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“The animal welfare legislation come into effect in 2008 made compulsory the skills certificate for the dog holders“.
Every person who has never had a dog has to do a theoretical training course of at least 4 hours on “the needs of his animal, on the way of treating him correctly and on the represented investment, in time and money.”
“Every person who buys a dog has, even if he already possesses one“, also to attend a training course for dogs of at least 4 hours.
Source : Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
After the introduction of the dog licence in 2008, Switzerland prepares the introduction of a cat licence for the similar objectives for 2017.
However, contrary on examination of skills for the dogs which takes place outdoor, the final examination for the obtaining of the cat licence will take place in the place of residence of the owner. An expert will stay there during an indefinite duration to examine the following points :
- Quality and frequency of the food
- Maintenance of the litter box
- Cleaning (vomit, wee-wee, poo, other)
- Bath (optional)
- Search for hidden cat (in apartment and outdoor if the cat goes out)
- Meowing translation
- Interactive game
- Cuddles (frequency and quality)
Claire and Momo took this examination easily : their skills are attested by the following experts : Angel Isis, Angel Hercule, Angel Céleste, Angel Loupi, and us !
Fantastic! I, Frimousse, will be able to drive my Master’s car! And take him to the shops when I think I need some more food.
I’ll also be able to go and visit you, Zorro and Pixie.
We’ll go fishing in the Lake together and catch A LOT OF FISH.
What car ?? Purrs
Hahaha! That was a good one Pixie
Happy April Fools Day.
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ
Honestly, I don’t think this is a bad idea! So many humans are unqualified to properly worship us kitties.
Tee Hee! GOTCHA! I began to suspect something was UP when I got to the “examination points” but this is too cute…..and not a bad idea anyway!
Hugs and Happy April Fools Day!
Sammy
Now that was a great April Fool’s tease! Purrs!
oh my you nearly got my momma hahahahahahaha… she thinks that’s worth to celebrate with some swiss pralinees… hope her suzie quattro memorial pants will agree LOL
MOL! You got us! We thought this was for real!
Interesting… we only have dog licenses here.
OHHHHHHH YOU GOT US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are the FIRST person who GOT US!!!!! Everyone else, we knew the second we read their blog titles that it was a hoax! BRILLIANT my furiend!! BRILLIANT! Happy April Fool’s Day! xoxo
Excellent April Fool’s joke! We were sure it had to be “Poisson d’Avril”!
pixie & zorro….troo lee; ya had uz goin ther fora while…grate april foolz day post for sure !!
heerz two a flabby whalefish kinda week oh end ♥♥♥
LOL!!! Happy April Fools!
Oh ! Well…depending on the upcoming election results here in the You Ess of A, my kitties and I may consider emigrating.
Totally great April Fool’s joke AND I totally wish it was real. I would love to see resources that actually educate and support pet owners. I especially loved the part about testing cat owners on “meowing translations”
Hahaha!! You got me …… until I got to the meowing translation!!! Excellent! happy April Fools day!!!
You got me! I was thinking it was a great idea.
MOL! Good one!
You got me, I believed the whole thing!
MOL! Yup! You got us! Silly us ;p Well done!
the critters in the cottage xo
You had us going! TW thinks it’s a good idea to check out new cat owners but not indefinitely.
mol! you got us
we were wondering how someone could possibly stay to make the various observations. good one!
pip, smidgen, minnie, hollie, sharpie ditto
THAT was a good one!
Yous had mes going because they DOES has Cat Licenses in Calgary (where mes has spent almost has my life)
Kisses
Nellie
Happy April Fools Day
Oh, that is COLD!! LOL!!!! You had me going for a minute, I was thinking Switzerland must be so totally awesome! Oh well, maybe some day. I think it’s a great idea.
Love & Biscuits,
Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them
ha ha ha
Very, very clever!!!
You had us scratching our heads for a while. haha, April fool. You got us.
I was thinking the training was such an excellent idea! LOL! Good one.
BRILLIANT!!!!!
Oh my gosh I didn’t catch on that this was April Fools day related until about half way through! lol!
That was cute. You had me until “meowing translation”.
That was a good joke! But really, not such a bad idea in reality.
That was a good one! You had me going there for a second… Probably because it’s actually not a bad idea!
So clever!
I wish there was something like this for pet owners. Licenses to own pets after taking a certification course. We have to get certified to drive a care, but not care for another living creature of a different species.
I got excited there for a minute.
BOL! You almost had us there for a second!
Thanks for this prank! I particularly liked “An expert will stay there during an indefinite duration.” You did a terrific job with this.
Such a great concept and we support it fully!!! Woot!! And shared!
MOL! You got us! We were sitting here having a fit because we couldn’t believe someone would require that license. We should have looked at the date of the post!
Hahaha! That was a great April Fool’s Day prank! You really had me there. I was thinking that was a bit of an intrusive step for the government to take. I’m sure your kitties would pass any test though!
Great prank! You had me convinced until the expert supervising for an undetermined duration!
OMC, Our mom totally believed it, but could not imagine how many employees it would take to visit all the homes with cats. She is so naive. Pixie, you are so darling. Nice toesies. Calista Jo sends kisses to Zorro. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Brilliant- I totally believed it up until the very end LOL. I was there thinking about the home visits too. Hehee
Oh boy this is a good one! Thanks for the smiles!
BOL, you got me!!!
You had me for a bit! It’s not such a bad idea though (pet training).
Great one! You had me going to a while.
You had ME fooled, for sure! MOUSES!!!
Purrs,
Seville
That’s a good idea tough!
You got me! Its not so far fetched for Switzerland!