REPORT A DOG 2007
A yard dog is any dog that is consistently left outside the family home. Many yard dogs live their whole lives, night and day, summer and winter, in a yard, in a pen, on a chain, in a garage, on a balcony or under a deck.
Report a suffering yard dog to AAS
"IT'S TIME!" THE AAS Yard Dog Report
- The Problem and The Solution the problem is six-fold...the solution is simple
- Reports to:
- Vancouver
- Burnaby
- Photo Stories of dogs that live in isolation
How you can help
- Report a suffering yard dog to AAS
- Write a letter to your Mayor and Council asking for a ban on yard dogs
- Take photos of yard dogs to show your council
- Email a petition to AAS
- Print a petition form and get signatures
Other Links
- Rescue Stories how people have been driven to take action and remove suffering dogs
- In Memory of a yard dog who didn't make it to freedom
- Research into the effects of tethering and isolation:
- (a) behavioural/psychological
- (b) physical
- (c) public safety
- Opinions from Vancouver's leading dog behaviour experts
- US Laws
- HSUS Opinion
- Humane Treatment of Dogs bylaws that AAS had adopted in other municipalities:
- In Brief | Burnaby | Coquitlam | Delta | Lions Bay | Maple Ridge | New Westminster | North Vancouver City | North Vancouver District | Richmond | Surrey | West Vancouver
