Aiwa

Noosa council definition of dog no-go areas is here

There are numeous documents about food but this here has the specific law:

24 Animals and pests

(1) A food business must –

(a) subject to paragraph (b), not permit live animals in areas in which food is handled, other than seafood or other fish or shellfish;

(b) permit an assistance animal only in dining and drinking areas and other areas used by customers;

© take all practicable measures to prevent pests entering the food premises; and

(d) take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests on the food premises and those parts of vehicles that are used to transport food.

(2) In subclause (1), ‘assistance animal’ means an animal referred to in section 9 of the

Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

Editorial note:

Section 9 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 refers to a guide dog, a dog trained to

assist a person in activities where hearing is required and any other animal trained to assist a

person to alleviate the effect of a disability.

See, I interpret section b) to mean that whilst assistance animals by law are permitted in any food business, they are only allowed access to standard customer areas ie. Jane Smith can't take her guide dog in to the kitchen. I wouldn't consider it to have any bearing whatsoever on other non-assistance animals. Point a) rules that live animals can't enter food handling areas but no mention of general premises. If there is a ban it must stem from other regulations, be they state gov or council....my money is on particular councils.

Thanks for the tips She's a farm pup (ACD) not from a traditional breeder scenario - mother was killed and owner seriously injured in a car accident and noone could care for the pups so they were adopted out.

We kept her on the owner's food initially but she had poorly formed stools and some vomiting so (on vets advice) we made a clean switch to the RC sensitive for a few days then transitioned to just dry. I will grab some chicken necks tomorrow, see how she does with one.

Vet looked at me like I'd sprouted an extra head when I asked if there were any bones or other food suitable for her size/age. I was starting to think I'd just imagined puppies eating other foods!

Hello! I have a new pup, 6 weeks. She was a bit unwell at first so vet put her on Royal Canin sensitivity but she has picked up now and has moved on to Eagle Pack Holistic dry (vet preference was Science Diet puppy). We were planning on feeding her raw long-term and asked the vet what sort of foods we could start supplementing her dry with - and were a bit surprised to have her recommend we not use raw food, just dry...and no bones of any sort until ~5 months. I'm no puppy expert - is this normal advice? Surely she could benefit from some other foods in her diet...any advice would be very much appreciated