My gf Ali's coworker, Rob, offered to let us live in his spare room. We hadn't discussed with them how long we'd stay, but after January was finishing up Ali and I had decided we'd leave in late Feb. 

Rob was living with his gf, Les, and their 4 month old puppy, Lia. Before this we were at a party in their home and noticed Rob hit Lia when she became too playful or jumped on people (she is large). It was weird, but figured it wasn't a typical thing. We proceeded to move in on November 8th, paying $350 for that month and eventually for December + January, too. 

We became reclusive after realizing how they really treated Lia. She was put into her cage usually from the time that they slept until their arrival from work (unless Les slept on the couch with her since Rob hated sleeping with Lia). Sometimes Ali would be home all day and realize that Rob would only let Lia out to pee while he'd hang out in the living room. He would also hit her. Yelling "no!" and "shut up!" at Lia was common to hear. 

It made us feel uncomfortable. Eventually we'd hear Lia whining past 12 and Rob would come out and hit her. I recorded some of these instances. 

[2/2 Second time he came out to hit her after Lia was barking](https://vocaroo.com/i/s0a8ySEpd7o2)

[2/9](https://vocaroo.com/i/s1F84ATsNcav)

[2/15](https://vocaroo.com/i/s0bu2RBgZmJ7)

[2/18](https://vocaroo.com/i/s0TH9vnaCOWG)

I stopped interacting with them after this started. Ali left to spend her last weeks here with her family and I stayed with Rob while working. He  asked Ali if she was mad at him and she explained that her discomfort there stemmed from her father's abusiveness. 

He responded with: 
&gt;"I may have gone a lil too overboard with her cause her barking was making me think that you guys were not getting enough rest so that's why i did it...You could've come to me about it and I would've realized my mistake earlier."

His response rubbed me the wrong, particularly that he brushed off that he was abusing Lia, so I wrote a letter for Rob. [here if you wanna read it](https://imgur.com/a/lZE33BG)

I left the rent money in a couple of twenties but mostly fives and ones out of pettiness and a desire to get rid of them. I also left behind furniture that wasn't theirs (desk+mattress). And I hadn't vacuumed, but the bathroom was clean. My anxiety in asking for the vacuum or having to move this furniture past them shouldn't excuse me. 

They texted Ali a whole bunch of stuff after this, with some name calling, defensiveness of the abuse, and that I should've paid in full. 