Spring Bow Wow

With its walkability and year-round
sunshine, WeHo indeed is an appealing
place to enjoy an excursion with
a canine companion. Walking dogs is
good for exercise and people-watching.
Plus, dogs are famously helpful
the prowl—just the thing to help two
single population might be one reason
spend most nights alone, who better to
snuggle up with than a friendly Fido?
So how many dogs are there in West
that many owners don’t comply
with county requirements to regis-
-
-
an estimate of the number of WeHo
households with dogs. That estimate
is 7,001, which amounts to about 30
percent of the city’s households. (And
then there are the 7,113 households
dog cred, note that pets in West Hollywood
are adopted or bought from indi-
(which too often are supplied by puppy
mills). That’s just one notch on the col-
islation,
some of which has caused the
which was more symbolic than practi-
2001
nicipal
code references to pet “owners”
to say “guardians” instead. Then-
Mayor Jeffrey Prang told the Los
Angeles Times that the change had a
“symbolic purpose.”
2008
WeHo prohibited renting out cats and
dogs. Not that anyone in WeHo was
renting out cats and dogs.
BUT STILL, IT’S
GOOD TO KNOW
THAT PEOPLE
CAN’T PIMP THEIR
PETS.
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