Saanich: Bylaw No. 8556, s. 11.4 — No person shall cause, permit or suffer an aggressive dog owned or harboured by him/her to be on a highway or in any public place or to be on any private lands and premises without the consent of the occupier of such land and premises unless the dog is firmly held on a non-extendable leash by a person competent to restrain the dog
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Indexed textNo person shall cause, permit or suffer an aggressive dog owned or harboured by him/her to be on a highway or in any public place or to be on any private lands and premises without the consent of the occupier of such land and premises unless the dog is firmly held on a non-extendable leash by a person competent to restrain the dog.
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- 11.2 Section 11.1 shall not apply to a dangerous dog which is firmly held on a non- extendable leash by a person competent to restrain the dog and which is muzzled by a properly fitted device.
- 11.3 Every owner, possessor or harbourer of a dangerous dog shall, at all times, while the dog is on the premises owned or controlled by such person, keep the dog securely confined, either indoors or in an enclosed pen capable of preventing the entry of young children and adequately constructed to prevent the dog from escaping. The enclosed pen shall be at least 1.82 metres (6 feet) long, 1.22 metres (4 feet) wide and 1.82 metres (6 feet) high and shall be enclosed on all sides, top and bottom with secure fencing or other secure material. The enclosed pen shall be locked at all times it is occupied by a dangerous dog. Not more than one dangerous dog shall be held in the enclosed pen.
- 11.5 The owner of every aggressive dog shall, at all times when such dog is not on a non- extendable leash and under the control of a person who is competent to control the dog, keep such dog securely confined by keeping the dog indoors, within a fenced area sufficient to prevent the escape of the dog or securely tethered in such a manner as to prevent the dog from leaving the premises.
- 11.6 The Pound Keeper may impound any dangerous or aggressive dog found to be in a place or in circumstances prohibited by this section, and any person other than the Pound Keeper may take the animal to the Pound Keeper for impoundment; the Pound Keeper shall record the name and address of the person before receiving the animal; and the Pound Keeper may confine the dangerous or aggressive dog for a period of up to 14 days.
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