POLL: Are You For or Against Dog Limit Laws?

I understand why they have these laws as there are many animal horders in the Twin Cities. But some common sense should apply. Two dogs and no options does not seem right either. Most MN communities allow permits for additional animals over the limit. I think your Hurricane law is excessive.

Hi, Sarah!  You know I am a pet lover.  I voted and it seems most people are in agreement with me that your town's law is hogwash.  At one point I had 4 dogs on 1 1/4 acres of land.  Limits are fine, well and good, if done properly.  Why strictly 2 dogs - period?  Why not restrict # of dogs to amount of land, as they do here with livestock?  And, why are they not issuing kennel licenses?  What do you do if you decide to breed your dog? 

As the owner of two wonderful Huskies (who are both sleeping ON my feet right now) I'm all for a limit of sorts.  I have to qualify that. 

Personally,we think of ourselves as "end users".  We buy from only reputable breeders who's business model is not unlike many of ours here - not making the fast buck but instead working to improve the breed. Our dogs are always spayed or neutered ASAP.  Heck, even the bunnies are fixed!  But back to the dogs.  We have always had two Huskies or so. I say "so" because as they get older, one may pass on before the other.  6 years ago, with a healthy 12 year old female we decided to go out and "just look".  After a 5 hour drive to a great breeder in the countryside, we found the cutest brother and sister pups! 

Out of the whole litter, these two were obviously bonded to each other (probably starting from the womb).  We just had to have them!  For the better part of a year we had three dogs.  Getting the pups was perfect.  Our elderly girl took to them instantly and even started acting like a puppy again!

We are part of the Husky Rescue Program, Volunteer at ARF, and general dog lovers anyway.

Speaking of which, I'm also against unscrupulous mortgage broker breeding programs. Those "loan officer puppy mills" got out of control!  Somebody needs to stop them!

I just voted too!

How about an option limiting the number of Un spayed or Un neutered dogs ONLY?

The laws as you state are not friendly to dog lovers even like myself. 

Sarah, did you see the news Below?

 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usanimalsdogoffbeat

Sarah- I just found this old post of yours and my first reaction is - ARE YOU KIDDING ME???    Seriously, I can't imagine such a thing.   I only have one dog, my faithful Golden Retriever.   I'd have three more if they would all fit in the bed!!    I live on the Coast of Maine and we have had several dog hatting committees try to ban dogs from the beaches.   I know some people are not as responsible as they should be and don't always clean up after their dogs.  Shame on them.  But I find they are few and far between.   Most dog owner's are responsible.   I support keeping dogs off the beach during the day in the summer hile families want to enjoy the sun surf, but the rest of the time, dogs like to swim  cool off too!

But to limit the number of dogs you can own is darn outright ridiculous!

What next, like China you can only have two children as well?    What after that, only two cars?   It's a slippery slope.   

Your point that all it takes is one dog to be neglected, or keep the neighbors awake at night..... so whether you have one dog or a dozen,  if you are irresponsible you need to be held accountable!

Anyway, I guess you can see where I stand on this subject.

Best of Luck to you!

That law is ridiculous!  How ironic that I took professional dog training in WV (it seemed so dog friendly)...!  Many towns around here give a limit of 9 and more than that requires a kennel license (which is cheaper than licensing the individual dogs).  If the law gets passed people will stop licensing their dogs in order to stay under the radar-thus the town will take a financial hit. 

I've slept with a lot of dogs in my day and in hindsight, yes - it's time to limit the number............

.........in Hurricaine, and send them to Allentown.

As a Native West Virginian I am appalled at Hurricane advocating such. If it has to do with those are illegally breeding and/or fighting dogs I can understand the concern however to penalize all is ludicrous.

This would eliminate the potential for foster parents for dogs. What we need is common sense and common sense law.

If it is due to overbreeding have mandatory spay and neuter laws.

Totally Against...do you know in NYC there is NO dog limit law...and the living quarters can be tight.  It should be about the quality of life of the dogs, not the number.

Sarah

No doubt the Law was set up by someone who doesn't appreciate the value of a loving animal. I think as long as the animals are not endangering others then you should mind your own business. Of course you should have twenty to thirty animals on a .20 acre lot.

ur house ur dog hello what is their problem. u need to change that law. and now u wonder why there r so many dogs in shelters.

i want to start a $1 donation webpage from everyone nationwide for dogs in need and take this money and give it to shelters in desperate need. imagine if everyone give just $1 and we spreed the word around to 1 million people in one yr. do u think its possible? i do but i need help from every dog/cat loving person out there. i can't do this alone. i have great ideas for this web page to for those that donate like showing your name of giving a donation and you can carry this web page to yours in you have one that to would help spreed the word for the $1 donation for pets. imagine

$1, 1 million in 1 yr. for pets in need. the ones we have at home are lucky but those that are still in shelter needs our help so they are not put down just because of money, or no room. omg that just kills me... shelters need help nationwide to feed these pets, etc. contact me if you are interested in helping and any questions you might have even more ideas. come we can do it!!!

i love the pics of everyones pets. please if you can i would love for you to email them to me especially funny ones. especially pets that were adopted from shelter to put on the webpage to show how lucky and loved they are.