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she told me it's against the law to have dogs off leash while in the front yard of your own property. Front yard is not fenced, I live in the city a suburb of Dallas.Lena wrote:is the front fenced? in county or city?
Have to look that one up!Richbirdhunter wrote:The dog catcher drove by while I was working in the garage and the dogs were out front, she stopped and brought them home
This doesn't sound right, is it?
I recall it had to be off the owner's property to be a violation of a leash law. Other factors involved such as "voice control", Registered as in licensed, etc. Also depends on what your government entity has passed in the way of ordinances. My curiosity is piqued, so I'm going to get busy.
...The amendment also added to its existing leash law. It now states: “It is unlawful for any owner to allow an animal to chase vehicles or molest, attack or interfere with other animals or people on public property, be at large or fail to keep an animal under restraint in a securely enclosed or confined area and in a manner that will isolate the animal from the public.”
The amendment also changed the definition of “at large” and “under restraint” to make the requirements more strict.
Dogs must now be on a leash or behind a fence while on or off property. Previously, a dog could be off leash if under effective control, such as voice command.
These changes come in light of an increasing amount of incidents reported of animals at large acting aggressive toward residents and other animals....
Should have a circle-slash-dog catcher sign on the yard, then it'd be a class B for him to walk on your lawn while "being a dog catcher"....The Wall wrote:Did the dog catcher have a warrant? What was she doing on your property? If it's a city ordnance then you better work on getting the law changed and vote for council members that work for the people and not their own agendas.
Only if he open carried his net.ScottDLS wrote:Should have a circle-slash-dog catcher sign on the yard, then it'd be a class B for him to walk on your lawn while "being a dog catcher"....The Wall wrote:Did the dog catcher have a warrant? What was she doing on your property? If it's a city ordnance then you better work on getting the law changed and vote for council members that work for the people and not their own agendas.
Yes, good old Flower MoundScottDLS wrote:Flower Mound by any chance, Rich?
http://starlocalmedia.com/theleader/new ... 720b3.html...The amendment also added to its existing leash law. It now states: “It is unlawful for any owner to allow an animal to chase vehicles or molest, attack or interfere with other animals or people on public property, be at large or fail to keep an animal under restraint in a securely enclosed or confined area and in a manner that will isolate the animal from the public.”
The amendment also changed the definition of “at large” and “under restraint” to make the requirements more strict.
Dogs must now be on a leash or behind a fence while on or off property. Previously, a dog could be off leash if under effective control, such as voice command.
These changes come in light of an increasing amount of incidents reported of animals at large acting aggressive toward residents and other animals....
This was called "fun" when I was a kid. When my next door teen neighbor came back from squirrel hunting, he would give us kids the squirrel's tails. We'd tie them to the very back of our bikes and ride up the street -- the dogs would go absolutely bonkers, barking and chasing us.chasfm11 wrote: ... I've lost count of the number of times that I've had dogs loose on their front yards chase me on my bike in the street while the owners were yelling frantically in the background...
Do that now and your parents would be arrestedELB wrote:This was called "fun" when I was a kid. When my next door teen neighbor came back from squirrel hunting, he would give us kids the squirrel's tails. We'd tie them to the very back of our bikes and ride up the street -- the dogs would go absolutely bonkers, barking and chasing us.chasfm11 wrote: ... I've lost count of the number of times that I've had dogs loose on their front yards chase me on my bike in the street while the owners were yelling frantically in the background...
It was great fun -- until we got to the end of the street where it connected to the highway. At that point we had to turn around and try to get back through the big pack of dogs we had stirred up.
Different times, then.
