Summary of our Desired Ban on Constant Chaining of Dogs


This will NOT affect any leash law. Dogs will not be allowed to roam freely.

This will NOT affect owners who temporarily chain their dogs for brief periods of time.

This WILL prohibit the chaining of dogs for more than 3 hours during a 24 hour period.

We ask that the ban take effect on July 1, 2011.

Ways to Help Campaign to Stop Constant Chaining of Dogs


1. Call or e-mail each of the City Council members, encouraging them to vote in favor of an ordinance to ban the constant chaining of dogs. Ask other City residents to call. Please be polite. A list of telephone numbers and e-mail addresses can be found to the right.

2. Get your friends, family members, and acquaintances to sign a petition. A pdf copy of the petition can be downloaded below.

3. We can expect that there will be people opposed to the campaign. Monitor comments at www.godanriver.com, and post positive comments about the campaign. You will need to go through an easy, brief registration in order to post comments. Please do not use offensive language. For every negative comment posted, we need to have five positive ones posted.

4. Write letters to the editor in support of an ordinance.

5. Make a donation to the Humane Society to support the campaign. Your money would be used to help pay for ads, printing costs, and mailing costs to support the campaign.

6. For more information on the plight of chained dogs, please go to www.unchainyourdog.org, dogsdeservebetter.com, www.hsus.org, and peta.org. These websites will give you great information to help answer questions.