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To Whom It May Concern: November 26, 2006 I am a homeowner who lives in Ahualoa that has been dealing with the neighborhood dogs for 10 years; I have lived here for 14 years. We have had 3 unwanted litters, all of which my female dog has been tied up, we have made complaints to the owners and to the Humane Society with no results, We were told that if we were to take the responsible party to court we would loose because we did not fix our dog, I also took pictures of my dog being tied at the time of conception in my property, but that did not change anything. The next litter gave us 16 puppies, and the last litter she had 4 puppies, but because she was so young she didn't know what to do and we ended up bottle feeding them every hour day and night for 2 weeks, we tried to get the other owner to help us with it because we were going on Vacation, he said that he would watch them, but as soon as I told him that he had to feed them every hour he replied with " I can't do that because I work".. We had hundreds of dollars in vet bills because of these puppies. Because I am an animal lover I just could not let these puppies die. We had to give our female rottweiler away to make sure that we didn't have this problem again. We now only get male dogs from the Humane Society that's already fixed. My next problems has been crapping in my yard, dogs with mange, chasing our cars and barking and howling at all hours of the night. I don't expect the dogs to be quite all day and all night, but if you have a dog that barks for no reason as a responsible dog owner you should have respect for the people that live around you... We ourselves have bought a collar that controls excessive barking, we have also put up a fence and a gate to keep the dogs out. My most recent incident (yesterday), I was in my house and heard screaming and dogs barking (including mine) I went to the top of my driveway and saw 4 or 5 of the neighbors dogs mauling something, at first it looked like a small child, I yelled for my husband to go and check, by this time I realized that it was a black pig with white hooves, which at first I thought that it was a small child with black pants and white socks, This was the end of me tolerating these dogs, I called the Humane Society and made a report. I don't think that with a leash law we should have to go to these extremes for irresponsible dog owners. If Hawaii would have harsher laws and actually enforce these laws, and have higher fines maybe irresponsible dog (animal) owners would HAVE to become responsible owners. Thank you, Pamela Solomon Contactinfo: Pamela A Solomon Po Box 1137 Honokaa, Hi 96727 (808) 775-1316