Getting Permission To Use Private Land

Click here to read the complete article
218 – October, 2024

By Chris Robinson

There are several dog sports where getting the use of private land is desirable, if not essential. Some sports jump immediately to mind like hunting with sporting breeds, hounds, Poodles or Airedales. Unless you never intend to hunt on anything but public land, it pretty much dictates that, at some point, you’ll need to get permission to be on someone’s private land if your dogs are going to have an opportunity to find birds, bunnies, jackrabbits, coyotes or raccoons.

That’s not the only time you’ll want to get on someone else’s land. Perhaps you’d like to give your varmint-hunting terriers an opportunity to hunt “uncaged” vermin. Unless you have a city park infested with rodents and a tolerant set of municipal laws, you’ll need access to someplace that does have a lot of vermin and municipal laws do not apply. That usually means a farm, virtually all of which are privately owned. Other sports where it may be necessary or just nice to have access to private land would include tracking, mushing, skijoring, canicross or even scent work, on occasion. If your interest is barn hunting, you’ll need a barn or a good-sized shed and these almost always are in private hands.

It should be no big surprise that many landowners are hesitant to allow outsiders on to their property and with good reason, liability issues being the most frequently cited. However, there are ways to secure and keep getting permission if you are respectful, persistent and know how best to approach a landowner. Here are a few hints based on more years of experience that I care to count:

Click here to read the complete article
218 – October, 2024

Short URL: http://caninechronicle.com/?p=305273

Posted by AnthonyA on Oct 16 2024. Filed under Current Articles, Featured. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.