rental agent not doing what he promised...any way out?

When I looked at the house I rented in May of this year, The rental agent promised a fence to divide the guest house and mine, as I have kids and dogs. I was told he would be using my deposit money to do this. 4 months later it is still not done, and today I was informed with five muntes warning that they rented the guest house and I would need to put my dogs in the house. When I asked about the fence, he informed me that it would not in fact actually put any barrier between the guest house and mine, and that I m to share my patio with the new tenants. I have personal belongings and have made it family gathering place with tv and such. I now have had to miss work because I cant keep my dogs inside alone not only for the time reason, but because they are not acustom to strangers comming in out my yard which we normaly keep locked, and I fear that in protecting my home,damage will be done, injuries may uccor or my dogs will get out. They are a part of my family. My childrens dogs. Am I suppose to get rid of them because the landlord made false promises? Lose my job to stay home so they can be inside? The agent also blatenly told the new tenants there are NO dogs here. And gave them the same promise of a fence with THIER deposit money. A fence that still will not leave any actual division to the yard. In my lease it only states that the dogs be kept inside, or "put up" for repair men/ agent..I would never have signed a 2 year lease if I had known the truth. Can I breach my lease for this? Is there any way out?OR what?. Lose my job, or my dogs? Not really an option...I havent paid my rent yet this month and in the heat of my frustration im thinking I should just take my rent money and go somewhere else. Please help!

Did you get the promise of a fence in writing? If not, you have no way to enforce such an agreement. Is the guest house and yours on the same parcel? A fence may or may not be allowed to divide one parcel in half by city code. (You'd have to ask.)

You knew upon moving in that another unit was adjacent to yours. You knew that the yard was not divided and was currently being shared by both units. (These were obvious when you looked at the unit.) It doesn't appear as if that is going to change. You have been using the entire yard for yourself up to this point. Now the other unit is rented. You will have to share the yard. If you have no agreement in writing for the fence, you may have to get rid of the dogs, crate them when you are at work, remove personal belongings of value from the shared space, or break the lease and face the consequences. You would be held responsible if the dogs injured someone or destroyed their property.

You can write to the LL and let him know of the promises made and of your dogs. I don't know if that will do any good or not unless you have a written promise of a fence, or a sympathetic LL.