WHATELY — Following a litany of alleged violations of a 2023 order and conditions on a dangerous dog, the Selectboard ordered that its owner cannot license a dog in Massachusetts for five years.

With Police Chief James Sevigne Jr. laying out “numerous incidents” in which Denise Donohue allegedly violated a Selectboard order requiring her dog, a boxer named Miles, be confined to her property after many residents alleged she was accessing their properties, often with the dog off a leash.

Sevigne told the Selectboard on Monday that the Whately Police Department has received several complaints from residents, as well as reports of incidents in Sunderland, Holyoke and Northampton, from July 4, 2023 through May of this year, which culminated in the seizure of the dog on May 29 after “impeding traffic” in town for an hour and 45 minutes.

“The order is that the dog is not supposed to be off of your property, period,” said Selectboard Chair Fred Baron, emphasizing this includes other towns. “It is up for us to take up because it is a violation of our order.”

Donohue said most of the alleged incidents happened near her house and emphasized Miles is an old dog that is “not out to get anybody.”

Baron said he was willing to give Donohue “the benefit of the doubt” when it came to violations around her neighborhood, but she has also allegedly been violating the order outside of Whately, too.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter has custody of Miles, but he is “more or less in quarantine” because he is unvaccinated and is “too volatile” toward staff, according to Kyle Dragon, who is the regional animal control officer.

“The shelter was not willing to put individuals at risk,” Dragon said, adding that the Turners Falls shelter would not rehome or transfer the dog due to its demeanor.

Due to the nature and number of violations, Baron and fellow board members Julie Waggoner and Joyce Palmer-Fortune voted to prohibit Donohue from licensing a dog within Massachusetts for five years, which is allowable under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 140, Section 157. Donohue intends to appeal the decision.