I am homeless, because of my dog

[Topaz]

When I had two smallish dogs in Seattle, it took me 70+ phone calls to find a landlord who would rent to me because of my pets. Pet owners have to be seriously persistent.

[cinnabon]

Originally Posted by lori49042

hello,
I do feel your pain as I am in the same postition. My oldest son is in the ARMY and in Iraq. I have custody of his pitt bull. I am also loosing my home to forcosure. No one will rent to me either because of my sons dog. He is not visious at all, but I do know the consequences of these dogs. Bubu would 't have a chance because he is so loveable. I am careful when little kids are around just because of his breed. One never knows about these kinds of dogs. My real problem is I have an 8 year old rotweiller also. Its starting to get cold in my area, so living in my car is going to get pretty pricey, running the heat all the time. Hope your situation has improved, and please wish me some luck also. Send some prayers up for us if you have a mind to. thanks for sharing, lori49042

You are living in your car because of these dogs??? Don't you have any family or anyone who can help you? Maybe you can find someone to foster care for the dogs for a while so you can get a place to live. Have you spoken to the animal shelters to see if there are any options or what about that animal sanctuary in southern Utah? Maybe they would take them on a temporary basis. That's just a crazy situation.

I actually found it a lot easier to rent with my 2 cats here in Utah than it was in NJ. Most apartment complexes were willing to take them, as well as most private renters, which is the route I eventually took. I know having 2 vicious looking dogs is a much different story, but I think you can find some way out of your situation if you look around. Maybe post an "apartment wanted" ad on Craig's list explaining your situation, and maybe someone will help you out, especially because you have a son in Iraq.

[puppyshy]

Whoever states that the pit is the most dangerous dog, is very uninformed. The golden retriever is actually the dog with the worst temper, according to the ATS (ats.org), the Pit actually scored the highest of all dogs, but since you can't be killed by a little dog, well those stats don't count. If you really want to know the facts, less than 1% of all dog bites are by pits. Now on to your situation... your problem is so easy to fix: first thing you should do is research, go and research the Americans with Disabilities Act of 85, there you should find your loophole that will prevent any landlord from discriminating your animal. I live in CA at a very "high-end" rental property with a strict animal policy, and I myself have a nanny dog (otherwise known as pit).

[Tim Tim Tim]

I love pits..

I work in differant peoples homes every day, come across ALOT of dogs. Well one day this lady let her "puppy" out as she called it, its a freaking big ass pitbull. I was like o crap this thing looks scary, came up and licked me and was trying to sit on my lap. Another day I go to this mans house, walking up the driveway they had some dog roughly 30 lbs that didnt look mean at all, Walked buy and the bastard bit me in the leg.

just shows all pits arent bad, I think its that there such loyal dogs they will do whatever there owner tells them to do and with there strength, bad things can happen

[mamamc]

Originally Posted by powellpork

hi, i have a post going on another forum and id like to see the kind of reaction i get here. here is my post..

Hello, I am a single 28 yr old male with a boxer/pitbull mix dog. This dog would not hurt a fly, is very well trained and very sweet. I cant find a appartment that will rent to me because of my dog. Can anyone point me to a appartment in Salt Lake City/sandy or anywhere between that will allow me and my dog to rent a appartment? I dont want to live in a run down/bad area. I have contacted 12 appartment places, checked peoplewithpets.com, none will allow me in. Please can anyone help me?

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Thanks to everyone that responded to my post, however all the places mentioned will not accept me. I have now searched 24 appartment complexes now and I am not allowed in any of them.

We are in the same boat. We had a vet say she was a sharpe for an apartment we rented in Albuquerque. Sorry to say, anything that has ever been in a movie attacking anything isn't going to be allowed, At least that is how Albuquerque is. I hope you can find somewhere! they are really wonderful breeds and the pitbull as a nanny dog before a fighting dog. I would just keep looking. Don't look at complexes but maybe a duplex or something privately owned, with an owner willing to meet and great your pup. Good luck, too bad people aren't more opened minded to the fact any dog can be viscous and its a direct reflection of the owner. We love our dog and our daughter is always rolling on her.
Good luck,

[moose.tigger]

We own a home now, but when we were renting with a small dog we had the most luck with basement "mother-in-law" type apartments. We rented a couple of those then a very small, old 1 bedroom house. Renting a house or a part of a house usually meant landlords who rented to just a very few tenants and would take a little time to get to know us and our dog versus someone managing a large complex. Most of the time the places we ended up moving were not advertised as pet-friendly, but when we asked the landlords were open to it. Basement apartments may not be the ideal situation for everyone, but we had good experiences renting them with a dog.

[utahtornado]

how about just buy a place of your own and then you can have as many pets as you like...