nicky martin. >> dogs eating snow is access to water. >> sure? >> that is acceptable under the law for a dog to eat snow. >> reporter: according to virginia state code it is not. dogs are to have access to fresh potable water. of the drinkable temperature. martin says the dog's owner have not broken laws and in fact chaining dogs in appomattox is not against the law. animal advocates say that is arcake thinking. for an animal to live on the end acceptable. >> sandra says, people leak paxton are in the majority. she says the laws in virginia need to change. >> we have many people who are over the top you have the same mind set of folk whos see it as, it is just a dog. and they see them as disposable cree urs. >> sandra agrees. >> i think app mat accident county needs to wake up. i think that appomattox county the way they allow animals to be treated is terrible. >> >> patti: the dogs owner have not been charged. we reached to nicky martin on this case but did not hear back. if you would like to weigh in head to our facebook page. >> whitney: three