I've been out this morning with my dog and had to quickly leave two dog parks (Memory Grove and Lindsay Gardens) right after we arrived due to intact male dogs who are not under the control of their owners. I realize that my dog is the one with the problem, but when he growls at your dog and your dog does not leave him alone, things are going to end badly, for dogs and/or people. My dog is nearly 11 years old, he's only 53 lbs and when we encounter an intact male I tell my dog to just move along, and as long as the other dog doesn't follow us, there's not a problem. I wish there was a neutered only dog park or at least certain hours that I could take my dog out without having to worry about his life being ended due to some irresponsible fucking asshole that won't neuter their dog or at least take control when their dog won't leave mine alone.

This is kind of a vent kind of place to receive suggestions on how to move forward.

I moved into a place this past February (2026). My landlord is an older man. Nice for the most part. My partner and I decided to move in together but felt like my space was too small so we found another place that ticks all our boxes and we signed a lease and planned to move. I had let my landlord know about this beforehand and he said it was either 4000$ to move out or I could have someone move into my lease.
I love my house and I live in a very good spot in SLC. Rent is 1300$ for a 2 bed 1 bath which I feel like is reasonable. Because my landlord is older, he only requires for the new tenant to pass a background check (~30$) which includes a soft pull on credit which he wants to be over 620. His last requirement is to meet the new potential tenant basically as a vibe check.

I met all these requirements and found a tenant that loved the place so much she cried when she saw it. She met him immediately after where she told him she had a dog but would get rid of it to live here. After she left and he left, he texted me and said he didn’t feel good about here and said he wasn’t going to send her a link for the background check. Now I am trying to find someone, have them sign and move in by the beginning of September but I feel like my landlord is purposefully thwarting me. I don’t know if there is legally anything I can do but I am so frustrated because I have been putting endless work into finding someone and for them to check all the boxes except for the “vibe check” it just makes me want to scream into the void.

For extra context, the tenant was a hard of sight grandmother (~65 retired) with custody of her high school age granddaughter who was living with her because of a home situation/to help her around as she can’t live alone really anymore. The granddaughter brought her bf (also high schooler) and his mother and I believe it was to make sure the granddaughter and grandmother weren’t getting scammed. My landlord made a particular comment about not liking the bf mother (??? she’s not living here though?!) because she seemed “too pushy”.

Sorry for the long post but is there anything I can do here ? I know maybe not but other suggestions on how to find people or how to post a more desirable way to find someone would be helpful.

Lease takeover

anyone interested in taking over my lease from September 2026-2/7/2027 for a 1 bed/1 bath?