Donna1969
Boxer Insane
Ok..I have cooled down as this happened yesterday. I went to the City Hall to get Carson's dog license. In my town dogs don't have to be registered until 6mths of age. I had gone down when Carson was about 4 months old. I *WANTED* to license him early in case he got loose, they'd be able to get his tag number and contact me. They would not do it saying he was too young.
Flash forward to yesterday. Carson was neutered on Tuesday and I remembered I happen to have his rabies cert and neuter cert from the vet in my purse. I was heading down town anyway and figured I'd license him. I tell them I want to do a new dog license (NOT a renewal)..the City Clerk tells me she's going to have to charge me a "late fee" for licensing him late as the licenses are due on July 1st..What the h*ll??!! Its a NEW registeration..not a late renewal. I explain that he will turn 6 months on July 22nd, that I don't even HAVE to do it today..I could wait until the 6mth mark. And that I had come down 2 months earlier and was turned away since he was too young. She said even still, I'd have to pay the late fee then..since they are due on 7/1. I said so, should I wait until July 1st of NEXT year to do a new license on him then and risk Animal Control coming to my house and fineing me $75 for an unlicensed dog? She said to me thats up to you. If you did it next year, there would be no late fee if I did it BY 7/1..ok..THIS woman is stupid. I guess she didn't get the fact that he is a NEW puppy..his FIRST time getting a dog license, that he was NOT late! I explained again..she went threw her speal again about being late but she'd "waive" the late fee...(ok..talking to her was like talking to a pot of squash!)..and then..
I had over his rabies & neuter certs (they BOTH have his name, age, color, breed and sex along with MY name address and phone number). She proceeds to ask me every single thing that was ON the papers, his name, age, etc and all my info. She comes to color..I say White, she asks breed (mind you this is ALL on those papers in very obvious places) I say Boxer. She looks at me over her glasses with this "look". Then she starts the next set of papers and again asks me all the same ?'s..I repeat the same answers. I had over the license fee, she hands me his new tag and license paper. I look it over and WHAT!! Under color is says White, but next to breed it says PIT BULL! I say to her there's a mistake here you wrote Pit Bull, it should be boxer. She again looks over her glasses at me and said..."Lets be honest with each other, shall we? You and I both know there is no such thing as a white boxer and that you are trying to pass off a pitt bull as a boxer for liability reasons!" I WAS LIVID! I said "ohh really, my last dog was a licensed dog in this town and she was a WHITE BOXER and if you pull her info you'll see that is exactly how she is stated. She comes back with well whomever registered her for you must have had no idea there's no white boxers only brown ones. She refused to change the breed to Boxer! I had no one to go to next as she is top dog (no pun) she IS the Town Clerk and oversees dog licenses! I insisted he was a boxer and I wanted him registered as such! She tells me she'l have the Animal Control officer take a look at the dog and decide whether or not his a Pitt or Boxer! Our animal control couldn't distinguish an elephant from a hummingbird!
I went home..furious! I grabbed all Carson's paper work from the vet, his pet insurance, his microchip paperwork..everything I had(he is not AKC registered since his breeder follows ABC and doesn't give papers to register white pups) it all says boxer in the breed section. I also printed off some pics of white boxers, info on white boxers etc and marched right back down to City Hall. Pretty much threw the paperwork at her and demanded that she change it immediatly. (we do not have BSL's in my city). She hemmed and hawed and said she still thinks I am full of balogna and that he's a pitt! I marched into the Mayors office and asked to speak with him (his brother (or BIL) owns boxers) and explained what was going on..
Needless to say..I won and Carson is registered in my town as a white Boxer..(ohh and the Mayor even complimented me on how gorgeous my two boxers were. He lives down the road from me and passes my house daily
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Flash forward to yesterday. Carson was neutered on Tuesday and I remembered I happen to have his rabies cert and neuter cert from the vet in my purse. I was heading down town anyway and figured I'd license him. I tell them I want to do a new dog license (NOT a renewal)..the City Clerk tells me she's going to have to charge me a "late fee" for licensing him late as the licenses are due on July 1st..What the h*ll??!! Its a NEW registeration..not a late renewal. I explain that he will turn 6 months on July 22nd, that I don't even HAVE to do it today..I could wait until the 6mth mark. And that I had come down 2 months earlier and was turned away since he was too young. She said even still, I'd have to pay the late fee then..since they are due on 7/1. I said so, should I wait until July 1st of NEXT year to do a new license on him then and risk Animal Control coming to my house and fineing me $75 for an unlicensed dog? She said to me thats up to you. If you did it next year, there would be no late fee if I did it BY 7/1..ok..THIS woman is stupid. I guess she didn't get the fact that he is a NEW puppy..his FIRST time getting a dog license, that he was NOT late! I explained again..she went threw her speal again about being late but she'd "waive" the late fee...(ok..talking to her was like talking to a pot of squash!)..and then..
I had over his rabies & neuter certs (they BOTH have his name, age, color, breed and sex along with MY name address and phone number). She proceeds to ask me every single thing that was ON the papers, his name, age, etc and all my info. She comes to color..I say White, she asks breed (mind you this is ALL on those papers in very obvious places) I say Boxer. She looks at me over her glasses with this "look". Then she starts the next set of papers and again asks me all the same ?'s..I repeat the same answers. I had over the license fee, she hands me his new tag and license paper. I look it over and WHAT!! Under color is says White, but next to breed it says PIT BULL! I say to her there's a mistake here you wrote Pit Bull, it should be boxer. She again looks over her glasses at me and said..."Lets be honest with each other, shall we? You and I both know there is no such thing as a white boxer and that you are trying to pass off a pitt bull as a boxer for liability reasons!" I WAS LIVID! I said "ohh really, my last dog was a licensed dog in this town and she was a WHITE BOXER and if you pull her info you'll see that is exactly how she is stated. She comes back with well whomever registered her for you must have had no idea there's no white boxers only brown ones. She refused to change the breed to Boxer! I had no one to go to next as she is top dog (no pun) she IS the Town Clerk and oversees dog licenses! I insisted he was a boxer and I wanted him registered as such! She tells me she'l have the Animal Control officer take a look at the dog and decide whether or not his a Pitt or Boxer! Our animal control couldn't distinguish an elephant from a hummingbird!
I went home..furious! I grabbed all Carson's paper work from the vet, his pet insurance, his microchip paperwork..everything I had(he is not AKC registered since his breeder follows ABC and doesn't give papers to register white pups) it all says boxer in the breed section. I also printed off some pics of white boxers, info on white boxers etc and marched right back down to City Hall. Pretty much threw the paperwork at her and demanded that she change it immediatly. (we do not have BSL's in my city). She hemmed and hawed and said she still thinks I am full of balogna and that he's a pitt! I marched into the Mayors office and asked to speak with him (his brother (or BIL) owns boxers) and explained what was going on..
Needless to say..I won and Carson is registered in my town as a white Boxer..(ohh and the Mayor even complimented me on how gorgeous my two boxers were. He lives down the road from me and passes my house daily
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Well Good for you and Carsy! Hopefully next July will be better just don't be late! 
