As you may know, the Albuquerque housing market is becoming as tight as the one in Denver.

As you may know, the Albuquerque housing market is becoming as
tight as the one in Denver. My friend Chuck, after searching for months,
found the perfect place. Family neighborhood, garden/lawn, etc. The problem
was, he has a dog, and the landlord specified "No dogs." Rather than go on
searching, he decided to go stealth, and not tell the landlord about his dog
(a golden retriever).All went well for months. Except for one thing: the
family that lived downstairs had a rabbit that they kept in a cage in the
garden area. One day, the father of the family walked into the garden to
find the dog scratching at the cage, trying to get at the rabbit.
He immediately went to the landlord and complained. The landlord threatened
to kick Chuck out. But Chuck, being quite persuasive- and punctual with rent
checks- convinced the landlord to keep him and his dog. On the condition
that that Chuck keep his dog out of the garden area. Months went by with no
incidence. However, his girlfriend stayed home sick at his place one day.
She, not knowing the garden rule, let the dog out.
Chuck came home and, to his dismay, found that the dog wasn't in the house.
He opened the back door, and there at the steps was his dog. Dead rabbit in
mouth. Needless to say, Chuck panicked. Not wanting to face certain
eviction(and possible jail time), he took matters into his own hands. He
bathed the dead rabbit, blow-dried its hair (OK he was desperate) and
carefully placed the rabbit back in the cage. Natural causes, right? Nothing
happened.
After an excruciating week, he finally approached his neighbor one morning
on the way to work. "How is everything?" asked Chuck. "We're moving" replied
the man. "This is a sick neighborhood." "Why? What happened?" replied Chuck.
The neighbor replied: "Some sick bastard dug up our recently deceased
rabbit, washed it, combed its hair, and put it back in its cage."