I've lived in the country and had dogs, the only time they were allowed to run free was when we were home and could keep an eye on them. At night or when we weren't home they were tied up or fenced in. The idea of letting dogs run wild is what causes dogs to get blood thirsty IMO. All it takes is for your dog to join up with another dog who already likes to kill things, once they are present for a kill their animal instinct takes over. I would never let a dog run free overnight or while we weren't home and then allow that dog to be around my kids. You never know what kind of dog you have after it has roamed the woods at night and killed with other dogs but that's just me, to each their own I guess.
“Last year, we had a euthanasia rate of 67% and a live release rate of 33%,” Baker said at the meeting. “Last month, we had a live release rate of 89% for dogs and 74% for cats, or a total of 79.4% live release. ... We started not taking owner intakes when we were full, and reduced the amount of space-related euthanasia.”
The BOCC has not acted on it yet.Pet licenses: Anyone who owns a dog or cat in Santa Rosa County would be required to get a pet license. The license would cost $60 for un-sterilized pets, $10 for sterilized pets and $5 for seniors with sterilized pets.