Question of the Day- Dog Limits

As far as I know there is no legal limit here. However, I fail to understand why anyone would want more than 5 dogs. Surely it would be difficult to give each dog sufficient attention if you have a large number.

I think five are way too many unless you are living on a property with acreage. Dog owners need to be considerate of neighbors.

If my community has laws, I am not aware of them, other than dogs out of the yard need to be on leash--supposedly. Our town is so small we do not have a police officer, so really no enforcement except if a county sheriff comes through. I do know I walked past one house and eight or nine Yorkies all ran out to the fence to bounce up and down and greet me. House and yard looked big enough for those small dogs. I worry about people being animal hoarders.

For me there should be no more than three dogs in a house at any given time. The Laws are strict here too but you sitll have people that have loose dogs and dangerous roaming around freely. They overbreed dogs also which is totally unfair to the mother of the pups and the pups themselves.

The maximum in France is 9 adult dogs (the puppies are excepted). Above a special authorization from the state is required and can be delivered to breedings having specific equipments for dogs.

I think there should be limits and consideration for size and type of dog. I have one dog and love them to no end. They however, are rather costly if you are going to treat them right. The monthly cost for the basics food, shelter, medical care can be costly. When people start collecting dogs/animals, they easily can start skipping care the animals need. Dogs are social creatures and deserve care and time with people. Its not about the quanity of dogs, but the quality of time and care that someone can give them. Does having 5 or more dogs really add value/life to the human taking care of them? is their true value and meaning to the dog's life? walks? time playing? petting?

I do see a problem. Some people are such dog lovers they would over do that limit easy. I hope that most use their common sense and know how many they can really manage.

In my gated community we're only allowed two small dogs because gardens are not very big. If people don't have a large piece of land for dogs to live on, then yes, there should be a limit.

I think dog ownership should depend on how much room you have for the pets. It would seem unfair to have 5 dogs in a small home

I'm outside the city limits. For health and safety I wish there was money enough to help the animals in my county. Too much sadness at my neighbors. Very skinny, bony little dogs out in the cold and then there are the horrible cats. I love animals. These animals are just sad. If you limit how many animals a person can have, you need to have the money to back up the person enforcing the law.

I think there should be limits and surely five is enough for any household. I don't know if we have limits here or not.

Here the limit is four. Not sure what it is statewide.

Oh that is a tough one. I think that as long as a person has the money, and time to take care of a large number of animals responsibly - then there should be no limit. It interferes with a person's rights. However - owning animals is a big responsibility - one wouldn't want cases of animal hoarders. There must also be considerations made for neighbors -- a large number of dogs may not be considerate in town.

I see my neighbor with 3 dogs, that is the most

In all respects, that is actually a very good law, and would stop imbreeding and illegally trying to sell puppies, etc. Here in WA state there is no limit, and it Sickening especially the condition that some of the dogs have to live in. I wish there was a limit, and once repremanded it be impossible to continue to run more puppy mills, etc