Thanks for the reply Ramanth.

(BTW, I just started looking on Dogomania...nice to see Kia's cute face over there too. )

As far as the pit bull is concerned, we got the situation kind of taken care of. The neighbor's nephew (15 years old) lives in the neighborhood as well and came over to check on the house. He was able to get the pit bull back over the fence.

I also spoke to the neighbor's cousin (he's about 30) last night. He was unaware that the pit bull jumped the fence and had done it multiple times. I told him that I was thinking I would put up another piece of fence to prevent the dog from doing that (and possibly hanging himself on the fence) and he said he would talk to the cousin about it to see if they could place the dog elsewhere in the yard, put up a better doghouse, etc.

I already know that nothing is gonna change their minds about those dogs being outside. I have a friend and her husband that live one street over from our house. They've been in that neighborhood for 3 years and they've tried to change minds about the whole dogs being tied outside thing. They said it's really no use and I shouldn't get worked up about it cause people around there don't change.

I'm not sure what to think, but in the meantime, I am trying to give the pitbull as much attention as I can get away with. I petted him for almost 2 hours the day after while we were putting up a back gate and also gave him a new tennis ball to play with. He is such a sweet heart after all.