Saline County, AR Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

02(1)(g) and (3), enacted by Ordinance No. 2014-009, singles out what the ordinance calls "Gripper Breeds": the American pit bull terrier, Staffordshire terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, any mixed-breed dog with the primary characteristics of a pit bull terrier, and, more rarely, the Dogo Argentino, Presa Canario and Cane Corso types. Any other breed the Quorum Court later declares by ordinance can be added to the list. A dog in that class must be confined securely on the owner's own property, including any common or limited common property of the development, or restrained with a leash meeting the 300-pound tensile-strength and six-foot maximum-length standard whenever it leaves that property; a dog left loose on someone else's lot is "unconfined" under the ordinance even if it never leaves Hot Springs Village.

Owners must also disclose on the mandatory dog registration whether their animal is a potential high-risk breed; failing to register or to disclose the breed draws a separate $50 to $100 fine, doubled for a repeat offense. If a high-risk breed dog is found running at large, animal control can seize it immediately and issue a court citation; if the District Court then finds the dog was not adequately confined, it must be declared vicious or nuisance and the owner must meet the full Section 2 conditions (muzzle, $100,000 liability insurance, spay or neuter, and animal-control verification) before the dog is released. Certified service and therapy dogs, working law-enforcement dogs, and registered show dogs actively competing are exempt from the high-risk breed confinement and leash rules.