01-14-2013, 04:34 PM
Thank you Carey and everyone else. This evening I emailed a friend in HPP about what happened today and since I'm quickly running out of energy I'll just cut-and-paste the relevant bits as an update for you. I've removed any names in the email.
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XXX (a neighbour) and I met with XXX (the property manager) this morning at the Humane Society. He was very sympathetic to the situation and also told us that two other neighbours had called him that morning about the dog situation. We filed a report with the Humane Society and they said they would send someone around today. I don't know if that happened.
[Property manager] is planning to evict the troublesome tenants, but has to give a 45-day notice, so this won't be quick. He said there are other options including going to court, but that could actually take longer. He also gave us a letter he sent to the tenants about the loose dogs which also included notice that he would be inspecting the property on the 18th (this Friday) to make sure they were in compliance about controlling the dogs. In any case, at the very worst, the lease runs out at the end of March and he will not renew the lease, but is trying to evict them before that.
Unfortunately, driving back home this evening on X Road, one of the tenants was just driving off the property, rather recklessly followed by her two dogs running after her car (once again, loose and out of control in the street). I slowed to a crawl and pulled over to give her space to pass and she swerved to avoid me, almost lost control but carried on. She was going like a bat out of hell and far too fast on a narrow dirt road like that. I then continued to drive towards my house and the two loose dogs ran back into the property.
Another neighbour saw this as well and was very angry - she has some small kids who could have been hit by the speeding neighbour (her kids have also been attacked by one of the dogs).
I suspect this behaviour is now deliberate. The tenants have been notified about the loose dogs, several times, yet do nothing about it despite a visit by the police and probably yet another visit by the Humane Society earlier today, although I don't know if the latter actually occurred.
So, hopefully the matter will be resolved soon, but as you can imagine we're all a little tense about the escalation and possible retaliation.
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Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/
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XXX (a neighbour) and I met with XXX (the property manager) this morning at the Humane Society. He was very sympathetic to the situation and also told us that two other neighbours had called him that morning about the dog situation. We filed a report with the Humane Society and they said they would send someone around today. I don't know if that happened.
[Property manager] is planning to evict the troublesome tenants, but has to give a 45-day notice, so this won't be quick. He said there are other options including going to court, but that could actually take longer. He also gave us a letter he sent to the tenants about the loose dogs which also included notice that he would be inspecting the property on the 18th (this Friday) to make sure they were in compliance about controlling the dogs. In any case, at the very worst, the lease runs out at the end of March and he will not renew the lease, but is trying to evict them before that.
Unfortunately, driving back home this evening on X Road, one of the tenants was just driving off the property, rather recklessly followed by her two dogs running after her car (once again, loose and out of control in the street). I slowed to a crawl and pulled over to give her space to pass and she swerved to avoid me, almost lost control but carried on. She was going like a bat out of hell and far too fast on a narrow dirt road like that. I then continued to drive towards my house and the two loose dogs ran back into the property.
Another neighbour saw this as well and was very angry - she has some small kids who could have been hit by the speeding neighbour (her kids have also been attacked by one of the dogs).
I suspect this behaviour is now deliberate. The tenants have been notified about the loose dogs, several times, yet do nothing about it despite a visit by the police and probably yet another visit by the Humane Society earlier today, although I don't know if the latter actually occurred.
So, hopefully the matter will be resolved soon, but as you can imagine we're all a little tense about the escalation and possible retaliation.
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Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/