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Originally Posted by pstinard  Our next door neighbor has a puppy in a cage with no roof outside at the back of the property line, and it is currently sprinkling and 62 degrees. (See this link for our current conditions and forecast: https://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:61801.1.99999 ). The puppy is not a Yorkie--it's a larger breed--but it can't be more than two or three months old. It is crying continuously. We are expecting heavy rains beginning at 3 PM. There is someone at home next door who put the puppy outside under those horrible circumstances. My partner went over to check on the puppy and it was wet, crying, on wet ground, with poop all around it. I'm at work--my partner reported all of this to me over the phone. I wanted to call animal control immediately to report this, but my partner begged me not to. He told me to give the neighbors and chance to do the right thing. I will be home in 2 1/2 hours. I told him that if the puppy is still there when I get home, and if heavy rain is imminent, I'm calling animal control to get the puppy. I asked my partner if he was willing to go next door to speak with the neighbor about the puppy and he said no, he doesn't want to cause any trouble with the neighbors  . Also, he's leery about me calling animal control because the neighbors might know that we did it. How do people recommend I handle this situation? |
I called Animal control on my neighbor- the only one that hasn't bought a condo in our immediate area, but renting. She's retaliated several times, including trying to refuse our emergency plumber from turning off the water for 20 minutes. I actually had to call the ER HOA number. Her son even tried cracking our kitchen window several times.
I would do it over again in a heartbeat. They had a yorkie mix. She was darling, and who was pregnant, and she rejected her puppies. She had abuse before, during, and after pregnancy, too. They left a thing of butter out, and the puppies ate THAT, as well. They kicked the mama for rejecting them. I was told it happened several times. I wasn't privy to the kicking, so I'm not sure how many more times that happened; I was told about it from daughter little best friend who ended up buying in this complex. He saw. I've called on TWO neighbors. One who kept taking her dogs off leash and ended up attacking daughter trying to get to Chewie. She hoped all the dogs were friendly when she took them off leash, though! That one ran- daughter followed her. We tried to civilly work this out, and she was too much of a coward. But this neighbor who is doing that to these dogs? Yes, they might find out. I know. but if they are suffering, it's the right thing to do. I hope I don't sound pushy.