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Owners may pay for barking dogs
Orange County Register (CA) ^ | 7/17/07 | DOUG IRVING

Posted on 07/17/2007 9:55:15 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim

Santa Ana has created a new category of public nuisance: dogs that bark incessantly for no apparent reason.

And under the law, the owners of such dogs may have to pay.

The city has received nearly 1,000 complaints of noisy animals since 2001, but only three rose to the level of a criminal proceeding. The new law, adopted late Monday, allows the city to issue citations to the owners of barking dogs without pursuing a criminal case.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: annoyances; canines; dogs; law
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1 posted on 07/17/2007 9:55:16 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim

Shoot them, and then find a new home for the dog.


2 posted on 07/17/2007 9:57:05 AM PDT by Random Access
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To: kiriath_jearim

Good. Some people have to get up and got to work in the morning.


3 posted on 07/17/2007 9:57:20 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Proof that God really does exist!


4 posted on 07/17/2007 9:57:54 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: kiriath_jearim
dogs that bark incessantly for no apparent reason

There's always a reason - chained 24/7, no food or water, lonely, neighbors coming in at all hours waking it up, etc.

5 posted on 07/17/2007 9:59:18 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: mtbopfuyn

Why have a pet if you aren’t going to love it and keep it with you and your family.


6 posted on 07/17/2007 10:03:02 AM PDT by John Will
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To: mtbopfuyn

They should charge by the bark not by the complaint.


7 posted on 07/17/2007 10:03:39 AM PDT by DirtyPigpen
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To: kiriath_jearim

Some dogs I just don’t understand. My daughter is back home from College for the summer and brought her long haired chichuaua with her. The dog is cute as a button and quite loveable but the darn thing is constantly barking in that high pitched yap-yap-yap that drives you crazy. When I take him out to do his duty he will stand there and bark at the top of his lungs for 10 solid minutes at .....nothing. No car, joggers or cycles...just barking at nothing. I never take him out before 10 AM because it wouldn’t be fair to the neighbors. I’ll be glad when it goes back to campus.


8 posted on 07/17/2007 10:03:45 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: John Will
Why have a pet if you aren’t going to love it and keep it with you and your family

Nobody wants a dog that barks all the time in the house with them :^)

9 posted on 07/17/2007 10:06:17 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: kiriath_jearim

They could just hire Newman to get rid of them.


10 posted on 07/17/2007 10:06:45 AM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions----and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: kiriath_jearim

The dogs may have a perfectly legitimate reason for barking.


11 posted on 07/17/2007 10:07:10 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: joebuck

We have a Papillon Puppy that is the same way.

The Humane Society says give her a treat to distract her. Oh right, that’s going to work.....


12 posted on 07/17/2007 10:08:34 AM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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To: joebuck

Chichuauas and poodles should never be classified as dogs.


13 posted on 07/17/2007 10:10:07 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: kiriath_jearim

That’s a step in the right direction, but still way too lenient.

15 minutes of barking should be the absolute top-end limit. 15 minutes of inaction by the dog’s owner means it’s been abandoned or ignored. That person has no business keeping an animal.

You wouldn’t leave a young child out in the yard for 15 minutes, alone and crying. Why should anybody allow that to happen to a dog?

Some people do have animals that are difficult to train. In that case, the owner should always be present with the dog and a muzzle should be used while he or she is doing their business outdoors.


14 posted on 07/17/2007 10:10:26 AM PDT by gunservative
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To: Dixie Yooper

Nobody wants a dog that barks all the time in the house with them :^)

Which is exactly why my neighbor’s two Pomeranians (ugh) bark all day outside.


15 posted on 07/17/2007 10:10:33 AM PDT by doodad
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To: kiriath_jearim

Juries of dogs’ peers will have to decide if there was a reason for barking incessantly.


16 posted on 07/17/2007 10:10:34 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: netmilsmom

I bought this because of my next door neighbors dog. http://www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com/ds_Pro.htm It really works.


17 posted on 07/17/2007 10:11:05 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Dixie Yooper

I counter with this. On 11 it seems to get the point across.

http://www.littledawgamps.com/


18 posted on 07/17/2007 10:13:59 AM PDT by doodad
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Which is exactly why my neighbor’s two Pomeranians (ugh) bark all day outside

My next door neighbor has a golden retriever that barks all the time. When we first moved into our house, he would let it loose at night so it was like a guard dog. The stupid thing would come to our kitchen or living room window and bark at us. When I complained to my neighbor, he understood and now keeps his dog in the back yard behind a fence. Now he barks constantly all day and night because he can't get out.

19 posted on 07/17/2007 10:15:53 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: kiriath_jearim

This is the first dog legislation I cannot oppose.

It is very possible to train a dog not to bark. And not all that hard, either.

The dogs that are chained 24/7 in the back yard bark out of boredom and frustration. I expect you would too in that situation.


20 posted on 07/17/2007 10:16:22 AM PDT by upchuck (If you don't have borders, you won't have a nation ~ Mark Steyn)
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