Woman Faces Fine For Pink Poodle Dyed To Help Raise Awareness For Breast Cancer

[Catty1]

[IRescue452]

She should work on changing the law so that animals are not allowed to be SOLD dyed.

[sparks19]

She should work on changing the law so that animals are not allowed to be SOLD dyed.

exactly...many places have a law prohibiting coloring animals to sell them (chicks and bunnies at easter)

Yes she should have fought to change the law instead of just breaking it repeatedly... but it is a poorly worded law I think. It would save a lot of resources and a lot of frustration for the city and the townspeople who dye their pets using safe practices.

I mean... she uses Beet juice to dye her dog... big deal. What if I was canning Beets and I knocked it over and fluffy was underneath and got an instant dye job. should I be fined? lol

I know it's not the same as this story but it's kind of silly none the less.

[jennielynn1970]

The one stylist at the salon I had gone to had dyed his standard poodle pink. It matched his pink corvette. It was a bit over the top, but he always swore it was animal friendly dye, and he had a thing about his "accessories" matching. They even had his picture in the paper and a story about him, his dog and all that.

Not sure what happened to him or his dog... that salon was super expensive, and the stylists drank more wine while cutting hair than the patrons. I'll take my stylist sober, thank you!

[finn's mom]

As long as it's a law, she should obey it. If she wants to get the law changed or reworded, I'm all for that. But, until then, she should expect to pay a fine if she continues to do it. I honestly wouldn't think "breast cancer awareness" if I saw a pink dog. She would probably increase awareness if she put her dog in a tee shirt that had the logo on it, or the pink ribbon or something to that effect.

[Twisterdog]

Why? Lots of people dye chickens and rabbits for Easter using toxic colours which can harm the animals health. It is put into place to protect animals, it is an excellent law.

Who should be the one who decides which dye job is acceptable? Justice is supposed to be blind right?

Then the law should state that it is illegal to dye an animal using toxic dye. It needs to be more specific.

There is absolutely nothing cruel or wrong about dying a dog's coat with a non-toxic dye. What is the difference is saying you will be fined for putting some green Kool Aid on your dog for St. Patrick's day, and saying you will be fined for shaving your dog's tail to look like a lion's tail, or giving a dog a mohawk? How about dressing your dog up in clothes or painting it's toenails? It's simply silly.

IMO, the resources of the animal control agencies and the legal system would be put to FAR better use by spending their time and money investigating and prosecuting people who torture, neglect, beat, fight and starve their pets, than someone who is dyed a poodle pink to raise money for a charity. Common sense is severly lacking here.