QUESTION
I have two male Rottweilers and they have been in a couple altercations with other dogs.
Asked on Mar 07th, 2012 on Animal Law - California
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I have had to sign a declaration from the city for Dangerous Animal and get a permit with some stipulations that went along with it. The dogs got out of mu in laws back yard yesterday and ran up to another dog and started wrestling with the dog. The owner of the dog put her hand between the dogs and her dog and got nipped. She call the police and my dogs are in quarantine now. The Animal Service Division is now recommending that I put both my dogs down. Can you please let me know if there is an alternative to this? Thank You
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Personal Injury Attorney serving Newport Beach, CA
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Review all of these facts with an attorney who has experience with dog or animal control issues. There are alternatives to putting the dogs down, especially if this incident was minor. The problem is that you may be found to have violated the conditions under which you were allowed to keep the dogs, and it may be that you will be determined to be untrustworthy about protecting the public from your dogs (that is what the dangerous and vicious dogs process is all about). You need to make sure that animal service division understands that you will do better in the future. You may also be able to put the dogs in a location away from people if that is possible.
Good luck with this challenge!
Brian Chase,
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Answered on Apr 27th, 2012 at 12:48 PM