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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: annoyances; canines; dogs; law
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To: stuartcr

“The dogs may have a perfectly legitimate reason for barking.”

Baloney.

There is never a reason for a dog to bark incessantly.


21 posted on 07/17/2007 10:16:25 AM PDT by webstersII
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To: saganite

You rang?

22 posted on 07/17/2007 10:17:00 AM PDT by xp38
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To: netmilsmom
I have two Irish Setters (male and female litter mates) they have learned (because I always give in) to crouch down in the play position and bark ... bark ... bark while I am typing a response to someone on FR ... two large Milk Bones sends them out the door! They do it on purpose!
23 posted on 07/17/2007 10:18:51 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: mtbopfuyn

Baloney.......


24 posted on 07/17/2007 10:19:17 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Steal from one person, and you're a criminal. Steal from EVERYONE, and you're a Government.)
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To: doodad
I thought the only amps that go to 11 were Marshalls.
25 posted on 07/17/2007 10:19:19 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: kiriath_jearim

Cats don’t bark! :)


26 posted on 07/17/2007 10:19:45 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Stick to talking about your own candidate. We’re smart enough to figure out the rest on our own.)
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To: xp38

Hello, Newman.


27 posted on 07/17/2007 10:19:50 AM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions----and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: webstersII
How many people do you know who complain incessantly?

What this does though, is create work for investigators whose sole job is responding to dog barking complaints and determining if the dog was barking for a reason or none. What kind of job is that?

28 posted on 07/17/2007 10:20:22 AM PDT by the anti-liberal (OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
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To: webstersII

How do you know this?


29 posted on 07/17/2007 10:20:54 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: webstersII
There is never a reason for a dog to bark incessantly.

I'm sure the dog thinks there is. Of course, it is up to the human who owns the dog to either see to its needs so the reason to bark is removed, or to train the dog properly so it knows when barking is appropriate.

30 posted on 07/17/2007 10:21:29 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: mtbopfuyn
There's always a reason - chained 24/7, no food or water, lonely, neighbors coming in at all hours waking it up, etc.

The dog may have his or her reasons, but there is no reason or excuse for the dog owner to allow that kind of behavior. I'm surprised there aren't more homicides (of dog owners) over this issue. It can be very aggravating.

31 posted on 07/17/2007 10:21:42 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Dixie Yooper

It may get to that.
She is a house dog. She doesn’t go outside except for
“Nature calls”

That doesn’t mean she is not annoying in the house.


32 posted on 07/17/2007 10:22:07 AM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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To: MEGoody
it is up to the human who owns the dog to either see to its needs so the reason to bark is removed

Most dog owners with barking dogs don't have a clue that their dogs bark. A $1,000 fine should enlighten them a little.

33 posted on 07/17/2007 10:24:49 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: kiriath_jearim

I have four cats that meow, especially when it is feeding time. Do I need to be concerned?


34 posted on 07/17/2007 10:25:30 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: stuartcr
The dogs may have a perfectly legitimate reason for barking.

Yes yippie puppy next door to me has her reasons to bark all day & night none stop...its hot, its cold, the grass is wet, the grass is too dry, the bugs are biting, the birds are flying, the wind is blowing. This mutt has not shut in 6 years and its owner could care less. Calling the police does no good unless its after 11pm and then only if they happen to hear it barking when they get there.
35 posted on 07/17/2007 10:26:06 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: Random Access

Or, just feed them some “Chinese toothpaste”.


36 posted on 07/17/2007 10:26:29 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: kiriath_jearim
I've known dogs to bark incessantly after losing a game of cards!


37 posted on 07/17/2007 10:27:22 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: the anti-liberal

2 of my neighbors have stupid barking dogs and now they both hate me for leaving a polite note about it.


38 posted on 07/17/2007 10:27:22 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Sunrise, Florida)
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To: kiriath_jearim

First of all, bark collars work and work very well.

Before we moved to a place where our neighbors are far enough away to not matter, we had a neighbor whos stupid dog would set-off barking 24 hours per day at the slightest noise or motion. I couldn’t even go to our kitchen at night to get a drink of water without that idiot dog detecting me and barking for the next 45 minutes. And if I was in my back yard it was continuous barking, regardless of the time of day.

I remember that there was a hole in the fence and his dog would poke his kisser through the hole and snivel and bark and yap at me while I was in my back yard. One day I had a tennis ball in a “Chuck-It” and that moron dog had his face in the hole and I let that tennis ball fly... I did feel some guilt because physical violence against a dog is .... well, I guess it’s wrong. But it sure felt right that day. Unfortunately, I just missed the dog’s face. It would have sure felt good to bop him right in the nose.

I eventually called the city enough times that they came and took the dog away, permanently... presumably to be ground up and made into Chinese toothpaste.


39 posted on 07/17/2007 10:28:27 AM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: boxerblues

I feel for you, our previous neighbor had Pomeranians like that. It would seem that these are good reasons to a dog.


40 posted on 07/17/2007 10:32:32 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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