Dog bat

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Dogs bats ( Middle High German Huntslaher, Hunt Leger; hunter before the forest ; the medieval Latin canicida ) was a medieval profession. It was considered a dishonest profession .

Dog thugs caught stray dogs and killed them for a predetermined fee. Dog bat (around the middle of the 15th century) were also used to remove the carcasses of dogs and other animals such as cats. The dog bats of the Middle Ages and early modern times were usually subordinate to the executioner or were executioners servants; other forms of organization were conceivable depending on the city. The activity of the dog beater was - completely different from that of the dog whip - aimed at killing dogs. The background to this was the large number of stray dogs in and near the medieval cities. For Vienna , for example, there is evidence that in 1444 dog thugs and executioners removed 866 feral dogs.

Dog slapping was practiced in northern Germany mainly in the summer months in the form of a driven hunt . It was falsely claimed that the term dog days was derived from this. This was intended to curb “dog fury” ( rabies ). In southern Germany, on the other hand, dog beating took place during the “Fastelabende” ( carnival ) period.

The dog bat profession found its way into proverbs that were used until the 19th century:

"When the dog bat walks around, the barkers will be silent."

Individual evidence

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