I Hate Animal Control

Wow! I haven't blogged in such a long time. I've really been slacking. I do feel that this is important though and I want to share it with all of you.

We came home from work around 5:30 on Friday and found a notice on our door from Tooele City Animal Control. It said that Chili was involved in an incident of biting another dog and that he would have to be quarentined for a minimum of 10 days. It also said if we didn't take him in within 24 hours they would be forced to take further action.

Needless to say, I was in a panic. We rushed inside, then headed straight for our backyard. Chili and Roadie were both still out there. We checked our gate and it was locked and secure. Chili did rip a couple of the planks of our wood fence out which sucks for us, but the hole wasn't big enough for Chili to fit through and he didn't do any damage to the chain link fence in our neighbors yard.

We called animal control to find out what happened. If you know Chili, you know his mouth is too big to fit through a hole in a chain link fence so there was no way he could have bit a dog through there. The lady at animal control had no information because the officer that left the notice on our door didn't file the report before her shift ended. They said we could call back on Monday, but in the mean time we had to bring Chili in, or they would issue a warrant, they would come take him, and we would be fined!

I was furious! They didn't even have a record of what happened, but he has to be quarentined and observed for 10 days anyway and they threatened to fine us and take him away if we didn't comply. So we still have no idea what he did, but if he really did bite our neighbors dog, he was in our neighbors back yard playing so it obviously wasn't serious enough to need medical attention.

Now we have to just wait. If they decide he's not a threat they will release him back to us. If they decide he is dangerous or even potentially dangerous he will have to have a hearing and we can be fined anywhere from $50 to $500. Worst case scenario is that he'll be put down.

I'm so scared for Chili. When we brought him in he was shaking, he was so scared. He started whimpering and crying when they put him in the kennel. The kennels there are so disgusting! It smelled like shit and it didn't look like anyone had cleaned the kennels for days. I felt awful having to leave him there. I hope he's good while he's there so we can bring him home.

I'll post another blog when we get some answers. Fuck Tooele City Animal Control! I am so furious with them and I'm terrified for the fate of Chili Pepper. Everyone cross your fingers and pray that we can bring him home.