without refund or compensation) or have it removed to kennels at your expense. No other pets are permitted.

Banned dog breeds in Ireland (Longford Forest)

1. XL Bully are not permitted without a Certificate of Exemption issued by your local authority. When on site, the dog must be managed in line with our requirements for restricted dog breeds.

Restricted dog breeds in Ireland (Longford Forest)

Please see below a list of restricted dog breeds which are subject to the following restrictions:

• These dogs may only be owned by adults over the age of 18 years
• The dogs listed need to be muzzled in public
• These dogs listed must be on a short, less than 2 meters (6.5 feet), lead. The leash must be ‘sufficiently strong’ or it needs to be a chain
• Dogs must wear a collar at all times with the owners information on it. This information should include owners name & address
• These dogs can only be led by people over the age of 16.

1. American Pit Bull Terrier
2. English Bull Terrier
3. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
4. Bull Mastiff
5. Dobermann Pinscher
6. Rottweiler
7. German Shepherd (Alsatian)
8. Rhodesian Ridgeback
9. Japanese Akita
10. Japanese Tosa
11. Ban dog – “ban-dog” is a cross or mixture of any of the above breeds mentioned or any strain of the above dogs listed.