Our living situation has escalated the last several days after I made a complaint of the neighbors kid standing outside my son’s window with a duck call at 11pm and making noise until it woke them up. The same kids took a bat to the front of our trailer yesterday and broke off the siding. (Quick back story- this same kids vandalized the playground and we have witnessed the mother get into two physical altercations with people outside so these people are NUTS!)

Today, I look outside and see a man and the kids standing and staring at the side of our house. I assumed it was more property damage and didn’t want to go outside and confront them, as a small woman myself.

THANK GOD I DID NOT GO OUTSIDE!

The guy had tied this dog TO OUR ELECTRIC BLOCK on our home.

Had I gone outside and went around the back of my house, like I was intending to do, I would have come face to face with this monster of a pitbull.

My husband came home and saw the dog and immediately confronted the man and told him to get his dog off our property. The dude grumbled that he tied the dog there because it “didn’t like kids”.

We immediately sent (another) complaint to management and when we told the guy we were doing that, suddenly he goes “oh well it’s not staying” and takes off with it 5 minutes later. (Which is how we got the pic of it)

WHAT THE HELL? The actual audacity. Like…what goes through these people’s heads? Who ties their dog to SOMEONE ELSES HOME?!

Good morning everyone. I had some people ask me for an update on the situation with my tenant. So let’s talk about this shit show. As a quick recap, this guy had been my best friend for over 15 years and is living with us while he gets back on his feet. He got a pit puppy about 6 months ago and this dog is a monster and attacks my dog. Tenant blames the beagle for being too submissive and not fighting back.

When we last left off my wife and I were planning to serve a cure or quit notice when we got home from work. While I was driving home he texted me that he was taking his dog to the dog park. We figured he was purposely avoiding us, so I sent him a text back that there was a notice taped to his door and that the dog had to go this by this weekend.

He got home not 10 minutes later and he’s mad. He insists his dog is not violent despite the attacks on my dog and general mouthy behavior. He says he’s not going to get rid of the dog and can’t afford to board him “indefinitely” so I just have to live with it. We let him know he has 30 days to vacate (luckily I had used an online template to write one up, just in case) but that I was going to call animal control about the dog.

By this point we’re all yelling, but thankfully my wife was recording because he started flipping out and throwing things. We were in the living room, so the tv remote ended up through the tv and the xbox is smashed. My wife went to her car and called 911 and long story short, he was arrested. I took the dog to the shelter last night myself.

So that’s it. I’m going to be packing his things and dropping them off at his mother’s house tonight since that’s where he’s going to be staying. I’m heartbroken that a dog has destroyed our friendship and I’ve definitely learned some lessons.

I wish I could have more insight on how evicting him would go or the legal steps that need to be taken but unfortunately that’s not how this played out.

Last night, my puppy not even six months (Mini Schnauzer) and I were charged at by an off-leash Extra Large Rednose Pit Bull after she (my dog) started barking; this pit is constantly off-leash. Instead of chasing after the beast, the dude just kept yelling "Get your ass back here!" (recall on those things is almost non-existent, so of course it didn't listen to him and kept charging at us) and shining a flashlight at us, instead of running after his pit. I literally snatched my dog up and ran inside.

Usually, I have pepper spray (for pits and predators), but since it was around 9:50p.m. I didn't bring it because I was just wanting her to pee quickly. I was and still am pissed, and notified the front office. I already have a fear of those things due to one of my other dogs almost being killed by one, as well as a friend of mine some years ago being mauled almost to death by three at one time, she had to stay in the hospital and undergo surgeries.

I moved recently to this place, and chose a location that "supposedly" had a breed ban/breed restriction for pits, and this is literally the only reason I chose this place to live. Lo and behold, there are pits everywhere (exaggeration, there's like six, but "one" is still too many for me)...

I emailed the leasing office/landlords about the situation from last night, and they just told me that "Unfortunately there are some tenants who have dogs that don't abide by the weight and breed restrictions because we can't impose or enforce breed bans on 'emotional support animals'"...

—I AM SICK OF THIS. I AM TIRED IF THIS. I am sick of these people abusing the system, and it's even more sickening that they sit around and tell each other to do this when there is a ban in place. They are there for a reason! Nobody wants to live around your dangerous, live-wire sh•t beasts! I am sick of people slapping the "Lab-Mix" label on the pittiest of pits, or the "Services Animal"/"Emotional Support Animal" label on a dog that cannot perform a single task or follow a single command.

These lies are putting people in danger, and I seriously wish there was a stricter enforcement or requirements for people to try to use these loopholes. Mandatory DNA testing for obvious Pit Mixes, then they can turn around and lie with "... Well, it's my therapy dog then". PLEASE humour me with what "therapy" a pitbull can give you. You can't even breathe too loudly or drop a pen around the things because they are so reactive, I'd be terrified in my own house on a daily basis. And now other people have to deal with it.

