{"id":1698,"date":"2026-04-13T17:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/lnpa\/a-propos\/legislation\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T08:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:44:20","slug":"legislation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/lnpa\/about-us\/legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h3>The Act of July 3, 2018, aimed at ensuring the protection of the lives and well-being of animals<\/h3>\n<p>For full details, see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legilux.lu\/\">www.legilux.lu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since May 2008, the ownership of dogs, including potentially dangerous dogs, has been regulated by law.<\/p>\n<h3>Law of May 9, 2008, on Dogs That May Be Dangerous<\/h3>\n<p>Since May 2008, a law has regulated the ownership of dogs, including those considered potentially dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>The following dog breeds are, by law, considered potentially dangerous in Luxembourg:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>a) Staffordshire Bull Terrier dogs;<br \/>\nb) Mastiff-breed dogs;<br \/>\nc) American Staffordshire Terriers;<br \/>\nd) Tosa dogs;<br \/>\ne) dogs that, based on their physical characteristics, are similar to American Staffordshire Terriers but are not registered in a pedigree registry recognized by the minister responsible for the administration of veterinary services, referred to in this Act as &#8220;the minister&#8221;; such dogs are commonly known as &#8220;pit bulls&#8221;;<br \/>\nf) dogs that, based on their physical characteristics, are similar to Mastiff-type dogs but are not registered in a pedigree registry recognized by the Minister; these dogs are commonly referred to as &#8220;boer-bulls&#8221;;<br \/>\ng) Dogs that, based on their physical characteristics, are similar to Tosa dogs but are not registered in a pedigree registry recognized by the minister. A Grand Ducal regulation lists the identifying characteristics of these dogs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Dogs that have been determined, by a decision of the Director of the Veterinary Services Administration as provided for in Article 9(4), to be dangerous.<\/h4>\n<p>(a) The dogs listed here must complete training courses at an accredited dog training school before taking an obedience test.<\/p>\n<p>(b) The owner of a dog on the list must attend the theory classes organized by L.A.K. \u00ab Association luxembourgeoise des praticiens petits animaux \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lak.lu\/\">www.lak.lu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This course includes: 2 sessions of 6 hours each of theory and costs \u20ac250.00.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are held on two consecutive Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>On the second Saturday, there is a multiple-choice exam.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are held at the following address:<\/p>\n<p>Administration of Veterinary Services<\/p>\n<p>7b Thomas Edison Street<\/p>\n<p>L-1445 Strassen<\/p>\n<p>Upon passing the exam, participants will receive a certificate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To register, please send an email to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:chiens@asv.etat.lu\">chiens@asv.etat.lu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Act of July 3, 2018, aimed at ensuring the protection of the lives and well-being of animals For full details, see: www.legilux.lu Since May 2008, the ownership of dogs, including potentially dangerous dogs, has been regulated by law. Law of May 9, 2008, on Dogs That May Be Dangerous Since May 2008, a law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1689,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-lnpa.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1698","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1698"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1863,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1698\/revisions\/1863"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}