While a Brentwood citizen has every legal right to do as he pleases with his property--there is still a certain amount of propriety that a citizen should observe in order to be considered respectable by the community.  Excessively poor treatment of one's petgirls, for instance is considered socially unacceptable in Brentwood. 

Formally a prudish librarian named Penny, Peaches has been tormented by her cruel owner since her purchase.  Anyone visiting the garage where he keeps her chained will smell the pitiful pet long before they see her as the only thing resembling a bath she receives is a weekly hosing off to clean the floor of her waste. 

Once Peaches is in sight, she looks no better than she smells.  Her once lovely blonde hair is greasy, tangled, and not arranged into high pigtails as is the fashion for  puppy girls.  Not properly collared and tagged, her neck is raw and irritated from the heavy chain rubbing her delicate skin.  Her formally bright eyes and cheerful expression has been replaced with a dull, empty stare as she has never been praised, played with, or taken to the bark park to socialize with other puppy girls.  She's never even left the few feet of hard floor that her short chain allows her to explore.  The only regular contact she gets is with her owner when he comes into feed, water, beat, scold. and mock her once a day. 

Certainly, these kinds of practices are acceptable to almost any pet owner in Brentwood in the short term for discipline of the pet or amusement of the owner, but to permanently keep a pet in this state is generally considered unacceptable.  There have been attempts by friends, neighbors, and even the Brentwood Pound to convince the owner to sell or donate Peaches, but so far these efforts have been in vain and the poor thing has continued to live in these wretched conditions.