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Update #2: Apparently there's nothing the police can do because the dog wasn't on a leash. But, even if she had been on a leash she'd be trespassing. Nice laws, huh? The police advised us not to do anything but keep watch & if we see any suspicious looking cans we have to grab them, have them analyzed, & if they come back poisoned THEN the neighbor can be arrested.

I guess they're thinking she's more likely to strike again if a big ruckus isn't raised right now. We were wanting to pass around flyers to other neighbors to warn them & alert PETA & the news & such. Let's just say our cat will be inside until this is resolved.

Update: my nice neighbor called a few minutes ago to let me know that our not-nice neighbor did in fact kill her dog

Anyone notice anything different about this photo of my neighbors window?



I took note this morning that she had taken all of the underwear out of her window & just left the yellow shirt hanging there, which seemed odd. I think it made a little more sense after our nice neighbor two doors down stopped by this morning.

She said they let their dog, Susie, out last night & Susie went to the not-so-nice ladies yard & started eating chicken from a can that was in the yard. The dog then got sick & began dragging her left side. Our nice neighbor took the can of food from the not-nice neighbors yard, knocked on the door, & asked what they put in the can of chicken. The husband snatched the can out of her hand & she was told that the food hadn't been meant for Susie.

Well, they've now spent hundreds of dollars taking their very ill dog to the vet, they now have to take her to a specialist, & the tests came back that the not-nice neighbor put anti-freeze in with the chicken & left it in her yard! Obviously, she meant it for another animal (I can take a guess on who's animal she wanted to eat it), just not their dog.

Is that not SO incredibly appalling????? Not to mention very dangerous! There are a lot of neighborhood animals that walk around here, we live on conservation that's filled with animals, PLUS, there are little kids on this street who could have easily been the ones to find the poisoned food!

I think the not-nice neighbors are probably pretty scared now.

My nice neighbor just called while I was writing this & she was filing a police report on our neighbors. I hope this situation can get resolved in a civil manner.