A dog is judged on its individual behaviour, not excluded by a blanket breed, size or weight rule; a genuine legal, insurance or lease restriction must be real and disclosed.
Standard Requirement
A dog is judged on its individual behaviour, not excluded by a blanket breed, size or weight rule; a genuine legal, insurance or lease restriction must be real and disclosed.
RDWS-01 A3 · Pass/fail. Fail this requirement and the outcome is Not Certified.
A dog is judged on its individual behaviour, not excluded by a blanket breed, size or weight rule.
A restriction imposed by applicable law, or one genuinely required by the employer's own insurance or lease, meets this requirement only where it is real, complied with, disclosed to staff, and its basis identified. What it may not be is a pretextual blanket ban dressed up as a constraint.
An employer must carry insurance that covers the dogs it admits and may not admit dogs its own cover excludes; the answer to a narrow policy is a better policy, not a hidden ban.
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Assessed under RDWS-CAF-01 (forthcoming)
Roch Interpretation
The benchmark is the ordinary, well-socialised dog. Behaviour decides, not breed or a weight on a chart. A real insurer limit, disclosed honestly, is fine; an invented one used to keep big dogs out is not.
Examples
Compliant
Dogs are judged on behaviour, and a genuine insurer exclusion is disclosed to staff with its basis stated.
Not compliant
A blanket 'no dogs over 15kg and no bully breeds', with no legal or documented insurance basis.