Posted by Sailor on April 26, 2006 at 19:41:41:
I won’t bore you w/the long list of reasons that as a landlord I do not now allow pets of any kind (“including dogs, cats, rodents, birds, fish, reptiles & insects”), but I have spent thousands of rehab dollars & weeks of labor because of the adored pets of tenants. You think this is unfair, but you having a pet that can bring in fleas or barf on the carpet isn’t fair to the landlord (who probably learned the hard way that tenant pets are expensive). Surely your dog wouldn’t behave in a destructive or pest-ridden manner, but you can understand that allowing your dog to stay when other tenants are not allowed to have dogs is not fair either. What puzzles me is why tenants living in a space that is specified as pet-free feel they can still bring in an animal (or several). No offense to your cherished pup, but if you were my tenant I’d have served you notice the 1st day the dog appeared.
Tye