It may be illegal but hardl anyone obeys the law, even right in town. I’m not even sure there is a dog warden around us- we are a small town- in the west, dogs roam the streets in packs during the day. Was a,ways worried for my friends kids who had to walk to school every morning. There was a dog though that befriended the kids and would protect them from the other not so friendly dogs that came by to investigate. Sadly that dog died though. the kids are being homeschooled now, so,they are put of danger mostly, but they do still play outdoors. they live in a town where people drive atv’s on the roads- seems there isn’t much law out In That town
Yeah, but any complaint will be settled according to the law. I was once set upon by 7 dogs in a nearby National Recreation Area. They were after my dog. When I saw them and their owner exit a treeline, I said “I don’t want those dogs over here.” He shrugged, and said “Whaddaya gonna do?” as the dogs ran at me and my dog, that I’d leashed when I saw him/them. He was about 80 yards away when his dogs got to me. I had unslung the rifle on my back and raised it for him to see. That lit a fire under his ass. Push come to shove, any vet bills from that encounter would have been on him. I think he called the cops. That would have meant seven fines for dogs running at large, and anything else I could think of. Nothing came of it, except he probably wised up.