My apartment complex told me about a month ago that they had received complaints about me and my boyfriend not picking up after our dog. I laughed and said this was impossible, but had a talk with the management to discuss it anyway. I explained that I could only think of two reasons why anyone would make such a complaint: 1. because there are large piles of waste in the yard right outside of our porch (which is fully enclosed) or 2. because often times we take Pugsy back into the apartment and then one of us goes immediately back out to pick up her waste. (We do this because she has allergies and being outside makes her itch, so sometimes walking her all the way across the complex to the trash can to throw the waste away makes her itch really bad.) The management thought it was probably due to the waste outside of our porch, and agreed that it was much too large to have come from a 20 pound pug. I continued to assure them that neither I nor my boyfriend would ever leave her waste out, especially because I was a vet tech for 2 years and saw way too many animals sick from feces to ever contribute to the problem. My boyfriend is the most conscientious person I know and is anal about picking up her waste even more so than I am. We never heard anything more until today, when I came home to find a fine for hanging on our door. It said that there were "numerous complaints" against us for not picking up our animal’s waste and thus we were being fined.

Naturally, I am livid. I understand that they are trying to follow policy, but how can they fine me if it is literally impossible for there to be any proof that I am not picking up her waste? The only thing I can think is that someone either: 1)sees her poop and then us take her inside (but if they looked outside for literally 30 seconds longer they would see us back there picking it up) or 2)hates us and wants to get us in trouble. I’m so upset because this just seems so unjust!! I can’t talk to the apartment management in person until Saturday because they have short hours and I have class all day tomorrow and Friday. Has anyone else dealt with anything like this? What should I do??

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