Pets
Related: About this foruma question about pet and apartments
Can I ask you all a question
we sold our home in October and moved downtown that was renovated to nice condo/apartments. all the greatness of a home without the upkeep on our part
we pay 1200 bucks a month rent
we rehomed our boxers before we moved. we had family that had a large piece of fenced in land that those beautiful animals needed.
our place allows for animals so we looked around and found a little guy we like. he is almost 3 months old a mix between Maltese and Papillion he won't be any bigger than 5-7 lbs
my hubby went to the office yesterday to ask what we needed to do if we added an animal. they gave us the pet lease agreement and told us it would be 400 bucks deposit. we are great with that but on his way out of the office the manager said no puppies
we looked at the official pet agreement and it says no dogs bigger than 25 lbs. there are several bigger than that living here
it says that all shots must be up to date and that it needs to be spayed/neutered and if it wasn't old enough to be then as soon as it was old enough then it needed to happen
we are good with all the rules
but no where does it say no puppies
so
1 what constitutes a puppy
2. if their own 'rules' do not state no puppies then can they literally say what age a dog needs to be
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)we love living here and hubby is willing to keep looking but we both fell in love with this little guy
elleng
(130,906 posts)Hard to tell what the office manager meant but if it's not in the official agreement, I'd say nothing to worry about; nothing for them to enforce.
COULD have meant tenants' dogs shouldn't give birth while there, but then again, hard to tell.
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)ions scenario with lots of little dogs barking all the time.
unc70
(6,114 posts)Just curious what kind of relationship you have. How well did you hear the no puppies comment?
Hard to judge. I now live in a similar situation that is very dog friendly, though I only have a cat.
Are there hardwood floors or carpets? That might explain the comment.
Curious what city you are in. There are a lot around where downtowns are repopulating.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)we have carpets and not new. it has been cleaned but there are some spots from the previous tenants
i guess the best thing to do is to go down and talk to them.
maybe show them his picture and hope he melts their hearts like mine.
he might be closer to 4 months and his is tiny-will always be tiny
csziggy
(34,136 posts)That is probably the main concern - aside from the idea that you might allow more puppies to be born. Even if the carpet is old and stained, they probably don't want more stains and any smells.
If you can assert that the dog is already to trained to hold it or to use a pad, there shouldn't be a problem.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)he should be perfect. the lady we are getting him from even said she would keep him a little longer if we needed her to
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)Ineeda
(3,626 posts)a dog ranges from 6 weeks to over a year. Using the requirement of "...it needs to be spayed/neutered and if it wasn't old enough to be then as soon as it was old enough then it needed to happen" makes puppy-ness relative. If it's not specified, I don't think it can be enforced. Adorable, by the way.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)and assure them that your dog will stay under 25 pounds, will be housebroken and that you absolutely plan to neuter as soon as it is age appropriate.
Since the pet agreement states that they must be neutered as soon as age appropriate "if it wasn't old enough to be," then it sounds like puppies are ok, and they either mean "no breeding" or no puppies too young to be housebroken, or something to that effect.