An Oroville woman was put on probation after her dogs chased a neighbor.
Elizabeth Miller shouldn’t have to be worried anymore about being attacked by her neighbor’s dogs while walking home from the school bus stop.
Three dogs belonging to an Oroville woman were deemed potentially dangerous after consistent reports of the dogs escaping the yard, barking and chasing neighbors.
The owner, Tanya Wilson of 1475 18th St. in Oroville, has been put on probation and had to meet eight required conditions in order to keep her three dogs according to a Butte County Animal Control report narrative:
- $100 annual fee for a dangerous dog permit for each dog
- Rabies vaccination and county license must be kept up to date
- Dogs must be microchipped at owner’s expense
- Dogs must be sterilized within 30 days
- Animals should be kept in kennel they can’t escape
- Owner must post dangerous dog sign on property at all access points
- No other dogs are allowed on the property at any time for three years
- Owner must purchase $100,000 liability insurance
Butte County Animal Control received over 20 reports about the dogs from neighbors since November 2014, according to Lynette Brennan, an animal control officer for Butte County.
According to Brennan:
Brennan visited Wilson’s property three months ago after receiving a phone call from Wilson’s neighbor Melanie Miller. Miller said that her daughter Elizabeth had been chased home from the school bus stop by three dogs.
“I was walking down 18th Street to my house when the three dogs started barking and growling at me,” said Elizabeth Miller in her statement. “They ran into the field and were barking and acting like they were going to charge.”
When Brennan arrived at Wilson’s house, no one was home and five dogs were loose in the front yard.
Wilson told Brennan the dogs – Doobie, D.O.G and Tank – were in the house when she left and that she had not been gone for long. Wilson admitted to seeing Doobie and D.O.G. chase after and bark at a bicyclist but that “they only barked and did not try to bite the man.”
Brennan said she later informed Wilson that the dogs’ reported behavior is considered aggressive and could escalate to biting. She then issued a citation for Doobie, D.O.G and Tank for running at large and for having annoying or harassing behavior. Brennan also cited Wilson for not having up to date rabies vaccination or licenses for her other dogs, Kokomo and Brodie.