Water leak + pit bull

[Jessica Wood]

Overnight the ceiling in the main floor bathroom of our four plex collapsed due to a water leak. We tried to enter the unit above to shut off water and there’s an angry pit bull inside. Lease says no pets. Can’t get ahold of tenant. What do we do now? State - Iowa.

[Chris Szepessy]

I’d probably call animal control. They should be able to handle the dog and then you can enter the apartment and shut the water off. In the meantime, I would shut the water off to the whole building until you can get in and shut off just the apartment with the leak. If it continues to leak, you’re going to have a lot of damage to fix.