Correct 'Doggy on Holiday' Behviour

• If your dog is over six months old it must be registered with your local council and the registration tag must be attatched to the dog's collar. If you will be staying in one place for a while, it is also a good idea to attatch a tag with the phone number and address of the place you are staying as well - tags with your home address may not help if you are away on holiday.
• When outside your property, kepe your dog on a leash. This lease must be held by someone who can always control the dog. Don't let a child walk a big dog unsupervised. Your council may also have established "leash-free" areas* where dogs may run free.
  * Some of these areas are listed in the Walks, Parks and Beaches section included in each region.
• Pick up after your dog when it defecates on the footpath or nature strip
• Make sure your dog does not enter school grounds, toilet blocks, food preparation or sales area, shopping centres or get within 10 metres of children's playground equipment or playing ovals & sports fields. Some Councils have rules on wether pets are allowed inside holiday type accomodation or not.
• In Tasmania, the simple rules for dog owners under that states' Dog Act, are that the dog, aside from being under control at all times, is only welcome where signare indicates they are permitted, rather than the previous rules where the signage was to be used where they were not welcome, hence, "No sign permitting dogs, therefore no dogs welcome".