Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Who Let the Dogs Out?

No, seriously. Who who who who who is mean enough to take animals into their home and then mistreat them to the point that they leap over fences and bite people? The next-door neighbors of one of my supercute properties dripping with curb appeal own two of the loudest, most intimidating dogs ever. The only barrier between the neighbors and my house is a 1000 year old beaten down fence. The dogs can easily jump over the fence and they have. The pit bull has already leapt the fence once and bit one of the contractors working in the backyard. Each time a team from my company comes by we stand huddled together on the porch while my trembling hands attempt to open the lockbox and I curse myself for the 100th time for not keeping a spare key in the car.

Once the dogs bit the contractor, we called animal control and for a while the dogs were kept in a large shed in the backyard. However, when some workers went back a week ago to clear some debris out of the yard, the dogs were loose and so rambunctious that the workers sat for an hour waiting for them to calm down and just finally left. This upsets me because workers don't just come by and sit for an hour for free. We have to pay for that time. So I called animal control again and they told me that I would need a video of the dogs being aggressive in order for them to do anything. I'm not going over there to get a close-up of those dogs anytime soon, so I'm back at square one.

Any suggestions?

1 comments:

  1. have the contractors tape record the barking. Look up city statues on dogs--most will cite people if dogs bark more than 5 mins. Runako;s new iphone has a great voice record feature that can tape it as well...
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