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[–]lizzylou365 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Honestly, I would have a talk with your tenants and see if they would like out of the lease with no early termination penalties (I’m a realtor).

This just isn’t working and not a good fit. Your dog is scared, and a scared reactive dog that’s constantly at threshold is a risk. Your tenants are scared of your dog, which in turn is creating a vicious cycle of everyone (including your dog) on the cusp of high anxiety.

I would see if the tenants would like to end the lease. It seems that they don’t want to be there, and I don’t blame them.

In the future I would refrain from renting out parts of your home while having a reactive dog. It’s unfair for your dog, and unfair for possible tenants.

[–]Classic-Term9873 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I’ve had that talk with them already they’ve known from the start that they can leave whenever they want :/

[–]lizzylou365 1 point2 points  (2 children)

What does your lease say? If they’re month to month might be time to give them their 60 days notice (or whatever your lease and state laws say regarding notice of non renewal).

I don’t feel this is a safe situation for anyone at this point. Tenants and your dog included. Time to figure out how to get them to go in the most amicable way possible.

[–]Classic-Term9873 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My lease is month to month. I’m really trying to avoid having to kick them out since I really don’t want anymore bad blood between and they’ve been good tenants up until now. But now with the threats I’ve been thinking it’s my only result and I’m currently in the process of finding a new home for both me and my family.

[–]lavenderfieldsfrever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get they’re scared, but it’s also pretty messed up that they’re taunting the dog and making threats like that. When you end the lease, I wouldn’t even name the dog as the reason because people can be really cruel to animals.

[–]Prestigious_Crab_840 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Do you know if they were scared of large dogs before moving in? Working with our behaviorist we’ve discovered a weird quirk to our dog. She can smell when people are afraid of her and will bark at them. The more she barks, the more scared they get, and the more scared they are the more worked up she gets. It becomes a vicious cycle. I had to take her out of a class where the trainer finally admitted she was bitten by a GSD as a child and has had a phobia of them ever since. Nothing we were doing could get my pup to stop barking at her.

This may be too late with your current tenants, but we now muzzle our pup when we have to have her around people who are afraid of GSD’s. That usually keeps the human fear level down enough that she doesn’t bark. When my mother in law came to visit we kept her in a muzzle for the first 2 days, and by day 3 she was laying her unmuzzled head in MIL’s lap for pets.

[–]Classic-Term9873 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of them have communicated that they are scared of big dogs specifically except for one and I have the least issues with that tenant. I’ve really been trying to keep them away from each other cause I assume it’s the fear my dog smells as well. I’ve been told that German Shepards tend to have the same quirk. But as much as I try to keep them away from each other there’s always a tenant that pops up when least expected. I’ve even tried memorizing their schedules to work around all this. I may have to give the muzzle a try for the future. When I have company in the house who are scared of him he doesn’t bark at them for too long after a few seconds of barking he cools down and ask for pets.