Nuisance Dog definition

Nuisance Dog means any dog which, while off the dog owner's premises, in a dangerous, threatening, or terrorizing manner approaches a person with an apparent attitude of attack, or any dog while off the dog owner's premises which in a dangerous, threatening or terrorizing manner, pursues or harasses another animal without causing injury.

Nuisance Dog means a dog that "without provocation" and while off the premises of its owner, keeper, or harborer has chased or approached a person in either a "menacing fashion" or an apparent attitude of attack or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person. It does not include a "police dog" that while being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of official duties has chased or approached a person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person1 (see below for definitions of the terms in quotation marks).

Nuisance Dog means a dog that without provocation and while off 59

Examples of Nuisance Dog in a sentence

• Nuisance dog, $100.00 mandatory minimum fine, $200.00 for a second offense, and an increase of $100.00 for each subsequent offense with a maximum fine of $1,000.00.

• No Owner shall willingly and knowingly permit a dog to be a Nuisance dog as defined herein.

• Nuisance dog – a dog that (i) by excessive barking or other disturbance, is a source of annoyance to a sick person residing in the vicinity; or (ii) by excessive barking, causing damage or other interference, a reasonable person would find such behavior disruptive to one’s quiet and peaceful enjoyment; or (iii) has threatened or attacked livestock, a domestic animal or a person, but such threat or attack was not a grossly disproportionate reaction under all the circumstances.

• Willingly and knowingly shall be defined as the Owner of the dog having received one prior warning, verbally or in writing, given by any Enforcement Personnel described in Section 6, notifying the Owner that the dog is considered a Nuisance dog.

• The required forms required to be adopted by Council are: Section 10B – Notice requiring companion animal to be registered Section 31(2) – Nuisance cat orderSection 32A(2) – Nuisance dog order Clause 30(1)(a) – Notification of death These forms require formal adoption by Council to satisfy the legal requirements of the Act.

More Definitions of Nuisance Dog

Nuisance Dog means any dog that has been the subject of three or more Violation Tickets within any three year period for violations of any combination of section 4.4 and section 4.6 under this Bylaw

Nuisance Dog means “* * * a dog that without provocation and while off the premises of its owner, keeper, or harborer has chased or approached a person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person.” R.C. 955.11(A)(3)(a).

Nuisance Dog means any Dog that has been designated a Nuisance Dog by an Animal Control Officer in writing.

Nuisance Dog means a dog that, without provocation and while off the premises of its owner, has chased or approached a person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person. "Menacing fashion" means that a dog would cause any person being chased or approached to reasonably believe that the dog will cause physical injury to that person.

Nuisance Dog means a dog, which barks or howls continuously so as to disturb adjoining property owners. Said dog, pursuant to Title 24,

Nuisance Dog means any dog that has been the subject of three or more convictions within the previous three years for any combination of the following offences under this bylaw: (i) section 10(1); (ii) section 11;

Nuisance Dog means loud, habitual and persistent barking, howling, yelping or whining by a dog, which can be heard beyond the boundary of the property of such Owner for more than twenty (20) minutes at any time of the day or night whether the dog is on or off the premises of the Owner. Nuisance Dogs are deemed to be dogs that are not under the control of their Owner.