[Nancy Jocoy]

Maybe I am too jaded, but I don't see how they are going to enforce this one either (if it passes). I would love to hear what ya'll think.

I think where it *could* be good is if you have an aggressive dog who is chained in a neighborhood AND people complain but there is no specific offense (yet); then there is an enforceable law. Of course that introduces a subjective element to law enforcement.

I can't see them having resources to go after the average person with a tethered dog until.....that dog becomes nasty due to being tethered all the time.

We had neighbors down the street with a nasty chained dog in a neighborhood we used to live in. Our kids were not allowed anywhere near the house and the dog almost ripped another kid's ear off -- strange -- the authorities took no action other than the mandatory 10 day hold --

These people were AWFUL; their idea of fun was to tie the rear legs of two cats together and throw them over a clothesline -- youngest kid was involved in sex crimes before he was 12. We were glad to move away - I feel bad for the kid (now grown if managed to survive to adulthood) and his future victims......

 

[Nancy Jocoy]

Kristen

WOW Asheville has become much tougher than when we lived there

The "bad" neighborhood, BTW, was on Oakwood Rd off of Haywood Rd in West Asheville.

We did have to pay more for an intact dog license even in 1986 I *think* it was $25 then.

We were hoping to move back in a few years but the Western part of the SC upstate is looking more inviting for other reasons too.....

 

[Nancy Jocoy]

Plus, there isn't much here in the way of dogsports.

No, but you got a SAR team there that gets about 70 callouts a year.

(Actually if I moved I would stay on my team - the NC team has been very helpful to us )

I am thinking maybe we should of held onto our home in West Asheville
1/2 acre built around 1920, we paid $35K for it in 1986 -- but the neighborhood was going down and it was hard to keep up with what was going on being in Charlotte.....