does animal control come knocking?

[bebeyorkie]

My daughter just moved back home with her 3 yorkies. I already have 3 of my own and 1 chihuahua.
Someone told me that Animal Control makes random visits usually when we're at work. They check to make sure you only have dogs that are registered. Does anyone know if this is true?
My chihuahua and 1 of my yorkies are only ones registered.
We are only allowed 3 here in West Covina Ca

Any info appreciated - or maybe you can make me feel better by telling me you live around my area and also have many yorkies

[jennzy]

man, they must have no life!!!!

and what to you mean registered? registered by akc or ckc or registered within your city?

i guess this is so that you aren't running like unregistered breeding or puppy mills or something...

if your puppies are chipped i believer thats same as being registered in your city. thats how it is in canada. you chip the dog, it's registered in ontario for life. if you don't chip you pay $30 or something/yr to be registered

[Ashley V]

I doubt they would come knocking on your door unless someone reports you. Truthfully, they have more important things to do than going door to door to see if you have registered dogs.

[Ladymom]

A member on another forum who lives in Orange County, California had a random visit from Animal Control. She was way over the limit. She only had three licensed, but she didn't have a problem. She said all the officer wanted to see was proof that all the dogs were up to date on their rabies vaccines and the condition of her home to make sure it wasn't filthy and the dogs were well cared for.

[Yorkiefan49]

Living in CA and knowing in Sac county the dog needs to be licensed, I'm assuming that's what you also mean by registered. I do know you are supposed to be but I highly doubt more than 50% of people obey that law. I've also never heard of animal control searching like that but if I were you, I would still check. Maybe west covina animal control is different. I sure think that's nonsense n you should be okay cuz if not, I have about 20 addresses to send to animal control to shut down BYB's! Good luck to you.

[bebeyorkie]

Originally Posted by Ladymom

A member on another forum who lives in Orange County, California had a random visit from Animal Control. She was way over the limit. She only had three licensed, but she didn't have a problem. She said all the officer wanted to see was proof that all the dogs were up to date on their rabies vaccines and the condition of her home to make sure it wasn't filthy and the dogs were well cared for.

No Way!!! Really wow I've never heard that - usually they will make you rehome the ones that aren't licensed at least that's what happened to a co-worker of mine. Someone reported her because she had way over the city's limit.

Well all of mine are current on vaccines and so our my daughters. They even have a whole corner of our house where they have taken over it's totally Yorkie town

[Ashley V]

Originally Posted by bebeyorkie

No Way!!! Really wow I've never heard that - usually they will make you rehome the ones that aren't licensed at least that's what happened to a co-worker of mine. Someone reported her because she had way over the city's limit.

Well all of mine are current on vaccines and so our my daughters. They even have a whole corner of our house where they have taken over it's totally Yorkie town

If they do happen to stop in, tell them your daughter is visiting with her dogs. They don't need to know!

[bebeyorkie]

OOPS Sorry yeah meant licensed

[SweetViolet]

I used to live in Silicon Valley. The city I lived in had a two dog limit, and I had three dogs (the third I had rescued). I came home from work one day and found the padlock to the gate to my back yard had been cut and my dogs missing.

Random visit from animal control.

I had to pay a fine and sell one of my dogs (all AKC Collies).

I think this is fundamentally wrong. That Animal Control officer had to walk up a long driveway, through my carport, and look over a 6 foot redwood fence. Then he had to use bolt-cutters to break my padlock. I consider that trespass and breaking and entering. Then he, essentially, stole my dogs and his employer held them for ransom, threatening to kill them.

What pissed me off the most is that my backyard neighbour had a pit bull that kept digging under the fence and getting into my yard and menacing my dogs and Animal Control wouldn't do anything about it because the pit bull wasn't digging out and going into the public streets.

My best advice is to keep the dogs inside the house and don't let more than two or three outside at a time. Those nosy SOBs need a search warrant to go into your house! (Although why they didn't need one to go into my back yard is beyond me!)

[bebeyorkie]

Originally Posted by SweetViolet

I used to live in Silicon Valley. The city I lived in had a two dog limit, and I had three dogs (the third I had rescued). I came home from work one day and found the padlock to the gate to my back yard had been cut and my dogs missing.

Random visit from animal control.

