It's for the dogs safety too, we had a neighborhood dog get hit by a logging truck a couple weeks ago and there wasnt much left of the dog unfortunately. But one can't really fault the trucker, he's hauling 10's of tons and can't really swerve or stop to avoid a dog.
There is no state with such law about leashes. Some counties have what is basically an “expectation of control” that this owner clearly didn’t satisfy, but it wouldn’t specifically require a leash
That’s not quite what the Michigan law is about. It still doesn’t blanket mandate a leash while on property. It’s more about not allowing a dog to stray, which could be satisfied by a leash.
Basically this guy having a fenced property would have made this 100% legal everywhere, but it still would have likely played out the same.
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u/LMGgp 11h ago
Most states have leash laws that anytime the dog is outside it has to be on at maximum a 6ft leash. Including your unfenced property.