Crawfordsville, Indiana

§91.03 DOMESTIC PET CARE STANDARDS.

Each owner or agent having custody or charge of, harboring, or exercising control over a domestic pet shall provide the following minimum standards of care for each such animal:

(F)   If a domestic pet is chained or tethered, the chain or tether shall not weight more than one-eighth of the animal’s body weight, shall be at least ten feet in length and have swivels on both ends, so as to reduce the likelihood of entanglement. A chain or tether used to restrain a domestic pet must, by design and placement, be unlikely to become entangled.

(G)   No domestic pet shall be kept or maintained on a tether for a period of more than ten continuous hours, nor for no more than 12 hours in any 24 period, nor for any duration under conditions which threaten the health or well being of the domestic pet.