Hi all, recently my Kelpie and my neighbors Kelpie (brothers, 11months old) jumped a fence and rushed to 'say hello' to another dog on the street. While there was no attack as such, the fact the two do everything at full pace, I respect, can make other owners nervous. I will add at this point the neighbors dog has had complaint/s (at least 1 know of) previously so there is a history there. That dog has now been surrendered to Council (RIP Cody)

The other owner made a complaint to council. I spoke with the officer and she advised there would be a fine and someone would be in touch to assess my yard etc, fair enough. On the weekend, I receive a letter from Council that I must remove the dog from my house or surrender him. (I was told by the officer that any dog with a record cannot be re-homed, which means...)

As a first official offense, is this going too far? I feel my dog is being unfairly deemed as an 'attack dog' by association and several steps have been skipped. I have nowhere to send the pup, nor am I going to surrender him to die.

Does anyone have any advice or examples on how I might get council to review their stance?