Does a dog have to be in a pin or leash if you are not home. What is the law in Collin County. I walk my dog down a privet road and there are neighbors that let there dogs run lose?

Answer 1

Collin County does, indeed, have a leash law that calls for dogs to be secured by a leash of 6 ft. or less in length. Unleashed animals roaming free on private property must remain at least 15 feet from the fenceline (electronic fences, in which the animal wears a radio collar that responds to a buried wire, are NOT considered fences for the purposes of compliance with animal control laws) and any animal found within 15 feet of the fenceline or outside of the fenceline renders the owner in violation of the ordinance, in which case you may contact Collin County Animal Control at 972.547.7292 to have the animal(s) removed, even if they have returned to the owner's property, and to have the owner cited for any single or multiple violation(s). Some areas have pretty severe penalties for matters such as failure to clean up after their animals, as well; for example, in Plano, failure to clean up after a pet that has defecated on private or public property is a Class C FELONY....