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And it's turning into a dog war.
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Carroll got into trouble with the county when he agreed to look after his son Adam's two dogs. Carroll's son is overseas fighting in Iraq.
The soldier is scheduled to return home in December, and his father says he is determined to make sure that when his son returns from his tour of duty, the dogs are waiting for him.
Carroll already had three dogs of his own. With five dogs, the county said he had two dogs too many.
“If my son's in Iraq, I can't watch his dogs according to the county,” Carroll said.
The county says with five dogs Henry's running a kennel, which he is not licensed to do. When he asked the county to clarify the definition of a kennel, he says he got several different answers.
“I said, 'I want to see the law I’m breaking; show it to me.'”
He said a county official gave him an ordinance, which defines a kennel as any place with eight or more where dogs or cats are fed, sheltered and watered.”
But he says another county document sent to him defines a kennel as any premises where four or more dogs are kept commercially or as pets.
Carroll got the Army to write a letter saying two of the dogs belonged to his son, but county officials didn't buy it.
They said, “Since Adam didn't sign it, it really might not be valid because it was signed by his platoon leader.”
Carroll now takes his fight to keep all five dogs to the Cumberland County Board of Adjustment. They meet Thursday night.
Meanwhile, he said if he's forced to give up any dogs it will be two of his animals. He said he's rather do that than break a promise to his son.
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