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Pet limit
Does your city have a pet limit? IN my city, we are only allowed to have 3. they changed this rule a few years ago. If you had more pets at the time you could grandfather them in. I was not happy about this. Why should the city get a say on how many pets I have? I take care of them and make sure they are well fed and healthy. They are in a very clean environment, so it should be my say on how many pets I can handle!
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Here in Medicine Hat, I think it's 3 for dogs and 5 for cats. But if you're fostering you can have 7 cats, not sure how many dogs can be fostered. I think that's more than generous. I don't think there are any limits in Calgary but they seem to have the most awesome animal control people there from what I've heard and read, dogs are even allowed on public transit which I think is just awesome!!
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My , Edmonton has a limit of 3 dogs, I have no idea how many cats you can have in one household or foster dogs/cats.
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We have a 3 pet limit where I am. I feel woefully under petted at this point in time!
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Were a 3 dog limit as well not sure about cats.
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We are allowed up to 3 dogs and no limit on cats. When we were living in the city, it was a maximum of 3 animals (dogs and cats combined).
Personally, I have no issues with limits. If there were no limits, you'd have the wrong people abusing it. |
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The Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw Quote:
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I know that there are many people that abuse it, but it is not right for those that love their pets and treat them like family.
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It would be a wonderful society if we could judge individual home owners and pet limits on a case by case basis - but I don't think there are the resources for that, do you? I don't know.. seems like a lot more work and money than necessary. I don't see why people can't be happy with a certain limit and be done with it. If you need to go above and beyond the limit, my suggestion would be for the cities to have special licenses/permits for those individuals. Those could be looked at on a case by case situation I suppose. All that said, I've never been one to have more than 2 cats at a time, and I'll never have more than 2 dogs (I'm barely keeping afloat with this group!) It's harder for me to see the perspective from someone who may have a lot more than that. |
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We have 8 dogs and live in a very small community with no limits. So no problem, there.
However, we used to be in a city that had a 2-dog limit. At the time we had three dogs, but we had one registered through our in-laws so all three could be licensed. In most cases, it seems there is no enforcement unless a neighbor complains or someone sees an obviously neglectful situation. Which, of course, means that even with limits, there are animals in abusive or neglectful situations that fall through the cracks. In fact, I suspect that most abuse/neglect is hidden indoors and never detected. So I'm not sure what the setting of a limit actually does for the animals. People who will be out of their element are not going to be stopped by the limit, but some people who could handle more may be prevented from doing so by following the limit.
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Good point. So I wonder why cities do bother putting a restriction then - because it's a huge money grab to ask all pet owners to register and license their animals. If one removed all restrictions, that would potentially mean more money flow.
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I'm not moving from Calgary until I have fewer dogs. My aging inlaws want me to move back to their area of Quebec. But there's a two dog limit for the whole canton and they have a really, really nasty AC guy. He has the right to enter your house and doesn't hesitate to do so.
The way the City sees it, if there are verifyable complaints against your dog(s), you end up in trouble. No complaints, no trouble. And as long as all are licenced and well behaved, they have no problems. I have a friend that has 10 little dogs, all licenced, no complaints and has a great relationship with Animal Services and Bylaw. Personally, I think hard and fast limits does more harm than good as people wanting to adopt extra dogs from pounds etc, can't. Of course, hoarding is a different kettle of fish, but limits don't seem to prevent those situations. |
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My thing is with cats. Cities are always like well there are too many strays out and about. Well if I am willing to take them in and get them fixed so they can not have any more, what is it hurting as long as I foot the bill and take care of them?
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