DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION

REGULATION NO. 129. DOG KENNELS

(By authority of section 10 of Act. No. 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, being

S287.270 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.)

R 285.129.1 Dog kennels.

Rule 1. (1) The following rule is hereby established to be effective on and after April

22, 1946:

(a) Any dog kennel which under Michigan state law is to be covered by a license shall

be of such construction as will adequately and comfortably house any dogs kept

therein at any season of the year. The buildings, including walls and floors, shall be

of such construction as to be readily cleaned, and kennels and yards connected

therewith used to confine

kennel dogs shall be kept cleaned and free from

accumulation of filth, mud, and debris.

(b) All dogs kept or maintained in connection with such kennels shall be furnished

with a clean, fresh water supply and adequate and proper food to maintain such animals

in a normal condition of health.

(c) The necessary inspections to be made under this rule to determine whether the

same has been complied with shall be made by the dog warden, if there be one,

otherwise by such person as may be appointed by the board of supervisors or the

legislative body of the government unit involved. If no such appointment is made and

in effect in any county, city, or village, then such inspection shall be made on behalf

of the commissioner of agriculture by the sheriff or chief of police.

(d) In all cases, upon such inspection being satisfactory, a certificate of inspection shall

be signed by such inspector on behalf of the commissioner of agriculture as

required by the act.

(2) The provisions of this rule shall not be effective in the counties of this state that are

operating under the provisions of section 16 of Act No. 79 of the Public Acts of 1933,

being S287.276 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, wherein the board of supervisors have

appointed a county dog warden with certain powers and duties, unless such counties

by a resolution duly adopted by the board of supervisors accept the provisions of Act

No. 245 of the Public Acts of 1945, being S287.261 et seq. of the Michigan

Compiled Laws.

History: 1979 AC.

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