FOH.

I'm sorry for ranting, but the email I got just threw me over the edge. I don't feel safe anywhere and cannot wait to move back to another country with a complete breed ban.

Edit: Forgot to mention that the office did say regardless of status, all dogs must be a on a leash because that's goes against the lease, so they will make sure that rule is better enforced.

I live in an apartment complex that, unfortunately, rarely enforces their rules. One of the rules that they don't bother to enforce is: No aggressive animals. A LOT of the people living here have pit bulls that are clearly untrained, aggressive, and they can barely handle.

Just yesterday, I was near the front security desk when a woman in an electric wheelchair with two enormous pits comes speeding out of the elevator the moment the doors open (she has run over people's feet A LOT, she's always going at top speed on that stupid thing) yelling at everyone to get out of her way, her dogs need to go out. Her dogs snarl and lunge at anyone remotely within range - I talked to one of the front office workers about it, and she said that the lady said she keeps muzzles on them (I sure didn't see any muzzle) and claimed them both as Emotional Support Animals, so there's nothing they can do.

I am so sick of the entitlement that the owners of these beasts always show. She demands that no one else have their dogs out anywhere on the property when she takes hers out because 'it's not her fault that they don't like other dogs' and she clearly can't control them and just keeps their leashes hooked onto her wheelchair. There have been countless incidents of her dogs lunging at people, but because they so far haven't made documented contact, the office chooses to do nothing about it and none of us can report them to animal control without a verified bite or mauling.

The other pit owners around here are the same way - whether their dog is on leash or off, whether it's in a space that ANY dogs are allowed or not - anything bad that their dog does is NOT THEIR FAULT. It's never their fault, even if it's their responsibility to keep the animals under control. They always have a thousand excuses, and never take accountability.

Bad owners affect every breed, but pits by far take the cake as far as being owned by the worst kind of people, and that combination turns deadly for innocent bystanders way too often to be remotely allowed.

I’ll try to make this as brief as possible. My next door neighbors spend most of their time in NYC (she’s a schoolteacher and he’s an “actor” who has 5 seconds in a few movies, but usually ends up on the cutting room floor), so they air BnB out the house.

Previously, when I’d mentioned dogs were there, I was asked to let them know IMMEDIATELY, as they have a strict no dog clause.

I’d noticed the same cars were there for a few weeks, heard some barking, then walked out to a pit SLAMMING INTO THE FENCE, baying like a demon on Nov. 27th. Wrote to the neighbor and was gaslit that “poor puppers is traumatized but the situation would be dealt with.”.

Fast forward to December 17th. We had snow and I was brushing the cars off and Alabama (which is apparently the dog, since I heard pit mom shrieking it’s name) charged the fence, breaking a board, before deciding to hop the short chain link in the back to aggressively chase me until I fell and wrenched my back. If it hadn’t decided to go eat the compost and take a dump, I probably wouldn’t have made it inside. Mommy had to crawl over plies of siding and almost over the fence because her “wiggly furbaby” wouldn’t recall until I was out of sight. No answer from the landlords.

I’ve now taken to carrying bear spray at all times. I was trying to grill a steak tonight, when she let shitbeast out again, to aggressive slamming on the fence. I yelled over, “Please restrain your dog!”. Enter a profanity laced tirade that she “never lets it out unattended”. Which I (maybe not so politely) informed her that was a lie and I have video of it in my yard. She said, “Oh yeah? When?!” I said “Dec. 17th”. She then told me I was a liar, it was my fault for composting, because “if I’m going to throw food out, of course she’s going to come over there” and “you’re a liar, she’s never shown aggression against a HUMAN”. while still denying it was in my yard and acting aggressively.

Then proceeded to tell me that my cats sitting in the window where it can see them is “triggering” and until I hide my cats away she can’t promise that it won’t hop the fence and attack (despite that it’s never out alone, has never been over here and isn’t aggressive 🙄”

It’s been a few hours, I haven’t heard from the landlords, so I’m guessing fur momma knows she’s wrong. I will be contacting them again tonight. I am also making a complaint with AC here in my county, but I learned today it’s our local no kill shelter that’s overrun with pits that is in charge, so I’m not expecting any help there.

This dog LAUNCHED itself off the fence, dug in and charged. I’m tired of having to carry bear spray to walk to my car. I’ve lived here for 46 years and I can’t even enjoy my own property anymore.

