Legal Age to walk a Dog?

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

[Miss Z]

Seriously? That is a weird law. I know some dogs can be headstrong and some do escape, but surely people can decide for themselves how they walk their dog?

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I don't know if there is a law like that around here. I think it's a reasonable law though. I think a kid should be allowed to walk their dog as long as they can handle it. However, if the child is young then an adult should be with him while he is walking the dog.

[buttercup132]

What is the world coming to...? They are trying to control how we walk our dogs now?

[caseysmom]

I see the advantages to this, my neighbors have 2 goldens, one is pretty dog aggressive. Once their daughter was walking her, mom was walking the other one and another dog was in a yard and the golden took off with the 11 year old in tow, the golden bit the other dog. The dog could have gotten in a lot of trouble but luckily the people who owned the bitten dog didn't pursue.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I don't think there's any law like that here. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Quite a few 10 and 11 year olds are responsible enough and physically capable of walking certainly smaller dogs. I mean, a large, motivated dog could escape from anyone, really.

[Corinna]

I don't know how they could pass that as a law but of course you are n Canada . I would check just to make sure. strange.