Not So Friendly Neighbors

This afternoon, Junior, Brandi and I went out to look at the garden. The neighbor was outside with her friend, and they had the dog out. After a minute they got up and went in, but left the dog outside. As soon as they shut the door, the dog took off towards us at a full run, growling.

Brandi lost it. She was hysterical, screaming, scared to death.

Junior picked her up, and I went to knock on the neighbors door. When she answered, I told her that her dog, who was biting my ankles while I spoke, had tried to get my child. She said, "oh, sorry". That was it. Her dog continued to bite at my ankles, and she said nothing. So I told her that she may have chosen to have a pit bull around her kid, but I have the right to chose NOT to have one around mine. She got pissy with me and told me that her dog would stay out of my yard if my cats stopped spraying in her yard.

Um, okay. My vicious attack cats versus your pit bull.

I don't think so.

She has no intention of tying up the dog, so I came inside and called the management company. It took me about 45 minutes to get the owners wife on the phone, and when I finally did, i broke down. I told her what had happened, and she said that Chase, her husband, had been out earlier in the week. but they weren't home. She said she would call him and see what to do, and that she would call me back.

Five minutes later she did, and said she had spoken to Josh, our neighbor, and he admitted to having the dog, and was "very apologetic" about what happened. The owner gave him five days to remove the dog from the premises, and in those five days, the dog is not to be outside unless it is on a leash. She said she would be out Friday to make sure the dog has been relocated.

So, when we came home before, Junior waved to Josh because he was outside, and he just turned away. Junior went out to fix the wipers on our van, and the both of them were sitting on their front porch, looking at the lease agreement. I am sure they are looking for a way to get us into trouble. So we are going to spend the weekend cutting grass, and cleaning up the toys from the yard.

Well, Sunday we'll do that. Tomorrow I am going to watch Alex dance.