CSV.2.13.080 Dog Training

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall be construed to apply as follows:

(1) "WDNR lands" means lands under the management and control of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

(2) "Dog training" means the activity of teaching a dog to retrieve, point, flush, and/or track wild animals for the purpose of hunting.

(b) Permits.

(1) Except as provided in Section CSV.2.13.080(b)(2)(B), no member shall possess, use or shoot captive protected wild animals released for dog training purposes on any lands without possessing a valid dog training permit issued by the tribal conservation department. The use of unprotected animals does not require a permit except from May 1 to June 30 (inclusive). A dog training permit shall:

(A) Be effective through December 31 of the year following issue.

(B) Authorize the permittee and persons accompanying the permittee to possess and use captive, protected wild animals for dog training only. The permit does not authorize commercial or organized shoots, animal selling, breeding or propagation. On WDNR lands, captive wild animals may only be used within designated dog training areas.

(D) Be valid for the areas identified on the permit.

(E) Be revoked by the tribal conservation department if any regulations applicable to dog training or any permit restrictions are violated.

(2) Animal Use. Any member using captive protected wild animals for dog training shall possess a receipt issued by a licensed fur farm or game farm or by a dog training or dog trial permit holder.

(A) Wild Animals. Any permittee may train dogs on free-roaming protected or unprotected wild animals except that a permittee shall not:

(i) Kill any such wild animal;

(ii) Pursue wild bear for dog training purposes except from July 1 to August 31 (inclusive); or

(iii) Pursue any wild animal for dog training purposes from May 1 to June 30 (inclusive).

(B) Licensed Animals. Training hunting dogs with raccoons possessed under authority of a game or fur farm license may be used at any time outside of WDNR lands without a dog training permit provided the animals are kept under control by caging or similar restraint. Except for bear dog training, training hunting dogs on other protected wild animals possessed under the authority of a game farm, fur farm or shooting preserve license may also be used at any time outside of WDNR lands without a dog training permit. Any dog training pursuant to this subsection shall be limited to the game farm, fur farm or shooting preserve which is licensed to possess the wild animal.

(C) Mammal Identification. Captive raccoons used for dog training shall be tattooed on either ear with a letter-number combination determined by the tribal conservation department unless controlled by leash, cage or similar restraint.

(D) Care and Treatment. Captive animals possessed for dog training purposes shall be treated in a humane manner and confined under sanitary conditions with proper and adequate housing, care, food and fresh water.

(3) Special Restrictions.

(A) WDNR Lands. On WDNR lands open to public hunting and not designated open to dog training, dogs shall be controlled by a member using a leash which is no more than 8 feet in length from April 15 through July 31.

(B) Firearms. Blank handguns may be used for dog training on wild animals without a permit.

(C) Vaccinations. No member shall use a dog for dog training purposes unless the dog has been properly vaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian.

(4) WDNR Dog Training Grounds. No member engaged in dog training pursuant to this section shall fail to comply with any land use restrictions imposed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources upon dog training occurring on WDNR lands containing Class 1 and Class 2 dog trial grounds.