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ANTI-DOG ENFORCEMENT - What Every Dog Owner Needs To Know Dog owners and ethcial breeders are increasingly being targeted. Disgruntled neighbors may retaliate against dog owners and many other reasons drive complaints, and anti-dog enforcement action, which many times may be conducted illegally. The following text outlines methods of inquiry and enforcement which may be used by local officials in attempts to enforce anti-dog ordinances in your community and suggested techniques of response. These techniques are entirely legal and based upon the rights of citizens as stated by the U. S. Constitution.
TELEPHONE INQUIRIES OR THREATS: You may receive telephone inquiries concerning the number of dogs you own and whether any dogs or puppies are for sale. Other questions may also be asked.
Your response should be to inquire "Are you interested in a puppy?" If the answer is "yes", ask that person for his name, address and phone number. Suggest that you or a responsible breeder will contact that person at a more convenient time for you.
If the answer is friendly and genuinely inquisitive, invite the person to look at your puppies.
If the question asked is, "What is the price of each puppy?", simply say that puppies of this type are being sold for between "X" and "Y" dollars. Never say that you are selling them.
If the question is asked "Are these your puppies?",you should ask "Why do you want to know?" If your conversation indicates that the person is representing the county clerk's office or allegedly representing an official body, ask the caller for: FULL NAME, TITLE, PHONE NUMBER AGENCY'S FULL NAME AND FULL ADDRESS THEIR SUPERVISOR’S FULL NAME, PHONE NUMBER NATURE OF THE INQUIRY (what it is about) WHY THE INQUIRY IS BEING MADE HOW YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER WERE OBTAINED ASK THAT ALL FUTURE QUESTIONS FROM THAT AGENCY BE
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