Banned dog breeds at Longford Forest
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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.
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.
- American Pit Bull Terrier
- English Bull Terrier
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Bull Mastiff
- Dobermann Pinscher
- Rottweiler
- German Shepherd (Alsatian)
- Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Japanese Akita
- Japanese Tosa
- Ban dog – “ban-dog” is a cross or mixture of any of the above breeds mentioned or any strain of the above dogs listed.