Grandma sues granddaughter over stinky dog

The grandmother, surnamed Tsai and living in Taipei's Wenshan District, revealed to the court that her granddaughter usually left the dog in the kitchen, almost never showered it and did not restrain the pet when it barked, which it had taken a habit to doing.

Tsai accused that the dog had traumatized her health and mental state, had intruded into her living quarters, compromised her of ownership of the house, and had broken the peace of her family.

Because the defendant of the case — the granddaughter — was not present during the court session, the judge had given the verdict relying on Tsai's testimony. It is an individual's right that he or she should not endure external disturbances such as random noises, therefore such noise pollution created by the dog would be deemed illegal, the judge proposed.

Five other neighbors of the household had also petitioned in disapproval of the dog, claiming that in addition to regular barking, it would act up when there we re visitors, and had seriously disrupted their peaceful living space, the judge quoted.

The verdict, therefore, said that the granddaughter should remove the dog from the household to maintain the grandmother's physical and mental health, according to the 767th article of the Civil Code.

Whether or not the granddaughter were to give up on her ownership of the pet dog would be another issue, so the court turned down the grandmother's request to have the dog sent to an animal protection center.

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