Dog walking areas
What is it?
Dogs need exercise. They want to run, dig, sniff and romp. This requires a daily walk. But letting your dog run loose cannot and should not be allowed everywhere in Son en Breugel.
To protect flora and fauna and to limit nuisance and dangerous situations for other residents, roads and areas have been designated where dogs are allowed to run loose.
The areas where dogs are allowed to run loose are:
- Bee Avenue from the corner of Eiffellaan toward the A50 overpass for 400 m,
- Canal Road North after side road Hoberglaan to Houtens Bridge.
- Canal Road North after side road Molenstraat to Hooijdonk Bridge.
- Kanaaldijk Noord after Stakenburg Street 21 to Kwade Street.
- Area theonse Bergen between Planetenlaan, H. Veenemanstraat, Hoefbladlaan and water the Dead Arm of the Dommel.
- Forest area between Gentiaanlaan, Bestseweg and habitation Muizenberg, Fonteinberg, Geuzenberg, Hoogenberg and Potjesberg.
Map dog walking area.
In these areas, (at least) 1 handler may have a maximum of 3 dogs running loose with him. This rule was instituted because other dog owners and hikers feel unsafe in the vicinity of large groups of dogs running loose without adequate supervision.
In the off-leash areas and off-leash paths, you do not have to clean up the poop.
If your dog runs loose where it is not allowed, or if you have too many stray dogs with you in an off-leash area or road you can be fined €90.00. (2017 rate excluding administration fees).
Violations found, without issuing a warning, can result in a fine. The regulations can be found in articles 2:62 and 2:63 of the General Local Bye-Law (APV).
What to do.
Rules for dogs (owners)
- You must leash your dog everywhere except dog walking paths or areas.
- Dogs are not allowed in playgrounds, playing fields, school grounds, sports fields and in sandboxes. You must ensure that your dog does not enter these places unless it is a guide dog or social assistance dog.
- You must provide your dog with a collar and a tattoo or chip showing who the owner or keeper is.
- You must ensure that your dog does not defecate in a public place. If your dog does accidentally defecate in a public place, you must clean it up yourself. Health therefore ensure that you always have something with you, such as a bag or a poop scoop. For some dog walking paths or areas, the obligation to clean up does not apply. The obligation to clean up at dog walking paths or areas only applies if this is indicated.
Bags with dog poop can be left in the municipal waste bins. It is not allowed to deposit the (plastic) bags with dog poop in public spaces (e.g. in parks, parks and forests).
Dog walkways and yards
A dog may run off-leash only on a loose-leash road or terrain. This means that the dog may walk off-leash only on the road, terrain and the associated roadside. Adjacent woods, meadows gardens etc. do not belong to the road, terrain or roadside. Entering these areas by your dog -unleashed and not under your supervision- is therefore not allowed.
Dog tax
The municipality does not levy a dog tax. You do not have to file a tax return.