If you have a dog

[TomK]

Ken - it's illegal and is hardly going to improve the situation because they'll just get another dog. They've done that in the past. The humane society took one of their dogs (the tenants actually surrendered it) and within a day or two another was there. And even if I were sick and disturbed enough to deliberately poison a dog, what's to stop someone else's pet, including my own, also eating the poison? Let's be clear - it's the neighbouring tenants that have caused the problem.

Look, the dog attacked several people in April last year, humane society were called and after that the dog was kept under control for several months. In fact the tenants next door became very reasonable neighbours, took care of their yard and control of their dog/s. The situation seemed to be sorted. Since the new year the dog is attacking everyone again and despite their assurances the dog will be tied up or put in a kennel, that has not happened. It is clear they do not intend to control it. Last week, as I mentioned, the dog attacked a couple of neighbours in the street, one of the tenants ran out and got control of the dog and said he'd tie it up. Just three or four hours later I was attacked by the very same dog in my own yard.

MarkP - just want to apologise if I over-reacted to an earlier post of yours. It wasn't my intention to upset you but as you can imagine I have been rather stressed in recent times and when I was being badgered for info that I could not possibly have for many others, plus is not in my interest to divulge anyway (e.g., think possible upcoming lawsuit and privacy concerns) I might have misread your post, so my apologies for that.

Tom
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