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Dogs are doing much better. I think our confrontation scared some sense in to him - I have checked on them every day since our conversation and they have been well attended to. The Humane Society will still be getting a call from me - this guy is not to be trusted. Thanks for the advice. I will...

Update... Sent another email to my LL - made it clear that I would be vacating the premesis and that I wanted to sit down and discuss my lease. In his response he told me that he was too busy to meet with me and that we would have to meet sometime next month. I responded to this email and told...

The situation continues to fall to pieces… Had a discussion with my land lord and his wife the other day – it last nearly 3 hours. It started out with him telling me that I was disrespectful and had no right to concern myself with his pets, that I had crossed a personal boundary and was way...

Holy Jeez...what a long and crazy day it has been!!!!!!

All, Thanks a million for all of your guidance on this! As advised, I have written up a long letter addressing my concerns about the dogs, his unpredictable mood, etc. I have emailed this letter to him and provided him with a signed and dated hardcopy as well. For safety's sake, I also gave him...

Mitigate damages? At the risk of sounding totally ignorant - could someone helpe me out with a definition here? I understand what it means but what are the terms of this LL obligation? He has to show proof that, if I leave, he is actively searching for someone to fill the space?

Thank you for the advice Ensani! I have taken many of these steps already - photographed/documented the condition of the dogs, creating a paper trail of correspondence, etc. I have used all of my free time to research and print out documents of landlord/tenant laws as well as California animal...

Thanks for trivializing a very serious situation. This experience may be something to laugh at in the future but it absolutely is not funny right now.

Wow...the worst case senario is being realized. I tried to have a conversation w/ my LL last night and he blew up - quite scary actually. I didn't even get the chance to tell him that I was going to be leaving; I mentioned that I needed to speak with him when he had a moment of free time and he...

Thanks for all of the advice! I am absolutely going to report him - this has always been the case - I just wanted to see if this situation changed anything being that he is breaking animal cruelty laws as outlined in the state's civil code. I am going to give my notice and speak withhim about...

What is your problem Ensani? I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT! THAT IS WHY I HAVE ASKED FOR ADVICE! You have no idea who I am and how stressful this situation is. This concern consumes just about every second of my day. You are in no position to make assumptions about how I feel - I haven't done anything...

My concerns are not a valid reason to break my lease? So you suggest that I live in an extraordinarily uncomfortable situation with this abusive ******* for the next 7 months? I have already tried talking with him about the dogs. If the ASPCA shows up, he will know that I called them. This would...

What is the name of your state? California Good Morning All, I'm glad that I finally found a place to vent my frustrations and ask for some sound advice. I moved into my new place in January 05 - signed a 9 month lease with the landlord who lives on site with his two dogs. When I signed the...