If you have a dog

[TomK]

Quick update on my situation - this evening while driving in and out of their driveway, my bad neighbor has been shouting obscenities. This happens when he's at the closest point to my house (I don't have the energy to describe the geography). He's either shouting at his car, a passenger or my house. I called one of the good neighbors and mentioned this. I now have the police case number, the name of the officer involved and the knowledge that the police wanted to be told if there was any retaliation or escalation of the situation.

Right now I don't know for certain the obscenities were aimed at me so haven't called the police, that might be counter-productive. On the other hand, although I think the dogs are still there, there has been no barking this evening so they seem to be restrained for now, which is all we ever wanted. The other neighbors have also switched on all their outside lights for the time being, just in case this escalates - show of support I think plus a sign that we're all on alert. Jeeze, I love those neighbors!

Carey - thanks so much for the advice you offered a few posts above. Really appreciate that. I do have one question though:

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Definitely involve the landowner...believe it or not, if they are notified of the dangerous dog & do nothing, they, as the land owners, have liability. If there is a property management, they should also be involved... and I do mean INVOLVED. most likely the dogs are not complying with the rental agreement... most have boilerplate inclusions against dangerous/unlawful activities & if the police have been involved, most likely the lease has been broken!

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I know every lease will have different rules, but in general if a renter breaks the lease, can they be evicted immediately or do they still have to be given notice?

I only ask because I'm trying to figure out what might be going on next door but am not planning on asking them!

Thanks again, everyone!

Tom
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