September 1, 2026 at 6:35 am

A Woman’s Neighbor Neglects His Two Dogs And Leaves Her To Deal With The Uncomfortable Consequences

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As a dog lover, even I can admit when a situation with some pooches could potentially be dangerous.

And this sounds like it could be one of those times…

The woman who wrote this story has a neighbor who doesn’t seem to want to look after his dogs…and she’s had just about enough of it.

Check out what she had to say about this stressful situation.

Neighbor’s dogs are making me feel unsafe and destroying my property.

“I live in a duplex in Washington DC where I share a yard with the neighbors in the other unit.

I have to go through this fenced in yard to get in and out of my house.

This is not cool…

About two months after I moved in, the other tenants started leaving a pit bull puppy unattended in the yard for 8+ hours a day. The dog cries incessantly, and jumps on me when I leave or enter my house.

This has now been going on for a few months, and the dog is getting bigger, which is starting to make me feel unsafe. About two weeks ago, they adopted a second young pit bull that also stays in the yard for multiple hours a day.

She’s not okay with this…

One dog is a nuisance, but two unfamiliar and untrained dogs jumping on is scary, especially as they keep getting bigger.

As of this week, the dogs have also destroyed my welcome mat, a plant of mine, and over $100 worth of packages. The owners do not clean up after the dog’s bathroom habits and the yard has become to reek of animal urine and feces.

Nearly every day there is a fresh pile of dog poop on my front porch for me.

This is a bit of a conundrum…

I don’t feel comfortable confronting the neighbors, as I am a single woman and I have heard an adult man and woman fighting many times upstairs. I already feel unsafe with the dogs, I don’t want to be any more unsafe confronting the neighbors.

We are both renting, and I have contacted the landlord who let me know that the apartment leases specify that there are no animals allowed.

However, DC is extremely tenant friendly so the process for a breech of lease is lengthy.

Wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and has had any success with a remedy.”

Check out what folks had to say about this.

This person had a lot to say.

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