Dog owners, please be considerate of your neighbors. There have been numerous reports of dogs running free through the neighborhood and we urge you to please keep your dog leashed and reasonably confined.
WHY?
As a courtesy to others and to protect your dog.
Imagine how your neighbors must feel when your dog runs through their garden, messes their yard, knocks over trash cans or bites a child. How about the farmer who has his animals killed or injured by dogs. For the dogs sake, it is also dangerous for them to run at large. Dogs are no match for vehicles on the roads.
Your dogs may have fun digging in trash and garbage, but it can kill. It could accidentally eat a sharp object or purposely eat sharp bones, both of which can puncture intestines. Or the irate neighbor or farmer could kill or injure your pet. All of these things can and do happen.
As a Reminder
This from the Fairfield County Dog Warden/Fairfield County Dog Shelter at 740-653-4582:
Your dog must be confined or under reasonable control at all times. The Dog Wardens office will be enforcing the law and ticketing offenders ($105) who do not properly confine their dog. Be sure to leash your dog as a habit and as a matter of civil practice. You can be held responsible for damages which your dog causes to property or people. It is also the responsibility of the dog owner for the safety of our public service personnel, ex- mail carriers, package delivery services, meter readers, and others.
WHY?
As a courtesy to others and to protect your dog.
Imagine how your neighbors must feel when your dog runs through their garden, messes their yard, knocks over trash cans or bites a child. How about the farmer who has his animals killed or injured by dogs. For the dogs sake, it is also dangerous for them to run at large. Dogs are no match for vehicles on the roads.
Your dogs may have fun digging in trash and garbage, but it can kill. It could accidentally eat a sharp object or purposely eat sharp bones, both of which can puncture intestines. Or the irate neighbor or farmer could kill or injure your pet. All of these things can and do happen.
As a Reminder
This from the Fairfield County Dog Warden/Fairfield County Dog Shelter at 740-653-4582:
Your dog must be confined or under reasonable control at all times. The Dog Wardens office will be enforcing the law and ticketing offenders ($105) who do not properly confine their dog. Be sure to leash your dog as a habit and as a matter of civil practice. You can be held responsible for damages which your dog causes to property or people. It is also the responsibility of the dog owner for the safety of our public service personnel, ex- mail carriers, package delivery services, meter readers, and others.