The civil contempt of court application against Shelley Cuthbert has been lifted, as she is in compliance with a 2017 court order.

Cuthbert was in court Tuesday afternoon for a check-in on the contempt matter. She appeared by phone, saying she was in Tagish, and represented herself. Judge Paul Kane presided.

Cuthbert was taken to court by several of her Tagish neighbours for the noise her barking dogs made.

The neighbours won the case. Yukon Supreme Court Justice Leigh Gower imposed a court order that stipulated that Cuthbert can keep only two dogs as pets on her property. The dogs must be kept inside from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

She appealed Gower’s decision, lost, and publicly said she would not follow his order and would not surrender her 43 dogs.

She pledged to find somewhere else to operate her kennel if she had to.

As a result, the neighbours sought to have Cuthbert found in contempt for non-compliance. She eventually removed the dogs from the property.

Graham Lang, the lawyer representing Cuthbert’s neighbours, asked Kane to generally adjourn the contempt application since Cuthbert has complied with the order.

Lang noted Cuthbert has moved the dogs to a temporary location. He did not say where this is, but did say that she cannot bring the dogs back to her Tagish property for the winter if she cannot find an alternative.

Lang explained that the court order did not have a seasonal clause. If more than two dogs are returned to the property, that would be a breach of the court order.

Kane agreed, and officially withdrew the contempt application. He reinforced Lang’s note that more than two dogs cannot be brought back to her Tagish property. He asked if Cuthbert had anything to say.

“No, I’m fine,” Cuthbert replied.

Cuthbert has declined to publicly disclose where she has moved the dogs to.

A $1-million defamation suit she has filed against her neighbours was not discussed during Tuesday’s proceedings.