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What will happen to us b/c of the dog?
My brother is currently in jail. He left us with his dog. A 7 yr. old jack russell terrier. Recently, he bit someone and was taken in by animal control for days. My mom was given a fine, which she already paid for, and ordered to appear in court. Since then we have been tying him to the porch, but day he suck out while people were coming in and out of the house. I didn’t know the dog was outside until he came back to the house, starching at the door. Someone called animal control and they came. The man gave me a citation and order to appear in court. Does anyone know what might happen to me and my mother? Are we only going to fine or something else and do you know how much it might be? By the way we live in Georgia. I tried looking up dog laws and they are vague. I have spoken to the dog catcher but he won’t tell us anything either.
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I'm not exactly sure what will happen in court. I don't think anything too serious has occurred to bring about a major penalty. I will say this though. I would get that dog enrolled in some dog training classes ASAP. A number of things could have happened to him throughout his life to cause his behavior. Perhaps he was neglected, not trained properly or even trained to be aggressive. In any case you need to get him help from a professional if the problem is that bad so he doesn't endanger himself or anyone around him. All dogs can be trained to be well-behaved dogs, even a dog as old as 7. They just require a little love and training and a LOT of patience. Every animal deserves that chance and now that he is in a new home hopefully he will get that chance. Best of luck!
-Ali
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It's really difficult to say.
Another fine is by far the most likely, but it's also possible that you'll be found unable to care properly for the dog, in which case it'll be sent to the human society, but based on what you've written here, I doubt it's risen to that point yet.
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