Never mess with a pet owner!

This story is a true example of how much pet lovers love their pets and all the lengths they can go for them.

Let’s find out how this story unfolds.

Deny my ability to use my backyard on my dog’s last day? Alright, you’ll no longer be able to enjoy yours.

A couple months ago our lovely older pitbull was fighting cancer, and we had the painful decision made to have her put down. She was low on energy at this point, moving was difficult, and getting her to eat was getting near impossible.

With that, one of the only things we wanted to give her was one last day outside in the backyard.

They wanted the best for their pet.

So, the day before she was to be put to sleep, in the early morning I set out to setup a tent in our backyard, and filled it inside and outside with things our dog absolutely loved.

I noticed as I was setting things up, the neighbor behind us was placing sticks and leaves in their fire pit. Which normally, I wouldn’t care at all, but the poor dog is having trouble breathing at this point.

I figured it wouldn’t be an imposition to let them know my current situation and asked if they could postpone the burning just for today.

Things were fine at first…

The wife let me know that they are just going to be burning a few things to clear their yard and it won’t last very long at all, and she gave me some level of understanding about the dog. With that she lit up the fire and the smoke billowed into my backyard.

For some context, the neighbor is directly behind my property, I have about a 100 ft x 100 ft backyard and theirs is about 50 ft length x 100ft wide.

They kept making it worst.

Just to add this, I don’t mind if people are burning things around me, I am not particularly fond of it, but if it makes them happy that makes me happy.

A few hours go by, I notice they are still outside adding more things to the fire. I approach and ask them kindly on an ETA, trying to be as patient and understanding as possible.

They say they are almost done.

And it got out of hands!

A few hours later there is a raging fire outside and I can visibly see the husband outside pointing at my home, yelling, and then adding actual campfire logs (no longer leaves and sticks).

At this moment, I’m not angry, I am just very sad. Poor dog isn’t going to have the last day we wanted to give her. We would take her somewhere else, but don’t want to stress her, so we spend the rest of the day inside.

Later that night, around 9pm as the sun is setting I go out for a walk and notice the damn fire is still roaring. Mind you, as it was most of the time, with no one there.

She couldn’t take it anymore!

At this moment I am now pissed off and start looking into state laws, city laws and everything in between. From this I find out that my city has an ordinance that clearly states a fire pit cannot be within 50 ft of a structure.

I could if I wanted to contact the city and have it stopped simply because no matter where they place it in their backyard it will be within 50 ft of their home. But, that seems non permanent enough.

She had to take a stand!

I was already considering getting a fence installed and already had multiple quotes. It was hard to swallow a bill for $15,000.

But within 24 hours of this situation guess what I paid for?

The fence will be installed within the next couple weeks around the edge of my property, and their fire pit is no further away than 10 ft from my fence.

She proved her point!

Can’t take a single day away from your fire pit for a dying dog?

Well, enjoy never using it ever again.

Why couldn’t the neighbor’s be a little empathetic towards the dying pet?

Some people are just so heartless!

Let’s find out what commentators on Reddit think about this story.

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There are more ways to bring down this neighbor for their fire trouble!

There seems to be no going back from this now!

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