I'm so upset. My asshole upstairs neighbor beats his puppy.

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34. seriously brave!

I had a similar situation with my neighbor. He was a nice enough guy but the whole family were flakes of one sort or another. They had this beautiful hound mix. I would take her out for walks around the neighborhood, all the leftovers from dinner went under the fence to feed her.
They didn't feed her what she needed not because they didn't want to, it was just do I eat or does the dog? She and he had a real good relationship but as I said, the humans weren't wrapped too tight.
Unfortunately, when some of my family members were visiting, they had serious objections to the situation and called animal control without asking or telling me.
The shitstorm that ensued really put me in fear for my life. I already knew he had not only a temper but very little self control with even the most minor aggravation. The fact that this was going to cost him $ that he didn't have and what he thought to be (and I will say that whatever her treatment she loved him best) she could be taken away, he was not just mad, he was raging.
First rule of thumb for me is you can't choose your neighbors unless you're very wealthy(by my standards) and you can't just move unless as stated before.
What can you do?
How about this for a suggestion? No matter how much of an asshole you're neighbor seems to be, there may be a reason for that assholery.
It might be better for all concerned to leave it alone.
I tend to have a libertarian streak and wish we could all be left alone but I guess I'm a liberal because i don't want anyone to suffer and will do what
I can to assure they don't.
The liberal (predominant) side of me is always the helper, the negotiator, mediator. That's why I think I'm here today because when my neighbor came after me in a blind red rage, I could have been history years ago.