Oh Dottie and Jane, how awful for you and I'm so sorry!

I have a neighbor a street over who 'inherited' a dachsund from some friends who moved and couldn't take him with. They call him 'Weiner'. What upsets me is that they leave that little guy outside for hours at a time when they are gone, on a long rope tied to their deck.

Now, he has free roam to go up those stairs onto that deck. That upsets me a lot. I'm trying to work up the courage to knock on their door and ask them not to leave the poor thing unattended outside.
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