Prairie Village, Kansas

2-127. – TETHERING.

(a) It is unlawful to attach chains or other tethers, restraints or implements directly to a dog without the proper use of a collar, harness or other device designed for that purpose and made from a material that prevents injury to the dog.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to:

(1) Continuously tether a dog for more than one continuous hour. A dog may be tethered three hours total within a 24-hour time period providing there is a three hour break between each period of tethered time. For the purpose of tethering a dog, a chain, leash, rope or tether must be at least ten feet in length.

(2) Use a chain, leash, rope, collaring device, tether, which restricts the free movement of the animal (i.e., the device should not weigh more than one eighth of the animal’s body weight).

(3) Tether a dog in such a manner as to cause injury or strangulation, or entanglement of the dog on fences, trees, posts or other manmade or natural obstacles.

(4) Tethered for any length of time anywhere in the city when they are off the property of the person responsible for such animal.

(5) Tether without providing adequate care, food, shelter, and water as outlined in sections 2-126 and 2-128.