I had to pay a fine and sell one of my dogs (all AKC Collies).

I think this is fundamentally wrong. That Animal Control officer had to walk up a long driveway, through my carport, and look over a 6 foot redwood fence. Then he had to use bolt-cutters to break my padlock. I consider that trespass and breaking and entering. Then he, essentially, stole my dogs and his employer held them for ransom, threatening to kill them.

What pissed me off the most is that my backyard neighbour had a pit bull that kept digging under the fence and getting into my yard and menacing my dogs and Animal Control wouldn't do anything about it because the pit bull wasn't digging out and going into the public streets.

My best advice is to keep the dogs inside the house and don't let more than two or three outside at a time. Those nosy SOBs need a search warrant to go into your house! (Although why they didn't need one to go into my back yard is beyond me!)

That's just wrong Yeah it makes me very upset because we shouldn't have to worry about animal control when we care and love our furbabies the way we do

I know they have a job to do but go get the people who are abusing and hoarding these poor babies and leave us alone

[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by SweetViolet

I used to live in Silicon Valley. The city I lived in had a two dog limit, and I had three dogs (the third I had rescued). I came home from work one day and found the padlock to the gate to my back yard had been cut and my dogs missing.

Random visit from animal control.

I had to pay a fine and sell one of my dogs (all AKC Collies).

I think this is fundamentally wrong. That Animal Control officer had to walk up a long driveway, through my carport, and look over a 6 foot redwood fence. Then he had to use bolt-cutters to break my padlock. I consider that trespass and breaking and entering. Then he, essentially, stole my dogs and his employer held them for ransom, threatening to kill them.

What pissed me off the most is that my backyard neighbour had a pit bull that kept digging under the fence and getting into my yard and menacing my dogs and Animal Control wouldn't do anything about it because the pit bull wasn't digging out and going into the public streets.

My best advice is to keep the dogs inside the house and don't let more than two or three outside at a time. Those nosy SOBs need a search warrant to go into your house! (Although why they didn't need one to go into my back yard is beyond me!)

Wow! I guess the lady on the other forum was lucky. She said the officer was "cool" and didn't give her any trouble. She lives in a condo so her dogs aren't out in a yard, though. She also works from home so she was there when Animal Control came.

[bebeyorkie]

Originally Posted by Ladymom

Wow! I guess the lady on the other forum was lucky. She said the officer was "cool" and didn't give her any trouble. She lives in a condo so her dogs aren't out in a yard, though. She also works from home so she was there when Animal Control came.

Yeah she was. From what I heard they're usually jerks and they don't care if your crying your eyes out they will still make you rehome the ones over the limit

Mine are also always indoors - they get to go outside and play in backyard for awhile but only when I'm home.

[xoxodoglover89]

Originally Posted by bebeyorkie

That's just wrong Yeah it makes me very upset because we shouldn't have to worry about animal control when we care and love our furbabies the way we do

I know they have a job to do but go get the people who are abusing and hoarding these poor babies and leave us alone

I agree! There are so many other people out there that don't care for their dogs at all and they come after the ones that have more dogs than the city allows even though they'll well taken care of.

[bebeyorkie]

Originally Posted by xoxodoglover89

I agree! There are so many other people out there that don't care for their dogs at all and they come after the ones that have more dogs than the city allows even though they'll well taken care of.

I know I wish there was a way to change this. It's just not fair

[SweetViolet]

Originally Posted by Ladymom

Wow! I guess the lady on the other forum was lucky. She said the officer was "cool" and didn't give her any trouble. She lives in a condo so her dogs aren't out in a yard, though. She also works from home so she was there when Animal Control came.

I think these kinds of limits are just wrong. There are people with just one animal who don't take care of it properly...and I have had as many as 16 dogs (3 adults and a litter of 13 puppies) at a time and everything was fine.

Also, I think the size of the property should be taken into consideration. My present home city was proposing a limit of 4 dogs and the citizens made such an uproar that the whole concept was dropped. Why should I, who has 1/3 of an acre (surrounded by masonry walls), have the same limit as someone who lives in a one-bedroom condo, assuming we both take equally good care of our pets?

I think Animal Control should mind their own business...that business being picking up strays and responding to complaints from citizens, not snooping on private property, breaking and entering, and stealing people's pets and holding them for ransom!