Captain Ginyu
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Hey all!I'm writing this because I am increasingly becoming concerned about how my crazy bitch neighbor has become. We have been renting a house for over two years now, and up until recently, I have been getting along very well with everyone on my street including her.
Less than a year ago, I bought a female chocolate lab puppy for my 5 year old son, who is autistic. My wife & I thought this would be good for him, since he has no brothers or sisters, & it turned out to be wonderful, since he has bonded with her, & is very happily attached to her. She has no training, but somehow she instinctively keeps a watchful eye over him, And when outside playing or walking, they are never far apart.
Well, now that she's not a puppy anymore & she weighs approx 50 lbs, things started to get difficult, especially with one of my neighbors. Even though I said she is not a puppy anymore physically, she is still a puppy at heart. And she still loves to do many of the things that puppies do. One morning I was taking in the garbage cans, and I saw my neighbor was walking with her lab out on the street, and my dog rushed past me out of the fence door to go greet her, & the other dog. In the melee, my dog brushed up against her, & one of it's paws might have stepped on her toes. My neighbor rolled her eyes up like she is losing patience with my dog's friendly demeanor, & she started mumbling some words/profanities in a hushed voice that I couldn't quite make out. A few weeks go by, and I saw the neighbor doing some yard work, & I said hello. She then approached me & said that her leg, hip, & toes are sore because my dog nearly knocked her down awhile back, & that she has already been to the doctor's office, & started talking about she got X-Rays, a CT scan, etc. & that she's trying to recover. I didn't respond or admit to her allegations, (there wasn't anyone else around, only my wife), only that I hope she is feeling better. At this point, I'm already starting to feel that something isn't right.
A few more weeks go by without incident, I always see her doing yard work, mowing, etc. we say hello, if my dog was oustside, she would run up to her, but I made sure she didn't touch or jump at the neighbor. (I already started realizing I need to leash this dog). We had short friendly conversations, she brought up the prior incident in passing once or twice, but everything seemed okay & on the mend. It was actually yesterday when the bombs fell. I had just picked up my son from school. I was going to bring him and the dog outside to play some tennis ball fetch, but first I made sure the neighbor wasn't out. Well, after I threw the first ball the neighbor comes stampeding out of her house screaming at me, "Get that goddam dog on a leash, you have shouldn't have the right to own one in the first place!" Amongst additional obscenities & cursing me out, she says she's over 60, she's injured from my dog, & that if she gets hurt again "There's gonna be trouble!" And of course all this commotion gets my dog's attention & she tries to run up to say hello, but I intercept my dog, & try to diffuse the situation, & ask my neighbor to calm down, & if my dog did anything on her yard, I would pick it up promptly.
Well, for sure my dog's on the leash forever now. But it seems she's not calming down much now. Because now I know she's on a PR campaign telling the neighbors, about how terrible we are, an aggressive dog, & all the other shit. The only thing I am happy about is the fact, I kept my composure & didn't respond in kind, (Although I did want so much to tell her to STFU, go home & smoke one).
I am worried a bit now because she knows our landlord, & I don't want any problems, & I certainly don't want this in the courts, either. So what now? I mean in a worse cas scenario, if she did try to concoct something & sue me, I am already going through bankruptcy procedures because I lost my business, & we will be going through foreclosure soon enough. What the hell can she get anyways? I'm not even working, so why try to squeeze blood out of a rock?
If anyone knows some legal stuff, I would appreciate some input, anyone? Thanks for reading!
