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As of a conversation with Mrs. Neighbor this morning, they intend to keep the dog. 

I also plan to pursue every possible legal way to force them to obey the local vicious dog ordinance.  They obviously made this decision with no regard to our feelings (or finances because this might wreck our property value), so I don’t feel any obligation to care how they feel either.

They will be out of town for a week.  If they haven’t changed their minds by the time they get back, we plan to put the house on the market by May 1.  

I am currently trying to convince myself that it is absolutely necessary that I buy myself a Le Creuset dutch oven.  You know, for staging.  To help sell the house.   If I saw a house with a Le Creuset dutch oven, I would definitely want to buy it.