Biting Dog

By Graham

I have a renter who moved in our duplex (I live in one side and she is in the other side) in Oct.  She said she had one dog (which pets were ok with me at the time) that was old and never went outside except to go potty.  When she moved in, there were suddenly 3 dogs.  When one of the three dogs started to attack my 4 year old, I told her that she needed to get rid of that dog because of the liability for me (and for my daughters safety).  She did, though there was lots of drama over it, for about 2 weeks (could’ve been longer) then the dog was back.  She said that the dog was there because her ex-husband was out of town and couldn’t keep the dog, but just for that week.  The dog never left again.  Now, we had a problem with some plumbing, and my maintenance guy had come to fix it.  She had the dog locked up while he was there, he left for a bit (not sure how long) but told her he would be back.  When he came back, the dog bit him, and it was a fairly serious bite.  I then told her that she had to get rid of the dog, and after much drama again, she finally did.  Now she seems to think that her dog was in the "right" by doing this because the dog was protecting her from an "intruder" because the maintenance man didn’t knock when he came back (which I’m not sure weather he knocked or not)   and she seems to think that she has some sort of "rights".  Does she?  Where can this go from here?  Isn’t the dog a liability to me as the landlord?  PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

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