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to go batsh*t about tenant showing up with a killer dog?

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snoozulooz · 07/05/2010 19:45

Ok, maybe "killer" is an exaggeration- it a Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy, but they are still dangerous or potentially so from what I understand.

My DP rents two rooms of his house out, one to a family member, one to a friend, and spends little time there apart from working in his office there some days. Mostly he is out and about, or in my home with me.

I am starting to feel that the friend is beginning to take liberties and take over the house- he has his girlfriend round constantly (not a problem), and often lots of mates. DP has already had to speak to him about this, as he doesn't want to show up on Sunday to his own house to find strangers monging on the sofa with spliff detritus all over the coffee table, especially as he sometimes has his teenage son with him, who gets on great with this guy and looks up to him, as he's a bit tough, a gymbod weightlifter etc etc...

Anyway- DP told me yesterday that the other tenant mentioned that they were getting "a new member of the family" that evening, and spills the beans that this guy is bringing home a dog

I was ranting and pissed off when DP told me, as I think this shows a complete lack of respect to not even ASK if it's ok to keep a pet there, never mind a bloody dog. It turns out that the dog isn't a cuddly little bundle of fun either, but the runt of a Staffie litter which a mate has offloaded on him, covered in bites and scratches from fighting.

DP is a bit put out, but I am FUMING. I have said that I refuse to cross the threshold of his house while the dog is there, and that I am really pissed off as I will never be able to just call round again with our little dog, or my youngest child, as I just don't trust these kinds of dog. I am angry too about the lack of respect shown to DP by presenting this as a fait accompli.

So, AIBU to insist that my laid-back but bemused DP puts his foot down and tells the guy to get rid of it?

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Joolyjoolyjoo · 08/05/2010 17:19

swallowedafly- relax, it's fairly easy to tell the chancers from the regular clients. This thread was about "killer dogs" and their supposed owners, and how vets wouldn't actually ever see these people- was merely pointing out that we DO see them, in various guises.

Sad to say, we also see a LOT of people who are obviously taking the piss out of the PDSA- I'm talking about 90-yr-old grannies who come in clutching their pension books, looking slightly afraid of "their" Japanese Akita, and aided to a seat by their loving caring grandsons

In no way having a go at the genuine clients who use the PDSA

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