I don't think all animal control units are out to get you or I. We've been inspected from complaints that not surprisingly correlated with me firing people The animal control officer was welcomed in, she was shown our kennel, our yard, our side yard...amything she wanted to see. She made a few suggestions (removing one of the covered "poop buckets" from its current location to another, stuff like that) then closed her report with an "unfounded complaint" She was nice, we were nice...and it was dismissed. I think had I taken the stance of "you're not coming in without a warrant" it would have made her more apt to "find" violations. She looked at our dogs, saw they were clean, well cared for, their yard was clean and feces free...what could she do? What I can say is don't let your dogs bark and bark and bark the other ..is MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LICENSED DOGS. The first thing animal control will get you on is if they haven't been paid their fees!! Our county allows four...we registered 5. They really don't care as long as they get their money. The fact is right now many animal control offices are operating on bare bones...they are low on the totem pole.
I think we have to define it as the counties or animal control themselves define it. Dogs must have access to food, water and shelter at all times. If they need veterinary care, then you MUST provide it. I don't think you can be more specific, but if inspections are involved, then the ones that need to step it up will be notified.
Posted on Jan 5, 2009, 5:17 PM from IP address 76.126.125.41
The animal control officer was welcomed in, she was shown our kennel, our yard, our side yard...amything she wanted to see. She made a few suggestions (removing one of the covered "poop buckets" from its current location to another, stuff like that) then closed her report with an "unfounded complaint" She was nice, we were nice...and it was dismissed. I think had I taken the stance of "you're not coming in without a warrant" it would have made her more apt to "find" violations. She looked at our dogs, saw they were clean, well cared for, their yard was clean and feces free...what could she do? What I can say is don't let your dogs bark and bark and bark the other ..is MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LICENSED DOGS. The first thing animal control will get you on is if they haven't been paid their fees!! Our county allows four...we registered 5. They really don't care as long as they get their money. The fact is right now many animal control offices are operating on bare bones...they are low on the totem pole.