Comments on: Unsupervised Animal Tethering Now Illegal In Escambia

By: Big G.

Big G. — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:03:57 +0000

This is disgusting and pathetic. The punishment for abuse must increase and the owners should pay with there lives in prison with a heft fine. Enough of this abuse. these owners are cowards and weak men.

By: Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme

Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:56:54 +0000

The commission got this one wrong (as usual). They caved in to special interest crackpots over some isolated incidents and now have further intruded into our lives with government. Shame on them. We need to let Kevin White no how we feel about this in the North End.

By: Really?!?!

Really?!?! — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:50:01 +0000

typo… the fence would need to be BURIED (sry didn’t have time to spell check or grammar check) You get the point…

By: Really?!?!

Really?!?! — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:48:34 +0000

This is all getting to be quite ridiculous. First let me say that I am against the “Tethering” Law. It is one thing to tether your dog out with everthing that it needs to live and be happy (food, shelter, water, a place to run and play), but it’s another thing to tether your dog without food, water, some sort of shelter and shade, and on a chain that makes it impossible to move around (that is completely insane and yes ABUSIVE). Would you like to pay to have my yard fenced in so that my dog will not need to be tethered? Let me make sure you understand what all you will be paying for.. the fence would need to be wood or chainlink (so that the dog can not escape through the fence).. then the fence would need to be dug in and buring AT LEAST a foot and a half underground (this is so that my dog will be deterred from digging under, but then again this is no guarantee… and lastly this lovely fence would need to be somewhere between 4 and 6 feet tall (you see my dog can jump and I wouldn’t want him to jump over the fence.) Would someone like to take care of this for me… by the way… with that 6ft high fence how’re you gonna be able to see into my yard to make sure that nothing abusive is happening to my pet? NO.. I do not abuse my dog, but are you seeing my point yet? There is a right and wrong way to tether your animal… we need to stop condemming people who are trying to take care of their pet by keeping it safe on a tether and focus on the ones who are actually abusing their animal.
Can someone please post some picz of dogs that are tethered in a non-abusive way, then maybe people will see that there is a right and wrong way… and that by tethering in the right way is non-abusive at all. Doing it in the right way is keeping my/your dog safe and still letting it behave the way a dog needs/deserves too. My dog can run… jump… dig…. roll over… PLAY… all very safely. (And those worried about my dog jumping over it’s dog house and hanging itself on the other side..really?!?! It’s as easy as putting the dog house far enough away that the dog can enter, turn around, and lay down.. but not having enough extra to jump over the dog house.)
Please… let’s use some common sense. Let’s not punish pet owners who are doing their best. Let’s punish the pet owners who are actually abusing dogs (and let us remember that abuse can and does happen whether the dog is “tethered”, lives in a kennel, or resides in a residence with a perfectly manicured and fenced in yard… appearances can be deceiving.)

By: ABC

ABC — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:52:44 +0000

Quiet child you are correct, a cement floor for a pen isnt the best flooring for them, however, if someone cant afford to do otherwise, it is a choice, Hopefully a pen isnt the way the animal will spend over an hour or so at a time……………. A fenced yard is the safest way to go unless like some who have digging out dogs, therefore they need a pen and the flooring will prevent them from digging out……..Unfortunately you have taken my words to the extreme……..I believe if you were to reread it you would realize that I would never encourage a dog to be left on a cement floor pen for a ridiculous amount of time……and if the dog has the interaction and excersize with the owner, and the attention it needs, it would not be digging out….. There are other human and successful methods to cure a dog from digging out if that is the main worry………..I am sure you love your dogs, as we do ours, sorry you missed the whole point of my message….Have a great day.

By: whitepunknotondope

whitepunknotondope — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:00:49 +0000

“People who Eat Tasty Animals. That wasn’t funny…”

Oh yes it is!!!! I think that’s hilarious! Good one.

By: quietchild

quietchild — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:27:03 +0000

Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme, I agree with on every word except (I am a member of the real PETA…. People who Eat Tasty Animals.) That wasn’t funny but, I know where you are coming from by that statement. I totally agree with you about enforcing the laws we already had. This new crap is just that crap! It is a few “concerned” activist getting into the business of others and wanting things done their way. What makes them right? Nothing except they ran their mouth at a County meeting caught the ear of a few showed photo’s that aren’t the way everyone treats their animals. People if we let these people tell the Count Commission how they think things should be, then our dog wont even be allowed outside very soon.

By: Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme

Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:17:50 +0000

I am a member of the real PETA…. People who Eat Tasty Animals. I do not condone abuse of animals, however. But consider this; these activists are way out of line. Tethering animals with lots of room to run, find shade, get food and water, etc. is far superior to caging them in a Kennel when you have to leave them unsupervised. Some folks don’t have a fence, and you can’t leave a dog inside for hours as, unlike cats, it can not use a litter box. Some dogs can get out of fenced yards and need to be tethered. I’m sure there were neglected and abused animals, but to assume, as these crackpot activists do, that all tethered animals are neglected or abused is ludicrous. And shame on the BOCC for caving in to yet another special interest.

Here’s an idea… enforce existing laws!!!! You know, instead of making new ones that increase the ever-enlarging encroachment into our lives by government!!!

By: quietchild

quietchild — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:17:34 +0000

dunno it, dahhhhh people love to get in other peoples business! It is human nature to tell someone your way is the best. But, when a”tether” is being used for the protection of the animal then people need to keep there noses out of other peoples lives. The more laws we make the less freedom we have. Yes, punish the abusers don’t punish the innocent. And keep you nose out of other people lives unless there is truely something wrong! A “tether” does not mean abuse.

By: dunno it

dunno it — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:57:48 +0000

That’s a lode of hogwash,
you know what makes ppl become activist’s?
Seeing the disgraceful way animals are treated by humans!
No one get’s into it to bug anyone or control anyone.
If ppl were not such buttheads, other ppl wouldn’t have to view some
of the horrors of their actions and become activist’s for animals who
have no recourse.

I guess none of you know any acctivists!

You shouldn’t have to have a law to keep ppl from murdering someone either,
but dahhhhh!