Neighbor advice: My neighbors are clearly uncomfortable with my dog. But what they're doing about it needs to stop.

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Dear Prudence,

I live in an apartment building that I like, except I think it has one too few elevators. There are two of them, and one of them is out of order not infrequently. I have a dog.

There are residents in my building who do not let me (or other dog owners) get in the elevator because they don’t like dogs or because they don’t want their dog in an elevator with other dogs. My dog is fine with other dogs in elevators. I even see this behavior from other residents who have dogs in strollers/that they are carrying. I would guess that a third of the apartments in my 17-story building have a dog, so it is a very pet-friendly building. Obviously, if the elevator lands on my floor and the dog inside is very react