Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 956 - Regulation and Licensing of Dog Kennels

• Accredited veterinarian: means a veterinarian accredited by the United States department of agriculture. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Adult dog: means a dog that is twelve months of age or older. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
• Animal rescue for dogs: includes an individual or organization that offers spayed or neutered dogs for adoption and charges reasonable adoption fees to cover the costs of the individual or organization, including, but not limited to, costs related to spaying or neutering dogs. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Animal shelter for dogs: means a facility that keeps, houses, and maintains dogs such as a dog pound operated by a municipal corporation, or by a county under Chapter 955 of the Revised Code, or that is operated by a humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization that is devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of dogs and other animals. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Boarding kennel: means an establishment operating for profit that keeps, houses, and maintains dogs solely for the purpose of providing shelter, care, and feeding of the dogs in return for a fee or other consideration. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dog broker: means a person who buys, sells, or offers to sell dogs at wholesale for resale to another or who sells or gives one or more dogs to a pet store annually. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Enrichment: means any modification in the environment of a confined dog that seeks to enhance the dog's physical and psychological well-being by providing stimuli that meets the dog's breed-specific needs. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Exercise: means activity that allows a dog to extend to full stride, play, and engage in other types of mentally stimulating and social behaviors. See Ohio Code 956.01
• High volume breeder: means an establishment that keeps, houses, and maintains six or more breeding dogs and does at least one of the following:

  (1) In return for a fee or other consideration, sells five or more adult dogs or puppies in any calendar year to dog brokers or pet stores;

  (2) In return for a fee or other consideration, sells forty or more puppies in any calendar year to the public; or

  (3) Keeps, houses, and maintains, at any given time in a calendar year, more than forty puppies that are under four months of age, that have been bred on the premises of the establishment, and that have been primarily kept, housed, and maintained from birth on the premises of the establishment. See Ohio Code 956.01

• Humane society: means an organization that is organized under section 1717. See Ohio Code 956.01
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Medical kennel for dogs: means a facility that is maintained by a veterinarian and operated primarily for the treatment of sick or injured dogs. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Pet store: means an individual retail store to which both of the following apply: the store sells forty or more puppies or adult dogs in any calendar year to the public; and with regard to the sale of a dog from the store, the sales person, the buyer of a dog, and the dog for sale are physically present during the sales transaction so that the buyer may personally observe the dog and help ensure its health prior to taking custody. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Puppy: means a dog that is under twelve months of age. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Research kennel for dogs: means a facility housing dogs that is maintained exclusively for research purposes. See Ohio Code 956.01
• Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
• Thermoneutral zone: means the range of ambient temperature in which a dog is able to maintain normal body temperature without a change in metabolic rate. See Ohio Code 956.01
• United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Veterinarian: means either a veterinarian licensed in this state under Chapter 4741 of the Revised Code or a veterinarian licensed out of this state by an applicable state entity. See Ohio Code 956.01