[MarignyBywater] kids on the stoop

[Ava de Montagne]

You were right about calling the SPCA in that situation, but what about
the kids in your last line?  I don't know what time you get off work but
where should the kids sit but in their neighborhood on the stoop?  And
anyway, what else is there to do for them that doesn't cost money? If
you don't like young people sitting on your stoop, tell them.  Nicely.
Or find out why you want to live in a neighborhood whose customs bother
you.  


On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:03:59 -0500, "Ray K" <rayknola at gmail.com> said:
> I live at 1034 Franklin Ave (Crowhaven), my neighbor has apparently been
> breeding pit bulls for at least a year in his house. Last winter and thru
> this summer, they have been barking incessantly most nights. It was very
> difficult during the winter as they are kept outside and were, from the
> sound of it, in pain from the cold.
> 
> The problem is that i dont believe he actually lives at the house, there
> hasnt been electricity there since Katrina.
> 
> Saturday, the dogs broke thru a board at the base of his house and got
> into
> my yard. There was no way for them to get out, kinduv. After knocking
> several times at his door (even tho i knew no one would be there) and
> getting in tough with the neighbor on the other side, i called the SPCA.
> 
> before an animal control officer showed up, they had broken thru the
> wooden
> fence behind my house and got into my other neighbor's yard (Adam
> Farrington
> on St. Claude). I phoned him and he also phoned the SPCA. this was the
> third
> time they had gotten into his yard. a control officer showed up almost
> immediately after that.
> 
> Trying to make a long story short, the officer called in for assistance
> and
> another officer soon arrived. Turns out both have been to my street
> corner
> before to deal with these dogs.
> 
> My neighbor showed up just as things looked like the officers would be
> able
> to get a handle on the dogs. He caught them both separately,  after
> forcing
> open a door on the side of the other neighbor and opening and entering my
> garage door himself (it is now bolted shut), and was allowed to keep the
> dogs. He was cited by the officers and told to keep them indoors until he
> could secure his own yard.
> 
> Well, this morning when i got out of the shower, the dogs were making
> alot
> of noise....in my yard. Again I went next door and knocked and shouted
> that
> his dogs were in my yard. I had learned where he worked this past
> Saturday
> so i tried calling there (they weren't yet open). So, I called SPCA
> again.
> While i was waiting for someone to show up, my neighbor appeared and
> cajoled
> the dogs back into his yard (he couldnt get into mine anymore) put them
> into
> the house and left.
> 
> After he was gone, the SPCA officer showed up and was soon joined by 3
> cars
> of National Guardsmen. . . The control officer could do nothing since
> they
> were back on the neighbor's property and he was no longer home. He told
> me
> to call him back if i see my neighbor at home, that they're going to take
> the dogs. I dont want to go home. I dont want to be that guy who keeps
> calling the police. It's very uncomfortable because I live by myself in
> the
> last house before St. Claude and usually when i get home from work,
> there's
> a ton of kids (not a one of them can even be 20 years old yet) sitting on
> his stoop (and mine) smoking and littering.