So the people in the apartment next door have a Golden Retriever puppy, about 10 weeks old, who is just adorable....and very obedient outside......but they insist on taking him out not on a leash. We live on the corner of two 4 lane streets, and having been the foster mom and trainer of several Goldens and many other dogs, at some point he will want to explore and will be able to run faster than they can, and being off leash, he will learn that they can do nothing to stop him if he runs......them chasing him will be a game......

In addition to that they are having increasing numbers of escalating fights with the sound of the door slamming to the point that it shakes the whole building, and what sounds like furniture being thrown against the wall. I don't know for sure about this puppy, but he seems a typical Golden in terms of being attuned to his people......The Goldens that I have had, thought it a fate worse than death if I even slightly raised my voice in their vicinity.......

Then there's the thought of how he will survive in 600 square feet of apartment with no yard.......plus the fact that if you have a pet over 25 pounds, it's a lease violation.......

I simply do not understand people.... why be in a relationship this dysfunctional? In the case of these two it is not a financial necessity that they stay together, nor do they have children with each other, in fact one of them has children not yet grown, living in another state.......

Why get a dog and then not think about the consequences of letting him run lose (again another lease violation), of trying to raise him in a rather small apartment, of raising him in such a house of pain.......

And it seems that the fights have escalated since the adding of the puppy, a stressful event in a home with a yard........these are two people from 'good' families, raised with advantages, and college educations.......what a mystery behind the choices they have made......