Bludgeoning
The bludgeoning of dogs , sometimes referred to as beating or urchins , was a legally prescribed measure in various German-speaking countries between the 15th and 19th centuries to protect game from stray dogs. Free-running dogs had to wear a club that was adapted to the size of the dog to prevent them from chasing animals. The dimensions of the stick were usually prescribed by law and were strictly controlled in Prussia , among other places . Not leashed dogs that were encountered in public without sticks, could or had to be killed by gamekeepers or authorities. The club was a longer stick that was hung around the dog's neck across the front legs.
literature
- Martin Meier: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration 1715–1721 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58285-7 , p. 135 ( Google books ).
- Hermann Kaiser: A dog's life. Of farm dogs and carts. To the everyday story of a beloved and tortured creature. Cloppenburg 1993.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin P. Schennach: Hunting law, poaching and "good policey". Norms and their implementation in early modern Tyrol. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-465-04023-1 , p. 158 ( Google books )
- ↑ Wilhelm Horn: The Prussian Veterinär-Medicinal-Wesen. August Hirschwald, Berlin 1858, p. 19 ( Google books ).
- ↑ Christof Spannhoff: "En aulen Rü'en is quaut to bengeln" - proverbs as a source of history .