All Forum Posts by: Anh Pham

Okay, after reading all this, maybe it's not a big deal as we thought it would be.  Still, we will probably not renew with her when her lease is up in April.  We do have another police tenant on the complex who does not have a dog so I think I would try to keep him instead.  Thank you, everyone!

I am not sure what the circumstances were as the victim tenant had to leave the country right away and the police tenant said the dog "nipped" her. It's definitely a weird spot for us to be in because the seller sold the property without really informing the tenants and so they just recently found out they have new landlords. This past weekend we came up (we live in VA and property is in PA) to introduce ourselves to everyone. The police tenant was home but did not answer the door. We don't really a have relationship with them yet.

I will ask my husband to call the police department, I'm just surprised they let her keep a dog that is known to bite because of liability issue since the dog is considered an "officer".  Yes, it is the same dog noted in the pet addendum.  I don't know if animal control was call, should it have been? Sorry I don't have any pets so this is new to me.

Hello Everyone,

Hoping to get some advice.  We just settled on 1/6/15 on 12 townhome complex and inherited 11 tenants (1 vacancy).  One of the tenant is a police with a police dog living with her.  After we settle, the seller informed us that around 1/2/15, a biting incident happened between the dog and another tenant.  The tenant had to be taken to the ER, but had to catch a flight to Costa Rica the next day so she didn't get to talk to the seller or to interview with the police.  The police tenant said that it has been reported and documented and she seems to be keeping quiet and keeping herself in the house.  No one have seen the dog.  Well, last Sunday we came there to clean up the vacant townhome and saw that the tenant went to pick the dog and he is now back on the complex.  We have a pet addendum with the lease that say we can issue a cure or quit notice and demand the dog be removed within 48 hours.

My brother-in-law, who just graduated from law school, said we have to be careful with service and police dogs and that there are exceptions made for them.  Obviously we don't want an aggressive dog that had bitten someone on our property but don't know what the repercussion are in trying to remove a police dog.  Not sure why the police department would keep the dog in service because liability issue.  Any advice?

Thank you!

Anh