Open Question: What should one do about my neighbours dog?

30/04/11

I own a luxury apartment over looking the river thames. My neighbour who lives above me asked for my permission in order to keep a dog there. Being the dog lover that I am I had no problem whatsoever with this and permission was granted.

2 years on, one has had enough of this mutt. It barks all too often when they are at work and one is at home with his studies. At one point, I found myself entertaining one by lightly tapping the ceiling with a broom handle. This sent the dog into an extremely hyperactive, albeit aggressive mood. I could hear tables being knocked over and lamps smashed as the dog tried to stop the racket one was creating. I then became very tired of hearing the scolding the dog received upon his owners return from work.

Just this morning I informed my neighbours I was not happy with the noise the dog was making and demanded she ‘get rid’. She cited that this was unfair as she had now bonded with the dog and it would be heart breaking to give up. Then came the tears. Unfortunately for her, I am a man and ‘turning on the waterworks’ doesn’t wash with me. The fact she tried to ‘play me’ angered me even more and I am even more determined this dog is either given a new home or destroyed.

I stand by my decision. Is this fair?

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