Re: Emotional support animals question - Landlord Forum thread 350211

Re: Emotional support animals question by Garry on January 18, 2017 @00:30

You can ask for a letter from a licensed professional doctor, psychologist,psychiatrist, etc, that says the person needs a ESA. If the letter is real, then you must allow the ESA in the home, and you cannot charge a extra deposit for the ESA. HOWEVER, that ESA must be friendly to all people, and cannot disturb neighbors with barking. The tenants must keep ALL the premises clean of dog doodoo, keep the dog updated with all required shots, and maintain control over the dog at all times. And just because you had one bad experience with one dog, does not mean ALL dogs are bad.

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Re: Emotional support animals question by Anonymous on January 18, 2017 @21:42	[ Reply ]

I know not all dogs are bad and these are my good tenants so I just also want to know that I will have not problems with my insurance company. Is the insurance company exempt of dropping me due to this requirement. Y allowing a dog ?

Re: Emotional support animals question by Garry on January 18, 2017 @23:47	[ Reply ]

First, an ins. comp. is never going to know if a T has a dog or not, unless YOU inquire about it, or something bad happens that involves the dog, that causes you to turn in a claim to your ins. comp. In my opinion, you have about a .001% chance of anything bad happening involving a dog. I've been a LL for 36 years,and currently own 20 SFHs. I have always allowed small pets ( 1 only--dog or cat ) in any of my rentals. I have NEVER filed a claim regarding pets. Besides, the laws regarding ESAs are federal laws, of which override any policies a ins. co. may have. Also, an ESA dog, cat, pot-bellied pig, rabbit, miniture horse, etc. is by nature and name (ESA,) is not going to be aggressive. Contact a civil rights person in your area for more info about ESAs.

Re: Emotional support animals question by J (FL) on January 19, 2017 @11:34	[ Reply ]

G it could create a problem if the insurance company has a banned breed list and the ESA breed is on that list. Many insurance companies will drop you if they find out you own a pitbull, etc. Or they might refuse to pay out if something happens. I'm adamantly against the whole concept of ESAs because every person I've encountered so far claiming to have one has just been been a big phony who wants to get around "no pitbull" or "no pet" rules by working the system.

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