The girls next door.

We have two sisters we rent to in unit A. They have been gone since Sunday and have left their large dog in the apartment by himself. Last night, my sister-in-law got a frantic phone call (she lives in the other rental) to let the dog out and give him food and water. The dog had pooed and peed all over the floor and tracked it everywhere in the apartment. Mind you, this is a large dog, the kind that you have to trim the hair from his eyes so he can see like a big sheep dog so his paws are like 3 inches across. Maria and I wrote an official notice that the dog must go if they want to continue to live there. The lease states no pets. They were supposed to come back last night but didn't. I hope the dog hasn't trashed the place too badly. It's mostly tile so it should clean up ok but the carpet had tracks on it too. It's all just so wrong.

My gut reaction is to just give them their notice for there are several things that bother me. I hope I'm handling this the best way I can. I don't like kicking people out and they are nice people. It's just they have a big dog which they didn't have when they moved in, they smoke occasionally which they didn't do when they moved in, they have a hard time backing up the driveway, and they have guests who park in the driveway. Some of these things were laid out when they moved in (smoking, pets) but the others weren't so I am to blame for those. I need to make a list of things the can get you in trouble around here.

The list:
1. No Pets
2. No Smoking
3. No Guest parking in driveway
4. No Trash in greenwast bin
5. No Loud late night parties
6. All tenants must be able to navigate the narrow driveway in reverse.