Rejected petition Regulate the dog walking industry.

Have a regulatory body put in place, for all within the industry to conform to.

More details

Have controls in place for dog walkers regarding certifications they should possess, number of dogs they can walk, mandatory disclosure, mandatory pet first aid training, must have public liability insurance in place and paperwork.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725128

Your petition is about something that the Scottish Government is responsible for where you live. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it.

The Scottish Parliament has its own Public Petitions Committee. If you'd like to send your petition to the Scottish Parliament, you can find out more here:

https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-citizen-participation-and-public-petitions-committee

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.