So this previous weekend was fairly uneventful except for a little fiasco with our neighbors. They have a male and female chocolate labs. If any of you know me that well, I hate virtually all animals/pets and this is a good example why. One of their dogs dug the same hole under the fence and got into our yard again. Not only did he dig up my yard, he proceeded to urinate on our kids' playset and defecate right next to it. I immediately went over to my neighbor's house to get them to take care of it, but they weren't home.
I tried calling Animal Control but they were already closed and I had to leave a message. I then tried calling HPD, but they wouldn't help because it wasn't an attack of bite case so "not a police matter". I had to take matters into my own hands. I went outside and yelled at the dog to get back on his side through the same hole (keeping a safe distance). The dog obviously did not heed my commands despite their growing intensity, so I did the next best thing in my mind. I unhooked the hose from the back yard spicket and I proceeded to whip the dog to get it back into the hole. (I hate animals...don't judge me). The dog couldn't fit. Once I had beaten it enough and realized that it couldn't get back through, I finally grabbed the dog by the collar and brought it out of my yard and back into its own yard.
The owners didn't get home until after we went to bed. My wife thought she heard the dogs in our yard again so she got up to check. No dogs but the owners were finally home. It was around midnight and despite my advice to the contrary, she went over and banged on their door as this is the 3rd time this has happened since we've been neighbors. She proceeded to pound on their door until they answered. She told them to come over and clean up the poop right then and there but they refused and told her that she was disturbing the peace and that they were going to call the cops on her if she didn't leave them alone and then proceeded to slam the door in her face. That got her irritated. She came back furious and with a fire any bite to boot. Not a good night.
I called Animal Control (during "regular business hours") the next day and they basically said that all they could do was come out to the address and make sure that all of the licenses and vaccinations were in order and tell them to keep their pets restrained. I asked when that might happen? She said that they prioritize emergency cases (bites and attacks) and then these "other" calls in the order they are received and that they were extremely backlogged with limited resources. I asked, does that mean it could take 1-2 months or more before you come out to "lecture" these bums? Possibly was her response, with an additional note that they have limited resources. The only thing that I can do if this happens, its not an emergency and the animal control folks are not in the office? Buy my own kennel and put the animal in it and transport the animal myself down to the shelter. And what if the shelter isn't open? Well, I just have to wait until it is, because they have "limited resources"
I wrote an email to our HOA with detailed pictures attached ( 2nd one thus far) and all I got back from them was that they would send a letter informing the couple of their violation of the deed restrictions. HELLOOOO!!! You think they don't know that already? I said that they needed to be fined to get the point across. The HOA came back with "it would be too costly for the HOA to file a civil suit against them". What do I pay HOA dues for? Writing letters? For pitty's sake...I can write a letter for less than $400/yr
My point and the subject of this random thought what happened to:
1) Responsibility and civility?
2) Agencies that do their job and actually provide public services?
3) Politeness?
4) Common Sense?
The list goes on and on. Its impossible to live a good upright honest hardworking life nowadays. It pays to be an illegal, law breaking, lazy, pathetic, filthy, rude, and otherwise self-infatuated individual nowadays. I'd love to be Christlike and turn the other cheek and do everything the Beatitudes tell you that you should do, but in this society, you really gotta wonder sometimes.
UGH!!!!
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