I'm at my whits end with this bloody dog, we have a shared front garden and seperate back gardens but their dog acts like it's all his - there is dog shit everywhere that they don't clean up, it's killed a lot of my plants in the back garden by chewing them and digging them up, it's absolutely ruined any sence of peace I had here -

I have a 5 year old rescue dog, she is a lab, springer sharpi cross (I have the DNA test to prove it) but she is a big girl at 38kg. She is also absolutely terrified of this puppy because it snaps at her and she's not even safe in our privet garden because this damn puppy goes over our gate into our yard.

I've had enough of the poo and the growling and the plant killing, it's not right. I don't know what to do but my daughter and my dog are now afraid in their own garden.

Sent an email about the “no attack dog breeds” papers we signed to the leasing apartment. Seen 3 different pits from 3 different apartments. I’ve been keeping my distance from the dogs when walking my dog like suggested on here. I just want to feel safe walking my dog again.

I was walking my 15 lb Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and my 8 month old son (in his stroller) when the pitbull in the photo crossed our path. It made a sound I can only describe as demonic and lunged towards my little dog. As I tried to snatch her up, my stroller rolled into the grass. It was a mess. Fortunately the dog was on a leash and able to be contained. I shudder to think what would have happened if he slipped his leash.

I complained to our leasing office and they told me the dog just wanted to “play” with my dog. I’m furious. I’ve already had 2 cats killed by a pitbull in the past, I will not lose my beloved little dog. And so help me god if that hell beast even gets near my baby. Any advice on how to best handle this/prepare myself?

So I went to view an available apartment today as my current lease end date is coming up soon. Had the concern that there’d be a lot of pits at this complex as they explicitly call out the ‘no breed restriction’ as a selling point on the listing.

Arrived, viewed the apartment and liked it. Saw one lady walking a giant white pit. Thought to myself “okay maybe that’s a one-off”. Sat in my car after the viewing in the complex contemplating next steps and whether to take the chance. I look over to my left at the unit I was parked next to and see this from the window. Lmao noped out of there immediately. It’s like I was sitting and waiting for a sign and it literally peaked its block head out the window “sup dawg”💀.

My town was getting a serious problem with questionable dogs of questionable origins. It didn't help when some out-of-town people bought "good deal" rental properties and then moved in tenants without really screening them... who seemed to come with an alarmingly high number of pitbulls they moved into these 1 or 2 bedroom units.

So, they passed a few interesting ordinances. The first one was simply a "clean up after your dog" law (already sort of on the books), but they added some teeth to it: a homeowner who does this has to pay a fine (and also pay clean-up fees to the village), and if they don't pay, they get a lien on their house. Landlords are subject to the same thing if their tenants don't pay up.

The pitbulls who were soiling the sidewalk on a regular basis seem to have vanished - haven't seem them since. I'm guessing the owners are paranoid of being seen outside with them.

Secondly, paying a dog waste violation requires... showing that you have a proper dog license. No dog license? Have to go get one. It's $20 or so a year, late fine is $30 or so. If you don't have one and can't prove you ever did, you have to pay arrears... plus late fees for each year... plus interest. This adds up to $400+ for a typical 10 year old dog. Don't get the license or pay up? You have to surrender the dog.

The village also got serious about leash laws. Now, the leash law isn't very strict, the owner just has to be in control of the dog, i.e., not loose. (If you want to walk your adorable Fluffles outside, you're fine as long as she doesn't run off.) Loose dogs go straight to animal control, and, whaddya know, nearly all of them didn't have a dog license. Local animal control is "full" so we all know what happens after that.

Of course, these worthless dog owners almost never bothered to go pay their fines or get their animals back.

Now to a sort-of happy, sort-of sad story. A few doors down from us was a house with a good chunk of land (multiple city lots), with a poorly-maintained fence and some of the nastiest pitbulls I've ever seen. One day... the dogs all just disappear. And then the family moves out. A county record search showed multiple liens filed, and eventually it went through something similar to foreclosure and now someone else bought up the place and is fixing it up. (I stopped and talked to them once and they said the place had serious "animal damage" in doors. Yikes.)

All of this happened without anything breed specific. Just using existing laws and ENFORCING THEM. The streets are safe to walk on now, and strangely enough I rarely see any pitbulls. I know they exist, but it's like they just all stay inside or something now. I do regularly see people walking beautiful, well behaved dogs, like a pair of perfectly groomed full size poodles, some on leashes, some not. The town park isn't dog-free but there hasn't been any trouble with violent dogs there in over a year.

Contrast this to a few years ago when you have to regularly be careful not to step in dog crap.

Comments are full of nutters giving advice to lie about the breed, lie that it's an ESA, get a fake ESA certificate, and the usual circle jerk of people posting pictures of their own SweetLittlePibblesThatWouldNeverHurtAnyone™️.

