I live on a nice, quite, street in Bryan... the neighbors behind me, may be nice (I have never met them) but their dogs are not quiet. More concerning is their dogs are prolific and their fence is in disrepair allowing their dogs to escape. When we moved in 6 months ago there were 4 dogs... then 5 dogs... Now there are 6... The dogs are not having puppies; they just keep getting more dogs. Is there anything I can do? Is there a max on the number of dogs you can own in the city limits? I don’t want to be an unkind neighbor, but it smells is unsightly, and generally not too awesome to come home to.

Step 1: walk to neighbors, introduce yourself
step 2: ask neighbors if they can control their dogs
step 3: ?
step 4: profit

While I appreciate your reply, that does not solve the smell, the unsightliness, and the noise. Its fairly difficult to control 6 large dogs in a small yard. I understand that. Is there anything preventing them from getting #7?

a quick google search yeilded this.

http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=14054&stateId=43&stateName=Texas

I see nothing in it stating a limit number for cats or dogs.

Many thanks. There should be a law on this...

If you live in the Bryan city limits, you have to have a permit for more than 4 pets. There is also a noise ordinance in effect 24 hours a day. That being said, you should probably talk to your neighbor before calling Bryan PD.

There already is one. It's called "disturbing the peace." there is no need to create another one.

City of Bryan Code of Ordinances

Chapter 10
Article IV
Sec. 10-134
(e)Number of animals allowed to be kept. It shall be unlawful to keep or harbor more than four dogs or cats or any combination thereof not to exceed a combined total of four such animals three months of age or older, on any premises utilized for residential purposes.

(unless you are a bona fide raiser and breeder, and then you have to have a license/permit and there are many other restrictions).

Article II
Sec. 10-53 - Nuisances

(a)All dogs and cats shall be kept under restraint.

(b)No dog or cat shall be allowed to cause a nuisance. The owner of every dog or cat shall be held responsible for every behavior of such dog or cat under the provisions of this article.

(c)A dog or cat shall be considered a nuisance if it damages, soils, defiles or defecates on private property other than the owner's or on public walks and recreation areas unless such waste is immediately removed and properly disposed of by the owner; causes unsanitary, dangerous or offensive conditions; causes a disturbance by excessive barking or other noisemaking; or chases vehicles, or molests, attacks or interferes with persons or other domestic animals on public property.


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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew I would find some help here. :-) You guys rock.

Also - regarding the smell you mentioned:

Article I
Sec. 10-15. - Sanitary condition of pens.

(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain any pen, enclosure, pound or area for any animal in an unsanitary manner.

(b)The keeper of any pen shall be responsible for the pickup and disposal of all animal feces found in such pen. Feces must be removed often enough so that there is no odor or fly attraction to the enclosure which would disturb a person of normal sensibilities or to constitute a health hazard to humans.

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Gotta love people getting in other people's business anonymously.

"or chases vehicles, or molests, attacks or interferes with persons or other domestic animals on public property."

We have just had a conversation with our dog and cat about melesting people or other animals. They understand.

I can imagine this is how it would go...

Setting: 9:30 am, Saturday morning. Sunny and calm. Bryan, TX residential neighborhood

nancydeedavis: Hello, my name is nancydeedavis, I live behind you. I was noticing how many dogs you have.

dog owner: Your point???

nancydeedavis: Well, they are quite loud and the smell is really bad.

dog owner: Your point???

nancydeedavis: Well... I was hoping that we might be able to work out some kind of agreement that you will clean up and somehow control your dogs so they don't bother me.

dog owner: If you don't like it, move. They don't bother me (the 8 snot nosed kids running around in diapers and the live in with a cigarette and a beer come to the door now to see what the problem is)

live in: (angry, to her live in man) Who is this? (seething, to nancy) You trying to take my man?

nancydeedavis: No ma'am. I'm your neighbor. I was just wanting to talk about your dogs and the problem I have with the barking and the smell. Not to mention, the fence is falling down and they are getting out occasionally.

live in: Mind your own business. These dogs are a part of our family. Why don't you just move if you don't like 'em? They ain't that bad anyways...

nancydeedavis: Sorry to have bothered you. Have a good day.

dog owner: (to live in as nancy is walking away) We should invite her and her family over for a BBQ in our back yard to show her how good our dogs are.

live in: Shut up! Let's go back in and make another baby. We can get more food stamps if we do. Then, we can go get another dog. This time, though, I want a Chihuahua so we can have it inside with the 9 cats we got. They need some dog company so they ain't so scared of the dogs in the back.

well I certainly hope people with multiple dogs don't get offended by that generalization.

I thought it was a very funny generalization. Way to go! The Mrs. likes it as well.

Save me, big government!

XI XI;

these are the same people that can't keep their own pets in their yards, and when their pets do get loose they don't want to some back thus they must post on here asking for help in finding said lost pets.

dont' bother fighting 'em nor posting anything they wont like to hear.
move along.

To be fair, there are plenty of people who really do love their pets that post on here for help.. But I know what you mean.

Am I the only one that was disturbed by the mental image that this statement creates?

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or molests, attacks or interferes with persons or other domestic animals on public property.

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mo·lest/məˈlest/Verb
1. Pester or harass (someone), typically in an aggressive or persistent manner.
2. Assault or abuse (a person, esp. a woman or child) sexually.

Doesn't always mean sexually.

still....

I LOL'd on that!!!! I was afraid of that scenario playing out (minus the kids, I’ve not spotted any of those) partly why I have not taken over cookies and introduced myself. :-) Love this forum. You guys crack me up. FTR- I don’t hate dogs, I love ours, and I’m sure I’d like the neighbor’s if there were only like 2 of them…

perhaps theyll enact an ordinance on the number of kids you can have.

direct confrontation with neighbors about their dogs is a risky venture. I think it seldom works. Because the fact that they have 6 loud dogs already...means they don't care what their other neighbors think. And a confrontation is not going to change that. Use the authorities

There's a difference between having a conversation and having a confrontation. At least, that's the way my parents raised me.

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means they don't care what their other neighbors think.

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now we're psychic. awesome.