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We lived out of city limits and did not have a leash law in the county. Our "neighbors" had 5 large huskeys that roamed at will. We had a small cocker mix and a fenced in back yard, so our dog was confined to the yard or house.
Those 5 dogs ran around barking all night keeping me awake. I woke up one night with them on our front porch tearing up my DH's beautiful flowers. They tore up another neighbors porch furnature, another neighbor was afraid to let her children play outside.
They were using our yard as their toilet. My DH was so mad I was afraid HE was the one that was going to do something to get arrested.
We started calling the authorities to file complaints, so there would be official records. I took pictures of them pooping in my yard and pics of our destroyed flower beds, I took video of them barking at night, etc.
We took them to court with all our documentation and the judge threw the book at them. They were certain that nothing could be done since we had no leash law in the country, but they were charged with disturbing the peace and distroying property. The judge made them put up a fence and contain their dogs. Any time their dogs ran loose they were charged a $600 fine. Thanks goodness were were able to move!! |