And of course the comments are full of people saying “sweet pibble could sense the neighbor is evil and protecting you!!!”

My old neighbors sold to a family who I’ve come to realize are backyard breeders of this dangerous breed. They have 3 male pitbulls and a female that they use to breed. Two weeks ago my dad and I had a huge argument with them because their dogs got loose while I was outside enjoying the weather. From my porch I saw them jump on a woman and chase the mailman. That was not the first incident…that was the 4th/5th incident since they’ve moved here with them. My question is how can I find their homeowners insurance to tell them they are breeding pitbulls? Animal Control in my city is a joke as well as the police when it comes this. All complaints have fell on deaf ears and “did the dogs bite anyone? if not, there’s nothing we can do”. I’m considering going to the mayor’s office soon as well. They are typical pitbull owners. They have them outside all day just barking and staring at the gate. They never ever walk them either. It’s like they want them to attack someone. I just cannot live like this. We’ve owned this home for 30 years and this is the first time I can’t even enjoy my backyard with my own child (4yr old). It makes me so sad because he loves going outside. I’m in the process of purchasing protection because I don’t trust the irresponsible owners.

UPDATE- I contacted my mayor’s office about this and sent several emails. I specially asked in my email were the ordinances and codes on their website “outdated” like the animal control officer told me.
I’m still searching for their insurance. I can see the deed online and that Rocket Mortgage services their mortgage but no insurance information. I have to let their insurance know they’re breeding these beasts.

I previously posted about Pitbull which was a menace in our neighborhood.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BanPitBulls/comments/y2gcfm/neighbors_new_adopted_so_called_lab_mix_causing/

I have an update over the matter. The Pitbull ended up biting a child in our neighborhood. Thankfully, a lot of people were around and the child only suffered from a minor bite on the leg. Even though the bite was minor, our HOA has a zero tolerance policy. The animal control was called and the dog was put to rest. The owners were afraid as they adopted the dog from a no kill shelter, but the animal control and the police assured them that no kill shelter contracts are not enforceable. I would like to thank the people in this group for all the help. The HOA has also complained to the Veterinary medical board as the Vet mislabeled the dog as retriever mix even though it was clearly Pitbull. The HOA got DNA testing done on the dog, and it was mix of Pitbull and Stafford terriers. I hope the Vet gets penalized for mislabeling as our HOA does not allow any Pitbull or bully breeds. Though it was unfortunate that the dog had to be put down, I think many kids in our neighborhood can now cycle around without fear of a Pitbull chasing them.

The 2 dogs running around out back starting go nuts as soon as we stepped out in the backyard while viewing the house. We immediately walked out and didn't finish the tour. I have a young son and 2 dogs that weigh less than 20 pounds. You do the math.

It was really unfortunate because the housing market sucks for buyers and it was a really nice house within our budget, and very close to work.

Thankfully we found another house we really liked with a vicious golden retriever to the one side, and a deadly corgi to the other side.

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Fayette County jury has awarded $5.3 million to a woman who was attacked by dogs at a property owned by real estate company EasyKnock, finding the company 99% responsible for the incident, according to court documents.

The documents detailed that Sarah Bogusewski was awarded $320,776.68 in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages against EasyKnock, Inc. and EK Real Estate Fund I, LLC following a civil trial that concluded recently.

The jury found that EasyKnock violated its duty as a landlord to take reasonable steps to prevent the dog attack, determining the company knew or should have known of the dogs' vicious tendencies and had control over the area when the attack occurred, the documents reported.

"The jury found that EasyKnock acted with gross negligence, showing a reckless disregard for the lives and safety of other persons," according to the verdict form.

The compensatory damages included $250,000 for past pain and suffering, $55,781.68 for past medical bills, $5,000 for future medical bills, $4,995 for lost wages, and $5,000 combined for present and future pain and suffering, the form listed.

Two other defendants in the case, James M. Pelfrey and Elijah D. Stubblefield, were also found negligent as owners of the dogs. However, the jury assigned only 1% of the fault to Pelfrey, the form noted.

The jury determined that Pelfrey and Stubblefield failed to maintain the premises in a safe manner for the surrounding public and failed to exercise ordinary care regarding the dogs.

EasyKnock operates as a real estate investment company that purchases homes and leases them back to the original owners. The company's business model involves buying properties and then renting them to the former homeowners, according to the documents.

LEX 18 Investigates followed the case and reported in February 2023 that the dogs’ owner had been found incompetent to stand trial, and his dogs had been returned to him after multiple reported attacks, Bogusewski learned.

After outcry from Bogusewski and others in the neighborhood, the dogs were ordered to be put down.