Neighbour Issue
Hey CP, I need some advice on an annoying neighbor issue.
A few months ago I was taking my room-mates dog for a walk and out of nowhere this other dog comes running out of a back yard (no fence) and attacks my roommates dog. It didn't look that vicious at first. More like a playground rough housing then a big scrap. So I checked my room-mates dog out and she seemed fine, and the owner of the other dog put it out of harms way very quickly. The dog that bit my room-mates dog was not tethered.
Later that night I was playing with my room-mates dog and she whelped. Took a closer look and she was bitten and had a 4 cm wound. She was taken to the vet and $250 later she was stitched up and walking like a drunken sailor. The next day the attack was reported and nothing really came of it.
Last week I found the same or similar dog (cuz things can change!) out on a different neighbors yard, untethered, obviously. Frustrated, I turned around and put my room-mates dog on a tether at home and walked to the neighbors house to chat. I informed him of the attack months ago and requested he put the dog on a tether. I also informed him that this is a courtesy conversation as next time I will contact the authorities. He said, "My dog doesn't bite." ... I left knowing this guy wasn't going to do squat.
The next day I talked to this guys next door neighbor and he said the dog poops in every ones yard and that the owner doesn't even live in the house but in the RV on the driveway.
Now I'm all for helping out people, however, when you have a guy like this freemaning it out on the parking pad, who owns a dog that attacked another dog and that's making a mess with everyones yard, and not doing anything to resolve the issue, what can be done?
I'm up for logical solutions and crazy ones!
Bylaw about the RV?
Bylaws about the dog?
I want this guy gone if possible. Can the actual owner of the house be notified and made aware of a possible fine?
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