Dog disc

[Tim_09]

Nice post!

[Campo Steve]

Took our two dogs to the vet yesterday for their annual booster jags, including rabies. I asked about the tags and she gave me two, but said they weren't compulsory.

[Lyric]

We (the dog) had her annual jabs last week in Nerja, tags not mentioned. I had not seen this thread then or would have asked.

[Gasman]

Our two dogs and the foster mut we have at present here in deepest rural Huelva province, are all up to date with their rabies jabs but there has never been any mention of any tag/disc when they were done at various stages throughout the year. Having seen this thread I asked at our local vet if it was necessary to have a disc, and if so why we didn't have any, and she said that Yes, discs were available (and rummaged under the desk and came up with three in hand), but that NO, it is NO LONGER a legal requirement ... she seemed to think there had been a bit of a scare on after the Toledo incident, but that things had been relaxed again since. Of course all dogs should have their anti-rabies vacs, all have this written up into their paperwork, the vets keep records too, related to the microchip number, so a disc (which is so easily lost or chewed off) is not really of any use ...

[knowal]

I was just out with my dog, a Golden Retriever, who is muzzled, chipped, vaccinated and registered at the town hall and insured by Mapfre and bumped into another resident with her two and she tells me one now needs a disc to have on the collar from the vet confirming that the dog is vaccinated. If not A Fine!
This just could be Estepona, does anyone know anything about it?

That's really stupid, isn't it?
The dog should have a microchip fitted and a passport or certificate book showing vaccinations. A disc on a collar proves nothing as it is physically transferable from one dog to another.
Why on earth would we need duplication of the system?
As someone posted earlier there might be an economic reason, but there is no logical one.

[Unicorn]

More likely in my experience to be financial than logical. I suppose it would be pointless fining penniless villagers who cannot afford to eat, but Estepona is reasonably well off.
All we can do on this forum is to say what is happening where we are and warn others of possible changes in the rules or law. We all know everything varies area by area but fore-warned is fore-armed.
I always think of the police here as having one of those church steeple fund graphs and they are always looking for new ways to raise money.