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by  cravendesires

by  Anonymous 12/24/2009 6:50 PM  |  Flag as abusive  
I second that! I was once told by a council person that they didn't want fines raised because their "neighbors thought they were too high". Of course! If you like to keep your dogs off leash, you want to keep the fines LOW - just in case. We need these laws in every town in Colorado! Bancroft might just be the smartest town in the nation tonight.

by  FormerAKC 12/24/2009 9:13 PM  |  Flag as abusive  
The dangerous dog lobby -- the AKC and every imaginable "Responsible Dog Owner" type group -- always steps in to ensure that THIRD WORLD fines are issued to owners of off leash dogs ($10 to $15 dollars max!).

These groups do NOT want dog owners to have ANY responsibility -- "They don't care" about anything else!

http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2008/07/in-parts-of-pennsylvania-3rd-world-dog.html

by  Anonymous 12/25/2009 3:17 AM  |  Flag as abusive  
Good to see the failure of the Pit Bull Community to self regulate bite them in the azz.

by  Anonymous 12/25/2009 8:36 AM  |  Flag as abusive  
Leash laws mean nothing. Any dog can escape his collar. You need slip collars or harnesses to make sure dogs can't escape. A leash law also won't prevent the death of the children of dangerous dog owners.

by  Jenn 12/26/2009 5:30 AM  |  Flag as abusive  
Hitting the dog owners with as many citations as possible also helps -- get them on public nuisance, no city tags, no rabies tag, no rabies vaccination, running at large, dangerous dog -- whatever ordinance they've broken, get your animal control to cite them. They'll be stuck with $1,000+ in fees and court costs. Many times they'll simply turn the dog over to animal control to avoid owing even more money (due to the restrictions placed on them for their now-declared dangerous dog).

BUT THE KEY IS TO FORCE ANIMAL CONTROL TO DO ITS JOB. There are too many of them who don't want to do the "extra" work of really going after these owners so it's up to us to insist that they deal with these problem animals - and owners.

by  Anonymous 12/26/2009 3:31 PM  |  Flag as abusive  
If involved in any kind of incident with a dog problem where animal control doesn't do its job, GET AN ATTORNEY TO CONTACT ANIMAL CONTROL AND THEIR BOSS (city council, mayor)

Very often the failure animal control officers think they can push the average citizen around, but when an attorney is documenting them, they start following the law and enforcing the law!

by  Anonymous 12/29/2009 7:58 AM  |  Flag as abusive  
Citations can only go so far. There is someone on a dogster forum who lives in the UK and has a neighbor who has a pitbull (illegally) and a new baby. The pitbull is known in their neighbor hood to be dangerous, the neighbor has said that the dog has snapped and growled at the baby.
This person is wondering(!) if they should report the dog to animal control/police.
The first person to respond said "NO!" Because of BSL!!!!

HOlY COW!

I wonder if I will be reading about this baby's death on dogsbite in the near future....

But, this community has taken a step in the right direction, now if only every other place can get on the band wagon.

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