Leash Your Four - Legged friends or face fines

A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH A DOG THAT WASN'T ON A LEASH... HAS ONE AREA WOMAN WANTING TO PASS ALONG A REMINDER...THAT COULD KEEP PETS AND PET OWNERS SAFE. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. A FARGO WOMAN CALLED OUR WHISTLE BLOWER HOTLINE AFTER A SCARE WHILE OUT ON A WALK WITH HER DOGS. SHE SAYS AN UN-LEASHED DOG APPROACHED HER AND HER DOGS, SCARING ALL THREE OF THEM... ALL WHILE ITS OWNER LOOKED ON WITH LITTLE CONCERN. VALLEY NEWS TEAM'S CORNELIUS HOCKER TALKS TO SOMEONE WHO SAYS THE CHANCES OF HAVING DOG ENCOUNTERS LIKE THIS WOULD DECREASE IF PEOPLE FOLLOWED LEASH LAWS. MANY DOG OWNERS SAY IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE PARK WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE'S DOG NOT ON A LEASH. "I GUESS I'VE NEVER REALLY NOTICED ANYBODY TO REALLY ENFORCE IT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST LET THEIR DOGS RUN UP TO THE FENCE." THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT CITIES ACROSS THE VALLEY HAVE LEASH LAWS ON THE BOOKS. "WHAT THE LEASH LAWS STATES IS THAT ANY DOG OR CAT HAS TO BE ON A PHYSICAL LEASH WHEN IT'S OFF AN INDIVIDUALS PROPERTY. THAT LEASH HAS TO BE SIX FEET OR LESS. ELECTRONIC LEASHES ARE NOT CONSIDERED A LEASH." IN FARGO, A CITATION FOR NOT HAVING YOUR POOCH OR KITTEN ON A LEASH WILL SEND YOU TO A JUDGE, WHO CAN IMPOSE A FINE OF FIFTY DOLLARS OR MORE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE BEEN CITED FOR NOT LEASHING YOUR PET. TRISTA STOCK ADOPTED HER DOG MONTHS AGO. STOCK SAYS HAVING HER DOG ON A LEASH IS THE ONLY WAY THEY GO OUT IN PUBLIC. "I JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF UNPREDICTABLE. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TEMPERAMENTS. THEY ARE VERY PLAYFUL. THEY ARE BASICALLY JUST HUMANS IN DOG FORM. AND IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE PUTTING A LEASH ON YOUR PET, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THIS OPTION. "DOGS AND CATS CAN BE ON THAT PERSON'S PROPERTY WITHOUT A LEASH ON AS LONG AS THAT DOG OR CAT HAS BEEN TRAINED TO NOT LEAVE THE PERSON'S PROPERTY." CORNELIUS HOCKER. VALLEY NEWS LIVE. ALONG WITH LEASHING UP YOUR PETS, FARGO POLICE WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE.. DON'T LEAVE YOUR ANIMALS, OR CHILDREN FOR THAT MATTER, IN HOT CARS. EVEN ON DAYS WHEN MOST OF US WOULD CONSIDER IT MILD, IT CAN BE DANGEROUSLY HOT IN A CAR THAT'S TURNED OFF, EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN.