" the only signed document is a handwritten note stating that we are renting our home " Land transactions require a signed writing. You have...

You may find an answer here: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors609.html

You have no contract with this rescue. By your own admission, they have not responded to you.

Moving to employment and labor. "My employer refused to pay me for using my truck and still ask me to use it till they rent a truck for me to...

"...interfering with my pets exercise that keeps them happy healthy and kind..." News flash: 1. Your pets exercise is in no way prevented by...

"My dogs got into a fight with another dog that came inside the house..." IF true, the citation should never have been issued. Your dog was...

Get out with the dog, do not allow "visitations," and make sure you chip, vaccinate, and register the dog in your new location.

There is neither a contract nor an agreement here. Moving to lawsuits and disputes, so you get better answers.

A dog barking in its own yard commits no violation, unless and until it is protracted to the point of nuisance.

If they are your dogs, how is it your ex has one? You need to sue in replevin. Expect a counter-claim for costs and an assertion the dog was a...