New law that should be made for cat/dog owners.

I've been thinking really hard about this, and I sort of thought of a new law they should make for cat/dog owners.

When it's time for my cats to have there yearly checkup, their vet will send a notice in the mail one month before the checkup. If they do not go to their checkup, another notice will be sent out a month after the checkup was supposed to be. If they still dont go, the vet stops sending notices and you dont hear from them again, not even a phonecall to ask why the cats havent been in.

I know of a family who has a cat, it must be over 10 years old. I know for a fact that cat has not been to a vet in at least 8 years, has a history of bad UTI, has matts on it's body from never being groomed, and has had very bad flea infestations, so im not surprised if it's full of internal parasites. It has had contact with many stray cats, so it could even have aids or leukemia.

This cat did at one point see a vet to be neutered and vaccinated, because he was adopted from a shelter. But I HATE the fact after that the vet has no idea what happened to the cat after, since they arent required to "check up' on the pet if it hasnt seen a vet in a long time. If they know how the cat is now, surely they would say get your cat in now ASAP no excuses!

My idea is, if they made a law that lets say every 1-2 years your pet MUST see a vet or someone will come to your house and "check up" on your pet. So if you dont take your pet to the vet in a given time, they have a right to take neglected pets like this and get them the care they need, and be re-homed if adoptable, and the neglectful owners could be banned from owning any more pets. That would save ALOT of pets being neglected or abused.

Also, make it mandatory (and cheaper) that ALL pets MUST be microchipped.
Heck, I think pets should be "registered" for each household, just like we are, the government knows each and every person in each house. So why not keep track of the pets too? If a pet is abandoned, that person will have broken the law and be fined.

Offcourse, I can think of some flaws.

#1- If you take in a stray from outside, how will they know you have the new animal if you dont bring it to the vet?

#2- Puppies or kittens, again unless the vet sees your dog/cat pregnant, they'll never know of the new additions.

#3- Moving, you could move away and not tell your vet where you moved.
Offcourse if you must "register" your pets in a household, this wont be a problem.

Mabye my idea sounds crazy, but it's the reason behind it that makes me wish is existed. I see alot of good having strict laws like that for the animals well being.

BUT if you NEVER make an appointment because you dont care about the animal and they suffer, is that really fair to the animal? Not everyone knows to be kind.

It's that attitude that makes millions of animals homeless and suffering. People say its there animal and there business, yet not all people are in the interest of the animal.

So suffering pets go unnoticed until it's too late..

That needs to change!

And some vets already make house calls, thats not new.

A neighbor reported a case of dog abuse on my block, the dog was being starved and had no water, it had heat exhaustion, it was easy to see right from looking at the dog.

The ASPCA was called twice, they NEVER showed up to even investigate the abuse.

The people moved soon after.

So that kinda made me fly off the handle because even the laws we have today arent always working.

And as far as "big brother" we already have that here, dont think for one second when your outside that nobody can be watching you without you knowing. (mostly for wanted people though)

I see most of you disagree with my idea, which is ok because it's your opinion.

But is there a way you can "fine tune" my idea into something you think COULD work based on my idea, something that doesnt exist as of now. I'm sure you have good ideas


Also speaking of weird laws did you hear about the one that may/may not exist (not sure) that limits when your dog is allowed to bark and for how long, talk about weird laws!

Each state has different laws, mabye i'm used to having stricter laws than some other states?

What I meant to say in general, was that if your pet needed to see a vet every 2 years or so (if it was mandatory), I wasnt particularly saying for vaccines. Just a routine checkup to see if your cat is healthy and not being neglected, thats all. Overall body check,weight,heart,lungs, mabye fecal just in case. A vet can tell if your pet is neglected to a certain degree so that visit could potentially save a neglected/abused pets life. And I dont mean small matts in a dog/cat with a long coat,lol or 2 pounds overweight, vets know an animal wont always be "perfect"

If your cat has a medical history and cant come in as often, or you cant afford it, there are always payment plans for that or you would discuss it with the vet to think of a plan, and a vet would have written down about your cat/dogs medical condition if that affects it coming in every so often.


I agree you shouldnt be forced to have them vaccinated every year, as you see I never mentioned vaccines in my original post for that reason. But I do think they should be vaccinated every so often if they go outside or are NOT fixed, because thats how diseases can be transmitted easily.

So really seeing a vet every 2 years isnt so bad really if you think about it. Afterall unlike us, pets cant shop for themselves or take medication on their own or tell us if they dont always feel good. Internal problems are sometimes hard for an owner to even notice.

I know most of you will gasp at this, but it sounds like where Siggav lives people are forced to be more responsible for their pets, and as unfair as it seems to the people with all those laws, knowing you could get a fine or something scares the people so most of them are afraid to break the law. But at least the pets probably are cared for better.