Re: Who Rents To Tenants w/Big Dogs? - Landlord Forum thread 321722

Re: Who Rents To Tenants w/Big Dogs? by Kim (WV) on July 23, 2014 @20:27

Yep, you are right, OP, it is hard to judge up front who is going to be a good and responsible pet owner and who is not. That's why I'm reconsidering allowing pets. I'm either not going to allow them, or I'll allow them but only if they pass all my conditions. Or I may allow them at some properties but not others. I haven't decided yet. One thing I'm considering is coming up with some additional requirements the pet owner has to comply with before I'll rent to them.

I'm thinking about having them fill out a questionnaire pertaining to their pet before I'll rent to them and allow the pet. Allowing the pet depends on them giving me the correct answers to the questions. Some of the questions for dog owners might be: (1) what is the location of the nearest dog park? (2) How often do you take your dog to the dog park? (3) Has your dog been to obedience school? (4) Did the dog "pass" obedience training? (5) Show me the dog can do the following on command: sit, stay, come, down, etc. (6) When does your dog bark? (7) If you work, how long is the dog alone? (8) What is your plan for the dog while you are at work? (9) How much does your dog chew? (10) When you are home, where is the dog? (11) Is the dog crate trained? and so on and so on. I could come up with quite a few questions that pertain to care of the dogs and this information would help me sort out the wheat from the chaff so to speak.

It's much easier to just say NO PETS ALLOWED and leave it at that. But I've been a renter with pets once--I was a homeowner but had to move out of my house for a year (husband got recalled to military duty because of the war) and it was hard to find a place that would let us have the cats. The cats did not harm the rental and we got every penny of our security deposit back so I know it can be done (have a tenant with a pet and no damages) but it's rare.

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