Ashlee: WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BOTH ACCIDENTS AT 6:44. GUY AND RHONDA? Guy: NEW THIS MORNING, WHAT IS A DANGEROUS DOG? DOG OWNERS IN ROYAL OAK WILL HAVE SOME NEW RULES TO FOLLOW, AND THAT WILL BE A KEY QUESTION. Rhonda: THE CITY IS HOLDING DOG OWNERS TO A HIGHER STANDARD. LAUREN PODELL JOINS US LIVE IN ROYAL OAK WITH WHAT DOG OWNERS NEED TO KNOW. GOOD MORNING! Lauren: GOOD MORNING! THOSE OF YOU WAKING UP IN ROYAL OAK WITH A FAMILY PET AT HOME, THE CITY DECIDED TO REVISIT THIS ORDINANCE. LAST YEAR ALONE, 32 REPORTS OF DOG BITES, 21 REPORTS OF VICIOUS ANIMALS THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. WHETHER IT'S A PIT BULL OR A YORKIE, THE BREED DOESN'T MATTER. THIS NEW ORDINANCE COULD CLASSIFY ANY DOG AS DANGEROUS. NEW THIS MORNING, THE CITY OF ROYAL OAK HAS GIVEN NEW TEETH TO THEIR LOCAL DOG ORDINANCE. PET OWNERS LEARNED DURING LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THEY'LL HAVE NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW. BUT SOME RESIDENTS DON'T WANT THAT SHORTER LEASH. ALL THIS LEGISLATION WILL DO IS HURT RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS AND PENALIZE US FOR DOING WHAT'S RIGHT AS OPPOSED TO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS THE IRRESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS. Lauren: THE CITY SAID THEIR GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VICIOUS DOG BITES AND REPORTS. EDUCATION IS THE BIG PART OF THIS. Lauren: IT WILL PUT DOGS IN THREE CLASSES: DANGEROUS, POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, AND OTHER. SO WOULD A DOG LIKE THIS BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS? THE NEW RULES SAY ONLY IF IT BITES OR A TAX A PERSON CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. BUT THESE ARE GUIDELINES THIS DOG OWNER IS READY TO FOLLOW. WHEN WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT, IT'S JUST US, AND I'LL LET HIM LOOSE A LITTLE BIT. WHEN OTHERS ARE OUT, I PULL HIM CLOSE, I DON'T WANT ANY INCIDENTS. Lauren: TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. IF YOUR DOG IS CLASSIFIED AS DANGEROUS, THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW, YOU AND YOUR PET. NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR ANIMAL. SECOND, PUT UP A FENCE AROUND YOUR HOME. THIRD, YOUR DOG WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE OBEDIENCE CLASS. AND FINALLY, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST $1 MILLION WORTH OF LIABILITY INSURANCE. THIS IS SOMETHING RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF ROYAL OAK WILL HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY TAKE UP WITH THE CITY. AGAIN, DOG OWNERS HERE IN ROYAL OAK WAKING UP TO A WHOLE NEW SET OF RULES THIS MORNING.