Sharpness (cynology)
Sharpness is the term used to describe a certain behavior in a dog . A dog is sharp if it attacks quickly and bites hard. Depending on the target that attacks the dog, a distinction is made between wild sharpness ( Wild ), Raubwild- and varminty ( predators , predators and) man sharpness (man as a synonym for human). The sharpness is differentiated from the false sharpness, which includes , for example, attacking and biting out of fear in fear-biting dogs, i.e. insecure and usually poorly socialized dogs. While the apparent sharpness describes an undesirable property, the sharpness implies a reaction of the dog desired by the dog handler, for example in that the dog is chased by the dog handler. Sharpness is partly a breeding goal , especially in hunting dogs , but also in other working dogs . The purpose of training a dog to be sharp is to use this property for the benefit of the person or the owner.
Civil sharpness
The term civil sharpness is used especially in a legal context ( Latin civilis = bourgeois, civis = citizen).
In the administrative regulations of the State Dog Act of North Rhine-Westphalia it says "Training to civilian sharpness is an influence that does not capture the dog in its entirety with the aim that the dog learns to attack people or animals on hearing or visual signals given by the trainer."
Breeding and training for sharpness
With guard and guard dogs , as police dogs are used man sharpness is required. Here the dog's behavior is controlled by the dog handler and, due to the special training of the dog and dog handler, it must also remain controllable.
In Germany, the dog regulations of the federal states contain the ban on breeding and training dogs for sharpness. The sharpness of game by hunting dogs is not included under the term sharpness. For example, the administrative regulations for the State Dog Act of North Rhine-Westphalia say: "The game sharpness of hunting dogs required for hunting game (Section 30 State Hunting Law) is not sharpness within the meaning of Section 3 Paragraph 3 Sentence 1 No. 2." Exceptions to this prohibition apply for service dogs of the authorities. The commercial training of guard dogs for property and personal protection and the use of such dogs are subject to approval.
Checking and training for sharpness on living animals
In Germany, the Animal Welfare Act prohibits training or testing an animal on another living animal for heat. The prohibition is particularly important when hunting. The prohibition does not primarily serve the animal to be trained or tested, but to protect the other animal involved in the test / training so that it is not misused as an object by humans. In Austria, too, chasing animals at animals and training another animal for sharpness fall under prohibited animal cruelty .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Georg Ludwig Hartig: Lexicon for hunters and hunting enthusiasts, or Waidmännisches Conversations-Lexikon . Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1836, p. 425 ( online ).
- ^ O. von Riesenthal: Jagd-Lexikon. Handbook for hunters and hunting enthusiasts with special consideration of natural history and gamekeeping . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 381 ( online ).
- ↑ The small Wahrig dictionary of the German language. Gütersloh 2007 ISBN 3-577-10236-5
- ↑ a b Hunting cynological terms. Definitions and brief explanations. jagderleben.de Website of the German Agricultural Publishing House
- ^ A b Hansjoachim Hackbarth, Annekatrin Lückert: Animal protection law: practice-oriented guide . Hüthig Jehle Rehm, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7825-0436-4 , pp. 61 .
- ↑ a b Administrative Regulations for the State Dog Law (VV LHundG NRW) RdErl. Of the Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection - VI-7 - 78.01.52 - of May 2, 2003 ( online )
- ↑ Antje Grzeschizek, Johanna Murawski, Ursula Zabel u. a .: Training to become a Schutzhund ( PDF online )
- ↑ Federal Act on the Protection of Animals (Animal Protection Act - TSchG)