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$100,000 liability insurance if someone provoked his dogs on his <br />property or from just outside his property line. He urged the <br />Board not to penalize every dog owner in the county just because <br />of a few incidents of dangerous or vicious dogs. He didn't feel <br />that the history of'attacks was enough to implement the proposed <br />ordinance. <br />Jerry Schick, resident of Heritage Estates Subdivision, knew <br />of three vicious dogs in his 21st Court neighborhood. He has <br />chased the dogs off with a shovel, and the dogs have dug holes <br />and defecated in his yard as well. His wife is petrified, and <br />the dogs also have attacked three ladies with heart conditions <br />who are under doctor's orders to walk as much as possible. He <br />has called the Animal Control Dept. 6 or 7 times, and the ladies <br />have called at least that many times, but on the weekends they <br />have to call the Sheriff's Dept., but they have to witness the <br />incident in order to do something. Mr. Schick felt very strongly <br />that we need to go back and put some,teeth in the leash law <br />because the Animal Control people do not have the power to <br />enforce this. <br />Chairman Eggert asked that the following letter be made part <br />of the record: <br />I am here to speak against both proposed ordinances. <br />The vicious dog ordinance is overly simple and very unscientific. <br />Excepting closes of obvious extreme viciousness that characterizes few <br />dogs, the vast majority of cases move into a gray area, where objectivity <br />takes a hike. <br />What is definitely vicious to one person can be absolutelu not vicious to <br />another. For exampie. following Hurricane David. a damage appraiser <br />showed up at my house unannounced. I wasn't at home. This person poked <br />around the house, peering through every window. and, .yes nig dol followed <br />hire around, barking and generally going crazy as this pperson pnkpd and <br />probed. The result? I had mg home owners dropped!! Based on the <br />characterization that I was harbourinq a vicious dog!! Because mg dog <br />barked "viciously" at some skulking Peeping Tom!!. And to make matters <br />worse, this appraiser made sure every other ins��rance company knew f <br />was harboring this "vicious' dog ... So you can imagine my problem ... and my <br />disgust.... <br />r -r <br />31 BOOK f•4G :: Ell <br />699® <br />