5 Days To Live - SB250 (california bill)

fawkese1

deep breaths SH, think about rainbows and kittens, and little birds chirping in lush green trees... you can hear the wind, lightly rustling the leaves... breath in, breath out, slowly.... calmly... etc, etc, etc. feel better?

Criosphynx

If they would just enforce the licensing in CA people would willingly alter their pets.


Guess what happens when I call AC. They either...

don't show up

show up days later


this is after sitting on hold for an hour. I own the only dogs on my block with licenses. In fact I have NEVER seen a dog within this city with tags except my own. EVER.


like I said, there is no one to enforce it.

emaleigh

I agree, people would just stop taking their pets to the vet if the KNEW they would get fined for it!

I think people should have a liscene to breed, and anyone purchasing a dog will be able to separate the BYBS from good breeders by just asking to see their breeders license. And thus know who to avoid. I don't think it will solve the problem, but I think it could certainly put a few BYB's out of action.

That being said I got my dogs from a good registered breeder. They were clearly neglected and mistreated. Underweight, unhealthy and my girl had some mysterious wounds that the vet said looked like third degree burns. After two years these injuries have not healed right. Its easy for breeders to keep their dogs in the spotlight clean and healthy, esp just in pictures on a website... but sometimes some are suffering silently in the background.

fawkese1

lol, or they tell you that you have to go out and take care of it!

pawzaddict

my dogs dont wear their tags

Criosphynx

your dogs also live inside, and are clean and well fed. Outdoor dogs are required by law to have their tags on... most dogs here live outdoors 24/7

I have been tempted to make a video of the dogs in my town. Tied up, matted, hoarded (i have several neighbors with dogs in the double digits) in all weather (we have severe weather here), loose constantly, injured....



I spend twenty minutes chasing puppies on the side of the highway yesterday, I couldn't get them.

No one here cares.

pawzaddict

ooooh ok I was gonna say "shoot!" lol You know what bugs the bleep outa me is the ranches with outdoor dogs who are always running the street. I was working (I think I posted this before) and there was a dog with some kind of tags on his collar, he would not come to me...well he starts running down the street and cars are just flying right by him!!!! I wound up driving the opposite way blocking him from the street with my hazards on (dont worry it was in a neighborhood) anywho he ran off onto a side street and into a yard and lied down and I continued on my way. I think the point of my story is I have to see loose dogs all the time

Criosphynx

I saw three lose ones today, and three dead in the road. All in a five minute drive.


Oddly tho, cats aren't a huge problem here, tho in other parts of ca I lived in they were a HUGE problem but you never saw loose dogs.

pawzaddict

ugh I hate loose dogs especially HBC

fawkese1

i see loose dogs in my neighborhood all the time too, lots of them are just let out the front door into fenceless yards... not to mention the countless people who "walk" their dogs without a leash... i've chased dogs, caught them and called AC and owners, no one cares here either...

we don't have many strays here tho... sadly, they become meals for the wildlife, tho i suppose that is better than huge feral populations...