{"id":394,"date":"2016-04-04T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tailsdogblog.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:04:04","slug":"when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"When does my dog have to be on a lead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In the UK, there are certain situations where our legislation dictates that dogs must be kept on leads. For instance, it is an offence if your dog is not kept on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer, so you should always have a lead handy if you are out and about with your dog. Your dog must not chase or attack livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses and poultry) on agricultural land, so keeping him on the lead in any fields of livestock is a good idea too. Dogs must be held on leads on all roads as well (according to the Road Traffic Act 1988) and local authorities will often have similar bylaws covering public areas like parks and communal areas so it\u2019s worth checking for signs before letting your dog off in case there are restrictions in the area you\u2019ve chosen to let him roam free. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Finally it is also an offence to let a dog be dangerously out of control anywhere, which includes public and private places, so ensuring you have good control of your dog without a lead is essential before releasing them anywhere. Regular training in obedience and recall can help to keep your dog safe and under your control even at a distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330\" src=\"https:\/\/tailsdogfood.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg\" alt=\"160303_TAILS_Legal-leads-Blog\" width=\"365\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg 365w, https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK, there are certain situations where our legislation dictates that dogs must be kept on leads. For instance, it is an offence if your dog is not kept on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer, so you should always have a lead handy if you are out and &#8230; <a title=\"When does my dog have to be on a lead?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about When does my dog have to be on a lead?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2513],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-tips","tag-dog-leads"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When does my dog have to be on a lead? - Tails.com Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When does my dog have to be on a lead?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the UK, there are certain situations where our legislation dictates that dogs must be kept on leads. For instance, it is an offence if your dog is not kept on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer, so you should always have a lead handy if you are out and ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tails.com Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tailsuk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-04T14:00:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-30T13:04:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tails.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@tailsdogfood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@tailsdogfood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tails.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tails.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00b7ae69d4fcb056aa55fcdc6fe6ca27\"},\"headline\":\"When does my dog have to be on a lead?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-04T14:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-30T13:04:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"dog leads\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Training\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/\",\"name\":\"When does my dog have to be on a lead? - Tails.com Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-04T14:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-30T13:04:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg\",\"width\":365,\"height\":365},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"When does my dog have to be on a lead?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tails.com Blog\",\"description\":\"All about dog food, health, ownership and more!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Tails.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/logo-300-x-300.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/logo-300-x-300.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Tails.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/tailsuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/tailsdogfood\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/tails.com_uk\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00b7ae69d4fcb056aa55fcdc6fe6ca27\",\"name\":\"tails.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c5db52e8a880426f1d62b95925181f192e6881585499603db6c69e7668dff6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c5db52e8a880426f1d62b95925181f192e6881585499603db6c69e7668dff6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c5db52e8a880426f1d62b95925181f192e6881585499603db6c69e7668dff6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tails.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tails.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/tails-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"When does my dog have to be on a lead? - Tails.com Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"When does my dog have to be on a lead?","og_description":"In the UK, there are certain situations where our legislation dictates that dogs must be kept on leads. For instance, it is an offence if your dog is not kept on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer, so you should always have a lead handy if you are out and ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/","og_site_name":"Tails.com Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tailsuk\/","article_published_time":"2016-04-04T14:00:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-30T13:04:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":365,"height":365,"url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"tails.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@tailsdogfood","twitter_site":"@tailsdogfood","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tails.com","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/"},"author":{"name":"tails.com","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/00b7ae69d4fcb056aa55fcdc6fe6ca27"},"headline":"When does my dog have to be on a lead?","datePublished":"2016-04-04T14:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-30T13:04:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/"},"wordCount":226,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg","keywords":["dog leads"],"articleSection":["Training"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/","url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/","name":"When does my dog have to be on a lead? - Tails.com Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg","datePublished":"2016-04-04T14:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-30T13:04:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/160303_tails_legal-leads-blog.jpg","width":365,"height":365},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/when-does-my-dog-have-to-be-on-a-lead\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"When does my dog have to be on a lead?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/","name":"Tails.com Blog","description":"All about dog food, health, ownership and more!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Tails.com","url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/logo-300-x-300.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/logo-300-x-300.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Tails.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tailsuk\/","https:\/\/x.com\/tailsdogfood","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tails.com_uk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/00b7ae69d4fcb056aa55fcdc6fe6ca27","name":"tails.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5db52e8a880426f1d62b95925181f192e6881585499603db6c69e7668dff6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5db52e8a880426f1d62b95925181f192e6881585499603db6c69e7668dff6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5db52e8a880426f1d62b95925181f192e6881585499603db6c69e7668dff6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tails.com"},"url":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/author\/tails-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6726,"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/6726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}