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Commission orders fence and probation after repeated running-at-large complaints
Summary
After repeated complaints and a reported attack, commissioners placed two dogs on one-year probation and ordered a six-foot privacy fence to be built within two months; dogs must be man‑walked or kenneled until inspected.
The St. Joseph County Animal Patrol Commission imposed conditions on two dogs owned by James Aders (recorded as James Adderz in the file) of Mishawaka after multiple complaints about dogs running at large and a documented attack on another animal.
Aders, a retired police officer, told commissioners he had taken progressive steps—shock collars, an electric invisible fence and later new wire—after his dogs repeatedly jumped a…
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