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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Shoot them, and then find a new home for the dog.
Good. Some people have to get up and got to work in the morning.
Proof that God really does exist!
There's always a reason - chained 24/7, no food or water, lonely, neighbors coming in at all hours waking it up, etc.
Why have a pet if you aren’t going to love it and keep it with you and your family.
They should charge by the bark not by the complaint.
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.
Nobody wants a dog that barks all the time in the house with them :^)
They could just hire Newman to get rid of them.
The dogs may have a perfectly legitimate reason for barking.
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.....
Chichuauas and poodles should never be classified as dogs.
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.
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.
Juries of dogs’ peers will have to decide if there was a reason for barking incessantly.
I bought this because of my next door neighbors dog. http://www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com/ds_Pro.htm It really works.
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.
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.
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