Stratton, CO asked in Animal / Dog Law for Colorado

Q: How to fight a dog a large ticket

Two of my dogs went out the front yard. I whistled for them to come back. They were out for maybe 5 minutes. They went potty and came back into the house. An hour later there was a knock at my door. It was the sheriff. He say that my neighbors said that my dogs tried to attack him and that I yelled at him to leave my dogs alone. When I told the officer that I had not even seen my neighbors and I just got home from work an hour ago. The officer said I was a lier and said that my neighbor told him that the next time my dogs try to attack him he's going to shoot them. One of my dogs I adopted from the pound. If she was aggressive the pound wouldn't have adopted her out. What can I do to fight this?

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A: You're lucky you've only been charged with dog at large. There is no defense, your dogs were out. The fact you adopted a dog from the pound has no bearing. Don't let your dogs get loose again or your neighbor will shoot them and he'll just say it was self defense

Kristina M. Bergsten
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A: From your statement I am unclear as to whether or not your dogs left your yard. That being said, please be careful about what you post online because it is possible it could be used against you in court. I would recommend meeting with an animal law attorney to go over all the details of your case to see what your possible options may be.

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