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Dog Law
Own a dog? Live down the street from one? If so, you need Dog Law. America's estimated 50 million dogs are governed by many the stomach, the nose. and the law. These are laws that you as a dog owner, or as the neighbor of a dog, need to know. Attorney and longtime dog-owner, author Mary Randolph answers common legal questions on such topics • biting. • barking. • veterinarians. • leash laws. • travel. • landlords. • wills. • guide dogs. • pit bulls. • cruelty. • and much more.
336 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2001
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October 24, 2007
You only need to read this book if you are in one of the following situations:
1) you are thinking about buying a dog ;
2) you already have a dog ;
3) you want to provide for your dog after your death;
4) you hate the neighbor's dog's barking
5) you suspect somebody's dog is being mistreated
6) or you are in any other way concerned about dogs
A few of the things this book discusses are: contracts to consider when you buy a dog and licensing laws, puppy mills, laws you might want to consider even if you're sure your dog is always well-behaved, how to get dog insurance, what provisions may or may not work in your Last Will, how to talk to your neighbor or seek mediation about disputes, and liability for cruelty to or provoking a dog.
I expected to read a few key chapters, but ended up reading it cover to cover. It contains interesting facts throughout (have you ever thought about the number of dogs injured/killed by riding in the back of a pick-up truck?), the history of dog laws, real cases and the rulings in those cases (though obviously missing the infamous Whipple murder case that occurred shortly after publication); and sound, common-sense advice whether part of written law or not.
For the sake of the dogs and the people who own or are around them, I hope everybody will read this book.
1) you are thinking about buying a dog ;
2) you already have a dog ;
3) you want to provide for your dog after your death;
4) you hate the neighbor's dog's barking
5) you suspect somebody's dog is being mistreated
6) or you are in any other way concerned about dogs
A few of the things this book discusses are: contracts to consider when you buy a dog and licensing laws, puppy mills, laws you might want to consider even if you're sure your dog is always well-behaved, how to get dog insurance, what provisions may or may not work in your Last Will, how to talk to your neighbor or seek mediation about disputes, and liability for cruelty to or provoking a dog.
I expected to read a few key chapters, but ended up reading it cover to cover. It contains interesting facts throughout (have you ever thought about the number of dogs injured/killed by riding in the back of a pick-up truck?), the history of dog laws, real cases and the rulings in those cases (though obviously missing the infamous Whipple murder case that occurred shortly after publication); and sound, common-sense advice whether part of written law or not.
For the sake of the dogs and the people who own or are around them, I hope everybody will read this book.
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