Well, one year and ten months later, I have some updates on this dog .
After some months, the owner put up an 8 foot chain link fence set inside, about 15 feet from the original fence line, parallel to the alley. However it was a non-professional, sloppy installation with the posts just set cockeyed into the soil, not secured in concrete. In short, it was still flimsy and the shorter fences still remained on the side, so I was still fearful.
Last year, I saw very little of the dog, so I relaxed quite a bit. In recent months I have not seen the pit bull, nor either of the other dogs at all.
HOWEVER...yesterday while out working in my garden, the block captain for the street on which the pit bull owner lives stopped to chat. She told me that the pit bull had gotten out the front door and attacked our letter carrier! Her shoulder was ripped, as well as her bicep. Evidently the block captain witnessed the attack, which was bloody and of course required an ER visit. The block captain neighbor told me that the dogs were gone now, but I did not understand if she meant they had been seized by the law, or simply moved elsewhere.
I also did not understand when this happened. It was kind of a quick conversation with another neighbor coming over to hear the story, so I did not get to ask my questions before the block captain moved along; she was walking her own dog.
When it happened and where the dogs supposedly went to is a concern to me, as I'm not convinced the dogs aren't still there. And it is a tiny house for 3 dogs to be hidden in all day. I mean _if_ they are hidden. I think they might be. About a month ago, before I heard about the attack, I saw the owner out pooper scooping his yard. And can you believe he threw some of the stuff over the fence to the yard next door??!! I also see even today that his bright yellow pooper scooper device is still leaned against a shed, as though ready for use. So are the dogs there and only let out after dark, or something? In the warmer weather I should be able to tell, as these people have never been good at cleaning up after their dogs. God, what a neighbor!
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