The cause of Angus' aggression was most definitely the old house. We were having so many issues with the landlord doing illegal stuff and wanting to evict us.
What happened was that the laundry room flooded, which caused obvious damage. It also screwed up the breaker box. The landlord had given us permission to sublet the finished basement, which we did. The basement also flooded multiple times. We paid out of our own pocket to have the laundry room plumbing fixed, which was about $800. We showed the landlord the receipts and said we'd be deducting it off the rent, which is pretty normal. He called us liars and said we were just trying to avoid paying rent. Not true. He demanded we pay the full $2,000 in rent plus he was not going to reimburse us for fixing the plumbing.
Basement flooded 3 more times and we were continually called liars. The basement started growing mold and the tenants had the heat cranked to try to dry the place out. We pay for the heating, so our heating bill skyrocketed.
He ended up giving us an eviction notice because we couldn't afford to pay the $800 plumbing bill, plus $2,000 in rent, plus the massive heating bills.
So it went through arbitration and we ended up working out a deal with a landlord that we'd pay X amount to him and then start fresh, clean slate. The agreement was verbal between us, the landlord and an eviction service agency.
Then the landlord decides he doesn't like the deal and says the eviction stands, giving us 1.5 weeks to find a new place to live AND fully move out.
All the while, we are responsible for the people we are subletting to and the landlord allowed an old schizophrenic to live on the property in a trailer since August. It was an old coworker of Jason's who was supposed to pay US $400 a month, which was for pad rental and to help cover utilities. He never paid us and technically owes us about $2,000.
It took the landlord 2 years to stop calling us liars and actually empty the septic tank. The house still has plumbing issues which will never get fixed.
The landlord even sent someone to the house to beat up Jason, which didn't go over too well. There's a police file # for that. He refused to give us rent receipts, so even if we did suck it up and pay the full rent plus plumbing costs, he'd still evict us for nonpayment and there'd be no paper trail to prove it.
We didn't handle things properly, but in the end we were just spiteful and like, fuck you! He would constantly dangle our housing over our heads.. Threaten to evict us when we wanted things fixed etc... We never took it to residential tenancy because we were legit dreading having to find new housing that would allow 3 dogs. And even though he can't evict us for making a complaint, he can give a 2 month eviction stating he's having family move to the house, which I knew he'd do.
Needless to say, Jason and I fought a lot toward the end. Jason fought with Bruce, the schizophrenic, a lot (literally knocked his teeth out). And I don't say schizophrenic in a derogatory way... I work in mental health and the man needs serious help. I feel bad that him and jason got into a physical altercation, but Jason is not the most tolerant person. We also fought with the landlord a lot toward the end.
Anyways... We are at the new house. Angus has had no incidences of aggression. He lets Thalia crawl all over him. He engages in play with Thalia and Tashie. He snuggles on the dog beds with them and snuggles in bed with all of us. He's totally back to normal.
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