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[magnuml]

That is only 1 county away from me.  I was reading in our paper yesterday that the ASPCA was so kind to donate 10 Grand for our  county Animal control people could go to school to be Animal cruelty Investigators. Give them a title like that and they will find a mission to use it for and that will be the easiest one.  That group won't be happy until no one can hunt, own dog's to hunt or own guns.   

[rdjustham]

An ordinance passed Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Lake County bans pet owners from tying their animals to a single object with a chain, rope or leash.

Gotta look for the gray area..  Now without reading the ordinance, just going off what you posted.  It says a SINGLE object.  So put two posts in and chain them to both   

[dan]

My county is divided in half by a military base. In the north end where I live it is more rural and the sherriffs department is made up of plenty of local country boys. If your neighbors don't complain there is nothing to worry about.
In the south end people live closer together and typically have more money and/or time to worry about everyone else is doing.

[hogaholicswife]

An ordinance passed Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Lake County bans pet owners from tying their animals to a single object with a chain, rope or leash.

Gotta look for the gray area..  Now without reading the ordinance, just going off what you posted.  It says a SINGLE object.  So put two posts in and chain them to both   

How about a cable?  It is neither a chain, rope or leash....this is silly that as responsible dog owners we have to put up with that mess.

We do not chain our dogs up but if that is one's preferential restraint so long as the animal is taken care of it is none of my business.

I was talking last night with my mom who is my neighbor and had her.own run in with the animal control, she was good with them until the guy demanded her ID at which point she told him to go get a Deputy and take the weiner dog that would come and go if he could catch her outside the fence...

Are AC in you area allowed to write tickets / enforce codes?  Ours are not, they can only look after the welfare of the animals and still cannot enter gated property with out the Star Cars at their side, which leads me to this:

Hypothetically, if you chained your dogs on the very back corner of a 10 acre parcel, that with a naked eye you cannot see the animals, are they allowed to use binoculars to see the animals from a public road (lets say there is only one road out front, everything else is inacessable)?? Or at that point is that an intrusian of privacy and overzealous patrolling?

This was a good two hour conversation and led into something else I am gping to post later in a different thread so it doesn't distract from this one.

[cajunl]

The law reads you cannot tie to single point. In the law it does say cable runs are Ok.

I see no point if the dog has food, shelter, and water. Dogs can be neglected on a chain, runner, pen, fenced in yard, or in a house.

[magnuml]

The law reads you cannot tie to single point. In the law it does say cable runs are Ok.

I see no point if the dog has food, shelter, and water. Dogs can be neglected on a chain, runner, pen, fenced in yard, or in a house.

Very true. 

[rdjustham]

Ashley, as long as they dont step on your property they dont need a search warrant.  If the fly over in a helicopter or use binoculars its not considered an violation of the 4th amendment.

Cajun i couldnt agree more!

[dan]

Cable runners are fine in my County.  One of my friends recently lost 4 dogs and as many pups indirectly due to this law. 

One of his neighbors called in about his dogs barking too much.  The sherrifs dept. called Animal Control.  They tried to push the issue about the chains, so he put them all in the same pen.  It's crazy but that was fine and legal to have about 11 dogs in 10x10 pen.  Animal control got him for not having rabies vaccinations and tags.  Animal control took the dogs a week later and killed them at the "shelter".

We offered to take a few dogs, but Animal Control had that covered too.  If the dogs came up missing during his 5 day warning period, he would pay additional fines or provide information as to where the dogs went.  That would only prompt more "investigating", so I left it alone.