I'm not the one to complain, absolutely not, but there is a slight annoyance that's growing into major irritation and it's got to do with my neighbours downstairs.
They have a dog whom they often leave on a leash long enough to circle this entire city of Shanghai and he's tied outside for the most part of the day leaving him free to go about as he pleases and bark at unsuspecting cats to the point of chasing and even fighting with them and this poses a bit of a problem, well quite a few problems.
A shorter leash would limit his capabilities and keep him from coming under cars that frequent that area since there's also a parking space, not two feet from where he sits and it's difficult to manoeuvre a car while that dog is around because it's easy for him to prance about and come under the tyres.
Moreover, his long leash renders him capable of running around the entrance area of this building right up to the stairs that are inside the building and maul cats who use those stairs to come home, and this is a growing concern vis-a-vis my cat.
I was in the bath today when I heard faint noises of a madly barking dog followed by faint screaming sounds of a terrorized cat which made me run out of the bathroom in a bathrobe to hear the ruckus better and looking out of the window I saw only the green leash of the dog and the way it curved inwards was enough to indicate that the dog had come inside the building.
Donning my clothes while still dripping I saw my darling cat Gogi engaged in a serious confrontation with the dog right at the entrance of the building.
The cat wanted to come in and the dog wouldn't let him by way of steadily barking and trying to pounce my cat which infuriated me no ends.
To leap in the midst of the tussle and grab my feline was for me the work of moments and I bared my teeth at the dog who now barked and I made back to the house.
My cat was lightly scratched with no injuries but looked shaken and that I cursed the dog and his owners freely would be an understatement.
I don't know how to rectify this situation since the neighbours downstairs are my very dear friends' good friends and I don't want to be in that circus.
Perhaps if I keep the entrance door of this building locked this situation wouldn't arise or possible it may get even worse.
There is another concern regarding the road outside of their house which they've encroached upon to dump their useless junk.
Things that didn't fit into their house like a very long workman table, old air conditioning units and a very long tarp rolled into a thick roll. All this scrap has been laying outside eating dust for the past year, through the winters and every rain.
For sure it's reduced to detritus and it eats up the huge space on the road which earlier allowed two cars to park and now that garbage keeps cars from getting parked in that space.
And in fact, it poses such a problem each time one needs to reverse a car from the parking space because people park their cars at odd angles because of the detritus which in turn blocks other cars and it's most vexatious.
There is a strict policy of 'let's not bother others' that people here follow and the small annoyances are usually ignored and I am a huge subscriber to the policy but only when it's followed by everyone in turn.
This issue is now aggravating me to the point that I might just go downstairs and knock on their door.
But if the building management isn't saying anything regarding their trash on the roads than how can I?
But surely I can discuss the whole dog issue with them, right?
Ugh!!
I'm upset and angry.
They have a dog whom they often leave on a leash long enough to circle this entire city of Shanghai and he's tied outside for the most part of the day leaving him free to go about as he pleases and bark at unsuspecting cats to the point of chasing and even fighting with them and this poses a bit of a problem, well quite a few problems.
A shorter leash would limit his capabilities and keep him from coming under cars that frequent that area since there's also a parking space, not two feet from where he sits and it's difficult to manoeuvre a car while that dog is around because it's easy for him to prance about and come under the tyres.
Moreover, his long leash renders him capable of running around the entrance area of this building right up to the stairs that are inside the building and maul cats who use those stairs to come home, and this is a growing concern vis-a-vis my cat.
I was in the bath today when I heard faint noises of a madly barking dog followed by faint screaming sounds of a terrorized cat which made me run out of the bathroom in a bathrobe to hear the ruckus better and looking out of the window I saw only the green leash of the dog and the way it curved inwards was enough to indicate that the dog had come inside the building.
Donning my clothes while still dripping I saw my darling cat Gogi engaged in a serious confrontation with the dog right at the entrance of the building.
The cat wanted to come in and the dog wouldn't let him by way of steadily barking and trying to pounce my cat which infuriated me no ends.
To leap in the midst of the tussle and grab my feline was for me the work of moments and I bared my teeth at the dog who now barked and I made back to the house.
My cat was lightly scratched with no injuries but looked shaken and that I cursed the dog and his owners freely would be an understatement.
I don't know how to rectify this situation since the neighbours downstairs are my very dear friends' good friends and I don't want to be in that circus.
Perhaps if I keep the entrance door of this building locked this situation wouldn't arise or possible it may get even worse.
There is another concern regarding the road outside of their house which they've encroached upon to dump their useless junk.
Things that didn't fit into their house like a very long workman table, old air conditioning units and a very long tarp rolled into a thick roll. All this scrap has been laying outside eating dust for the past year, through the winters and every rain.
For sure it's reduced to detritus and it eats up the huge space on the road which earlier allowed two cars to park and now that garbage keeps cars from getting parked in that space.
And in fact, it poses such a problem each time one needs to reverse a car from the parking space because people park their cars at odd angles because of the detritus which in turn blocks other cars and it's most vexatious.
There is a strict policy of 'let's not bother others' that people here follow and the small annoyances are usually ignored and I am a huge subscriber to the policy but only when it's followed by everyone in turn.
This issue is now aggravating me to the point that I might just go downstairs and knock on their door.
But if the building management isn't saying anything regarding their trash on the roads than how can I?
But surely I can discuss the whole dog issue with them, right?
Ugh!!
I'm upset and angry.
