Keep clear of Norway

[Per Olav]

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People! The Norwegian government made really good steps trying to protect country from aggressive Wolfdogs. We have already documented cases of Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs killing Norwegian(?) elks....

LOL

PS. It is sad we all must remove Norway from the list of countries which are a nice place to spent the holidays but as we saw on Wolfdog stupid regulations and decisions change. They go by as the people who made them....

It's truly sad that this versatile breed is no longer allowed in my country - but the Kennel Club, experts and "ordinary people" are fighting to invalidate the existing law.

[Navarre]

How can they recognize that my dogs are czech wolfodg ? On passports i can write simply "gs-husky mix" (in Italy is possible) and live happy and visit norway freely!

Or not ?

[Per Olav]

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How can they recognize that my dogs are czech wolfodg ? On passports i can write simply "gs-husky mix" (in Italy is possible) and live happy and visit norway freely!
Or not ?

I'll put it this way: By 1991 the American Pitbull Terrier was prohibited in Norway. Some years ago a dog mix was seized by the Police claiming the dog was a Pitbull Terrier mix. When the case was brought to court a Swedish professor stated the dog most likely was a mix of a Amstaff Terrier and one or more other breeds/mixes but since the excact origin of the dog not could be verified the dog was put to death.

In my country dogs are killed just on suspicion of beeing a banned breed or a banned breed mix or even looking like one.

[saschia]

So this actually means that the best thing to do would be to get false papers that you wolfdog is in fact saarloos wolfdogs as they are not banned... Nice.

Well, Norway is too cold for me anyway... But I keep my fingers crossed that this stupid thing will pass away...

[Juniorwolf]

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So this actually means that the best thing to do would be to get false papers that you wolfdog is in fact saarloos wolfdogs as they are not banned... Nice.

Well, Norway is too cold for me anyway... But I keep my fingers crossed that this stupid thing will pass away...

Personally I would not take the risk that someone might think the dog is CSW and not SWH ...as the goverment of Norway will kill your dog even on suspicion even that their might not will be many CSW/SWH experts in Norway, I love my dogs too much to take that risk !

Best thing to do will be sending Per Olav good photos and videos of CSW working, interacting with children and so on, to help Per Olav promote our breed as a dog of good character and vertisile use

Greetings Rolf

[Per Olav]

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Personally I would not take the risk that someone might think the dog is CSW and not SWH ...as the goverment of Norway will kill your dog even on suspicion even that their might not will be many CSW/SWH experts in Norway, I love my dogs too much to take that risk !

Best thing to do will be sending Per Olav good photos and videos of CSW working, interacting with children and so on, to help Per Olav promote our breed as a dog of good character and vertisile use

Greetings Rolf

I was a foreign vistor to Norway I would not risk the life of my accompanied dog. If the dog was seized and captured in a shelter the owner has to pay for its keeping, which may raise to several thousand euros before the case was brought to court. And the courts descission is predictable when it comes to banned breeds or suspected mixes.

The best way to have the law changed is by educating our government and the Norwegian public. I look forward to receive Rolf's pictures and videos. Maybe other like to share some as well?
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Per Olav

[saschia]

Per Olav, of course you can use also my pictures. They are all on wolfdog. Maybe the agility ones are interesting (dog Baby Tribec).

[Per Olav]

According to media the Norwegian Police Authoryties has decided to put the American Staffordshire Terrier Majlo to death by 8th of May this year. His "crime" was crossing the Norwegian border with his owners who did not know of the Norwegian ban of the breed. In addition the owners must pay a considerable amount of money for keeping it sheltered.
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Per Olav

[Rona]

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According to media the Norwegian Police Authoryties has decided to put the American Staffordshire Terrier Majlo to death by 8th of May this year. His "crime" was crossing the Norwegian border with his owners who did not know of the Norwegian ban of the breed. In addition the owners must pay a considerable amount of money for keeping it sheltered.
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Per Olav

I don't belive!!!!

[Mikael]

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According to media the Norwegian Police Authoryties has decided to put the American Staffordshire Terrier Majlo to death by 8th of May this year. His "crime" was crossing the Norwegian border with his owners who did not know of the Norwegian ban of the breed. In addition the owners must pay a considerable amount of money for keeping it sheltered.
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Per Olav

Hello again Per

What do the media and the people of Norway think about this decision ???
Sounds like political suicide for this government to me, if all people is against it

I did not think Norway still had death penalty, aseptically not for innocent animals…

It is not just cruel, but weak to, is this the message the government and police wont to
send out to the rest of the world

Will the government and police sleep better at night now, when decided to kill the beast ???

If I lived in Norway I would have trouble sleeping knowing that the government and police do kill pets for fun...

Sad regards to Majlo and family

[Per Olav]

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So this actually means that the best thing to do would be to get false papers that you wolfdog is in fact saarloos wolfdogs as they are not banned... Nice.

Well The very best is to avoid crossing the Norwegian border accompanied by a csv. On the other hand the breed is almost unknown to the public and the police. As a general rule no one are aware of the ban of our breed while the banning of the Amstaff is known to everyone due to media publisity.

The Norwegian Kennel Club and the Norwegian Society of Animal Behaviour Experts and some dedicated dog owners are working for changing the law. As a result of this I've registered increased number of visits to my homepage. Rona, Mirek, Mikje and Stefanos articles have been positively commented on different web foras and the hits on the gallery have increased as well.
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Per Olav