SB1578 was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger. The anti-chaining law makes it a punishable offense to tether a dog to a dog house, tree or other stationary object for more than three hours. Violators can be fined up to $1,000 and serve jail time. Here, here! The only thing better would be if owners who have subjected their dogs to this cruel treatment could be chained to a tree or dog house indefinitely with no food, water, or shade within reach. Now THAT would be a fitting punishment.
I found another basset hound. "Belle" was posted on the Sacramento City Animal Care & Regulation Website. She was a year old and very pretty, but her bio said she'd nipped at a young child and that's why her owners were surrendering her. They said she was a "nice dog" and was "housetrained." It said they saw only a dog who was outgoing and good with people, which made me think that perhaps the child did something to hurt the dog and that's why she nipped. Frequently, parents do not supervise their children around dogs, and a basset's ears are too tempting to tug for some. I was prepared to go see her today, but when I called to see if she was still available, I was told that she had failed her behavior tests and that she tried to attack the pound attendant and was very food aggressive. She was not put up for adoption, I was told, and of course I knew what that meant. That beautiful little dog was euthanized. Poor Belle. Having just been through 10 years with a difficult dog who had similar issues, I would certainly not have wanted to embark on adopting another problem dog, but was she beyond hope? Couldn't she have been trained and might she not have settled down with the right home? I had to wonder how a dog is expected to react when it is torn away from the only family it has ever known and thrust into a stressful situation. Putting a young dog in a cage with dozens of barking dogs to be peered at and poked at by strangers can drive some dogs crazy in short order. Imagine putting a one-year-old child through something like that. Under those circumstances, anyone might exhibit some behavior problems.
I found another basset hound. "Belle" was posted on the Sacramento City Animal Care & Regulation Website. She was a year old and very pretty, but her bio said she'd nipped at a young child and that's why her owners were surrendering her. They said she was a "nice dog" and was "housetrained." It said they saw only a dog who was outgoing and good with people, which made me think that perhaps the child did something to hurt the dog and that's why she nipped. Frequently, parents do not supervise their children around dogs, and a basset's ears are too tempting to tug for some. I was prepared to go see her today, but when I called to see if she was still available, I was told that she had failed her behavior tests and that she tried to attack the pound attendant and was very food aggressive. She was not put up for adoption, I was told, and of course I knew what that meant. That beautiful little dog was euthanized. Poor Belle. Having just been through 10 years with a difficult dog who had similar issues, I would certainly not have wanted to embark on adopting another problem dog, but was she beyond hope? Couldn't she have been trained and might she not have settled down with the right home? I had to wonder how a dog is expected to react when it is torn away from the only family it has ever known and thrust into a stressful situation. Putting a young dog in a cage with dozens of barking dogs to be peered at and poked at by strangers can drive some dogs crazy in short order. Imagine putting a one-year-old child through something like that. Under those circumstances, anyone might exhibit some behavior problems.
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