Permitting an animal to remain on a person’s property does not assign him the status of an owner; a person must have some level of control over the animal. In Steinberg, a landlord was not harboring a dog even though he allowed tenants to keep it at his property because he had no contact with the dog and did not care for or assume responsibility of that animal. 501 N.E.2d at 1265. The court explains the statutory definition of harboring a dog: “one who undertakes to manage, control, or care for it as dog owners in general are accustomed to do.” Id. at 1265. The court concluded since he was not harboring the animal he is not an owner at the time of the injury. Id. at 1267. Similarly in Severson, the court held that under the Animal Control