I moved to the country so I could let my dogs (strays that came up) run free. They were happy until the county paved the road, then the joggers took over.
One filed a complaint and within two days I had the sheriff and backup appear and told me I had to pen them up.
They are not happy dogs now, they are prisoners in my yard. They never caused problems with people walking, riding bikes or riding horses, only joggers who stirred up the “chase” response in them.
Wow!
I moved to the country so I could let my dogs (strays that came up) run free. They were happy until the county paved the road, then the joggers took over.
- So you moved to the country so that your dogs could run free so everyone else should just respect that? And I guess the county should never have paved that road and those joggers should never have used that road?
One filed a complaint and within two days I had the sheriff and backup appear and told me I had to pen them up.
- How would you have handled this? Should the jogger not have filed a complaint? Should the sheriff had ignored the complaint?
They are not happy dogs now, they are prisoners in my yard. They never caused problems with people walking, riding bikes or riding horses, only joggers who stirred up the “chase” response in them.
- So how would things have gone better in your ideal world?
Stray and free-running dogs in the country often become feral, form packs and become a danger to both humans and livestock.
I live in a remote rural area-our leash law is very strict because most lots are acreage and many people keep livestock. The fine for a loose dog is $500.00 per dog per occurance, and not because of joggers-if your dog runs loose and is not shot for running goats or sheep on someone’s property, it will likely get eaten by one of the two resident cougars who call this area home-they are a protected species, dogs are not. The leash law protects dogs as much as it punishes careless owners.