Definitions.

(1) “Animal” means any brute creature, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, birds and reptiles; (2) “Chief Animal Control Officer”, “Assistant Chief Animal Control Officer” and “animal control officer” mean, respectively, the Chief State Animal Control Officer, the Assistant Chief State Animal Control Officer and a state animal control officer appointed under section 22-328 ; (3) “Commercial kennel” means a place maintained for boarding or grooming dogs or cats, and includes, but is not limited to, any veterinary hospital which boards or grooms dogs or cats for nonmedical purposes; (4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; (5) “Grooming facility” means any place, including any vehicle or trailer, that is maintained as a business where dogs are groomed; (6) “Keeper” means any person, other than the owner, harboring or having in his possession any dog; (7) “Kennel” means one pack or collection of dogs which are kept under one ownership at a single location and are bred for show, sport or sale; (8) “Municipal animal control officer” means any such officer appointed under the provisions of section 22-331 ; (9) “Pet shop” means any place at which animals not born and raised on the premises are kept for the purpose of sale to the public; (10) “Poultry” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-326s ; (11) “Training facility” means any place that is maintained as a business where dogs are trained; (12) “Service animal” has the same meaning as provided in 28 CFR 35.104 and includes any animal in training to become a service animal. “Kennel” defined. 84 C. 640. One who treats dog as living at his home and undertakes to control his actions is the owner, keeper or harborer. 117 C. 309; 119 C. 650. Both husband and wife within definition of “keeper”. Id. One having temporary custody of dog was not “keeper”. 126 C. 123. Defendants were “keepers” as a matter of law. 138 C. 718. Cited. 139 C. 628; 221 C. 14; 241 C. 319. Cited. 7 CA 19; 9 CA 495. Exercising control over the actions of a dog as well as feeding, watering, housing or otherwise caring for a dog can be evidence of “keeper” status. 120 CA 324. What constitutes harboring or having in possession. 5 CS 150. Owners of premises where dog was kept considered “keepers” and held liable for damage done by dog. 36 CS 156.