Man neighbors suck sometimes. Opinions?

I disagree w rusty, taking someones pet and dumping them is not just plain wrong its cruel. There is a right way and a wrong way to handle this situation. Your wanting to handle this low key i presume? If so, If the dog is wandering around, and we all know pitbulls have gotten a nasty reputation for mauling people, i wouldent mention anything to the neighbor about it at all. Just call animal control anonymously about it and have the dog hauled off. When they show up the owner might just be home, and they as the authority figures can school the owner on the leash laws, and give him a fine for not keeping his dog corraled or on a leash. They may even give him a court date if it continues and he keeps getting ticketed for this.

By doing this anonamously, it keeps you out of the spotlight. If you say something, and then call animal control, he's gonna have a clue that it might be you who made the call. If where you live you have multiple neighbors, it could be anybody living on your street that could have called.

Let the city handle it, with a nudge by your phone call. It keeps you out of the spotlight, and prevents friction with these people later on. If asked by them after animal control picks the dog up if you were the caller. Just say "not me, theres a whole block full of neighbors here, it could have been anybody".

If your neighbor knows its you, sometimes people can tend to get very nasty, even if they are in the wrong. Vandalizing property etc. Eliminating one headache, and opening a larger can of worms.

I had a neighbor that lived in a rent house behind me. He was a Texas State trooper. Friendly enough guy. He had this german shepard / wolf mix thing for a pet. Id go cutting my grass along the fence line, load trash in the dumpster in the alley, or work in my driveway thats alley accessable, and this damn thing would growl, bark, and constantly jump at the fence, which was pretty rickety. One day i talked to the guy, and i told him straight up in a nice calm, matter of fact tone, "You better hope that thing your keeping as a pet never clears that fence and attacks me. Because i will shoot it and kill it, then i will sue you". 6 months later he moved. However this is Texas, he was a police officer, and knew the laws, he also knew i am a concealed carry holder, and have every right to use that weapon in that type of situation. Even if it meant discharging it in the city limits.

Your case is different, your dealing with from what i can tell a (criminal element) the dad with his prison tat "respect" on his neck, trying to justify his 30 year old sons statutory rape charge of a 14 year old. These people have a different mindset all together. As such the situation needs to be handled differently.

I hope it all turns out ok for you.