The people who lived behind us had 2 White Shepherds. The husband ended up having a heart attack and he was in hospital for nearly a year before he died, and she spent all her time with him. They left the patio door open for the dogs to go inside and out whenever they wanted. However, one dog was male and the other was female, and neither were fixed. so they got busy, and long story short, they ended up with 8 of these dogs, that took over the yard and house. It got to a point when someone was calling bylaw daily. The yard was covered in dog shit, the dogs ended up chewing threw walls, destroyed the house, destroyed the yard, and would bark just about every minute of the day. After she ended up coming home after her husband died, you think that would have stopped. Nope. It stayed like that, to the point where bylaw would wait for her in their truck outside her house, she would drive into the garage, and close the door, then get out of her car, after the garage door was down, and she wouldnt' answer the front door no matter how long they were there. After about 2 years of this one of the dogs ended up chewing threw the fence and got into our yard, and took after me, I called bylaw, the came to our house, and got 6 of the 8 dogs in our backyard, the dogs were put down because they were diseased (because of all the dog shit, everywhere, we used to be outdoor people, and my father prides himself in his yards, it got to the point when we wouldn't' go into the back yard, (even to fix the fence) because we were either going to be attacked by a dog, or if they would leave us alone (for reason's unknown), the back yard smelt like shit, and not mildly either. Eventually, the other two were caught in our yard and were impounded. To which the dogs were sick and they had to "investigate" the situation before the dogs were released. It ended with her being evicted because of the house being a health concern. She was then given the option of having the dogs put down, giving up the dogs, or moving to an area that would be healtey for two dogs that size to live. The house was gutted and it took a good 2 weeks for it to be cleaned up the dog leftovers, and it took about 8 months for it to be rebuilt to a point where it was safe to live in. All of the dog problems lasted for nearly 3 years, and in that time, no one near that house had a good night sleep unless they were a very deep sleeper and could fall asleep before one of the dogs barking fits, the area smelt like dog shit, and we "won" several lawsuits to shut the dogs up, but within a week it would be worse then before. It didn't matter to her how her yard looked, but it decreased the value of everyones homes around it. Aside form the dogs barking (and getting into our yard), she was within her legal rights (aside from health bylaws, as well). Some people get it, and some people don't. The people who don't get it are the people who should be fined and have to suffer, instead of everyone who does it right. ATV's in a small back yard is a noise violation here, even the fart cans on the civics are (although they aren't ticketed all to frequently), it doesn't matter what time of day, there is a decibel rating here and if its higher then what it is, you can be fined. People who let their yard go to hell because they don't want to look after it, and then get offended when someone offers to help them clean it up, or when bylaw is called because its out of control. Grass in Calgary is to be no longer then 8", anything more, you can be find, thats a good start to some problems, but theres still a lot more that needs to be done. Too bad you there isn't a law about owning a big dog on a small lot, (1/4 acer), but they do have a bylaw about owning two many dogs in one home, again, a start. People who get it, are always going to have to suffer by the ones who don't. I'm going to stop here, as this is all starting to seem like a very long run on sentence.
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