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Many owners corporations have by-laws forbidding pets from roaming unleashed on common property, for a variety of reasons such as peeing, pooing and scaring residents. If your dog thinks your apartment block is its home, it will defend it against “intruders” – like other residents.
Interestingly, there is a discussion elsewhere on this website about who is liable if a dog running free on common property injures or kills a roaming cat.
The law says, if it was in a residential backyard, the cat has entered the dog’s territory at its own risk. But if it’s a public area (like common property) the dog and, by extension, its owner, is at fault.
All dogs should be on a leash in common property (if allowed at all) for the safety and peace of mind of other residents. If owners are too lazy to walk their dogs to somewhere they can run free, then they should think about moving somewhere else.
There are more bad dog owners than there are bad dogs.