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Fighting for the Dogs – Creating an Anti-Tethering Ordinance – VIDEOBy Admin - Deanna, on June 9th, 2009 |
 Comments (2) For dogs, a life at the end of a chain is not a life but a life sentence. This is becoming more recognized as more cities, towns and counties pass ordinances to ban or limit chaining and tethering of dogs. Huntington, WV is just one of the latest to work on creating an ordinance to control dog chaining. It’s a move that I and so many can stand behind and support. 
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Most places, like here in the Sierra’s, this is called live bait! Yea……just hook that dog up to a chain or runner and leave it completely defenseless. Come home, find an empty collar there and wonder what happened to your pup. I’m sure that bear, mountain lion, pack of coyotes really enjoyed their lunch. Oh yea…pretty stupid! I know there are a few on this site, that despise this practice for any reason…..right Susie and D?
Well, most people know my feelings on this. Not only is it dangerous for the dog (no matter where the location), but think of some child who might think “pretty doggie” and try and go pet the dog, being unknown if the dog is agressive or not. Living in a small village, but having major roads nearby and two sets of railroad tracks in the village, I think of the possibilities of the dog actually either chewing thru the lead or breaking it off by force – then what? Dog gets hit by a car, hit by a train, or possibly shot by an officer of the law because they do not know if it is agressive or just scared? With a new village government in place, I have been communicating with one of the board trustees, and encouraging him to take a stand on this, and re writing the governing laws to outlaw tethering any dog in any fashion. One of my suggestions was to give them one warning with no fine, second warning with a fine imposed, third warning, the dog must be released in writing to a rescue. I spoke of the fact that we as humans are “adoptive parents” so to speak, and if this is how they treat a creature who cannot communicate, is this how they would treat a child?
I even offered to be one of the contacts to find a rescue willing to take any dogs who have had their final warnings to help stop this senseless type of cruelty.