The ONLY way the city would know is if the vet reported. Not sure why the city is so damn concerned in any case. I live in a medium size town and only ever did sporadic rabies shots up until 2020 and now am refusing any and all beyond primary rabies (first year when reached mature growth). I have always had dogs here at my home of 20 yea…
The ONLY way the city would know is if the vet reported. Not sure why the city is so damn concerned in any case. I live in a medium size town and only ever did sporadic rabies shots up until 2020 and now am refusing any and all beyond primary rabies (first year when reached mature growth). I have always had dogs here at my home of 20 years and maybe once or twice actually obtained tags for one or two of them because the vet gave them out with the rabies vax. There is zero enforcement of this requirement here unless (and probably until) your animal becomes a nuisance—and I only ever had one—an addle brained but lovable English pointer who should have been named Houdini and would run off for 24-72 hours, coming home exhausted, covered in burrs, thorn cuts, and ticks but happy, ready for food and a 3 day nap. She did this maybe 4 times during my time here and only when she was 13 and knocking on deaths door was animal control able to catch her—I certainly couldn’t when she wanted “a run”. They called her a “pit bull mix” (😂😂😂😂😂) and fined us $100 for no tag, probably gave her an involuntary rabies shot while they were at it. She died less than six months later. 3 or 4 years before that animal control spent the better part of 3 days trying to run her down. They thought it was funny too. It was the damn meter readers let her out every time. She would lurk by the gate waiting to see if it would latch even tho there was a big sign regarding latch and escapee dogs. Either way, most cities don’t have the kind of money required to keep tabs on that unless someone made it a point to make it known. Of course we don’t have them groomed or boarded. And our vet is a country large and small animal vet with more of a you do you attitude. Their bread and butter is cattle and horses, they do small animals for relaxation. Not really there to be all judgy about that kinda thing.
I should note the only reason animal control was trying to run her down is someone else reported seeing a dog or she was seen by them or a cop. I knew her, she came to me as a 13 lb 18 month old bird dog who had been obviously trained to run birds the old fashioned way—turn them loose on 200 acres and see what crops up—I found her on the side of a country road all ribs and bones. I lived in the country then and had no fencing and she got away a time or two but always came home. Found out she was terrified of gun shots which explains-the side of the road starving aspect of her tale. But once I moved in town she could only go on a run if she could trick some idiot into giving her the slightest opening. I knew from long suffering experience that she could NOT be caught, she could very much take care of herself and she would eventually come home. Ah the good old days. Now I just have wiener dogs. Shorter legs. Easier to catch. 😜. But I’ve had more than my share of “oh hello! You want to live with me?”dogs. They are usually the most interesting I have found.
The ONLY way the city would know is if the vet reported. Not sure why the city is so damn concerned in any case. I live in a medium size town and only ever did sporadic rabies shots up until 2020 and now am refusing any and all beyond primary rabies (first year when reached mature growth). I have always had dogs here at my home of 20 years and maybe once or twice actually obtained tags for one or two of them because the vet gave them out with the rabies vax. There is zero enforcement of this requirement here unless (and probably until) your animal becomes a nuisance—and I only ever had one—an addle brained but lovable English pointer who should have been named Houdini and would run off for 24-72 hours, coming home exhausted, covered in burrs, thorn cuts, and ticks but happy, ready for food and a 3 day nap. She did this maybe 4 times during my time here and only when she was 13 and knocking on deaths door was animal control able to catch her—I certainly couldn’t when she wanted “a run”. They called her a “pit bull mix” (😂😂😂😂😂) and fined us $100 for no tag, probably gave her an involuntary rabies shot while they were at it. She died less than six months later. 3 or 4 years before that animal control spent the better part of 3 days trying to run her down. They thought it was funny too. It was the damn meter readers let her out every time. She would lurk by the gate waiting to see if it would latch even tho there was a big sign regarding latch and escapee dogs. Either way, most cities don’t have the kind of money required to keep tabs on that unless someone made it a point to make it known. Of course we don’t have them groomed or boarded. And our vet is a country large and small animal vet with more of a you do you attitude. Their bread and butter is cattle and horses, they do small animals for relaxation. Not really there to be all judgy about that kinda thing.
I should note the only reason animal control was trying to run her down is someone else reported seeing a dog or she was seen by them or a cop. I knew her, she came to me as a 13 lb 18 month old bird dog who had been obviously trained to run birds the old fashioned way—turn them loose on 200 acres and see what crops up—I found her on the side of a country road all ribs and bones. I lived in the country then and had no fencing and she got away a time or two but always came home. Found out she was terrified of gun shots which explains-the side of the road starving aspect of her tale. But once I moved in town she could only go on a run if she could trick some idiot into giving her the slightest opening. I knew from long suffering experience that she could NOT be caught, she could very much take care of herself and she would eventually come home. Ah the good old days. Now I just have wiener dogs. Shorter legs. Easier to catch. 😜. But I’ve had more than my share of “oh hello! You want to live with me?”dogs. They are usually the most interesting I have found.