The people just down the road from us is the reason for my rant! Why do people have dogs, if they are just going to chain them up outside, or keep them caged in small runs? In the 8 years I’ve lived here – I think I’ve seen someone out with them 4 times. They’ve gone through multiple dogs… I even called Animal Services a few years back when they had just an empty cardboard box for a chained dog on the coldest night of the year. Animal Services gave them a “warning” that the dog needed bedding (pine needles), and that water must be “liquid”… (It was frozen solid.) Two months later – the dog was gone. Now they have multiple dogs… Why? These dogs are laying on ground in this awful heat… The ticks and mosquitoes must be terrible. In the winter, when the temps are in the single digits - they must be unbearably cold. They have small dog wooden dog houses that look like they are falling apart. They must be getting water and food, as they are still alive. The chained dog can walk in a circle. The runs are so small that the dogs pretty much just pace. These dogs are pitts. I've known several pitts that were terrific family dogs. Kept inside.... well loved. These dogs look miserable. I'd like to give the owners a taste of their own medicine. Let them experience the crappy life they are offering these animals. I drive past them every day. I’m literally sickened by the thought of these poor dogs kept under these conditions for their entire lives. They are not pets. They are captives.