Really, no renting to someone with German Shepherds???? - Page 2

This sounds really bad.
Good advice from Blitzen, and a great offer from Joanro. May give you some time.
I´d try to contact the clubs in your surrounding, maybe they are able to help until you found something.
Good luck!

State Farm will not cover you if you have a german shepherd

That may be on a state by state bassis as i have State Farm and both my GSD's are listed on the policy here in Arizona

Tough situation, and we're in it too. Our current lease is ending and we can't renew it so we're looking for a new place to go. Markets are insane here in Colorado, and finding a rental that allows pets let alone GSDs is impossible. Finding our current landlords was a miracle as it was and that was before the market blew up. So we're looking for something to buy, and that's not much easier. Wish I had advice, but I don't have anything that hasn't already been said. Good luck to you.

A way around this is that when you go to your vet with your new pup or dog and they give the initial exam/check up, ask if they can put down "Mix Breed" or something to that effect on the paperwork under the breed category. Or have them put in "Czech Shepherd" or something.
That way when you go to rent and the landlord says, "No german shepherds", you can pull out the vet records for your dog and they'll have "mix breed", or whatever, for the breed on the paperwork.

If you plan to rent a house that has a "no pets" policy and decide to risk it by not telling your landlord you have a pet, the best thing I can suggest is put K9 unit stickers, or Police Dog Association or USA K9 Trainer or something to that effect on your refrigerator at your house.

This seems strange, I know, but it worked for me. I needed a place to rent for a new job and no place would allow pets. I said screw it and took a house anyway with a "No Pets" policy, even though I have a GSD. About a month before the lease was up, the landlord stopped by to do an inspection. I kinda panicked because I thought I would surely get kicked out and lose my deposit on the house.

Luckily, I had random brochures, stickers, papers, etc. stuck to my fridge pertaining to K9, schutzhund, dog training, etc. The landlord saw these and asked if my dog was a police dog. I said "he's still in training to get his certifications to become a police dog and then I'll sell him once they're complete." This was a lie, of course, but the landlord thought this was the coolest thing ever that he had a police dog living in one of his units and thought it was great that there are still responsible animal owners out there, etc. I didn't lose my deposit that day and in fact the guy said if I needed a recommendation for a new place, he'd provide one.

Maybe I was just lucky, but I'd rather be lucky than good

Saying mixed breed when they are not is dishonest and will have consequences.

Even service dogs are offered no legal protection from the owners of rental properties. If they say no dogs or no to a certain breed, it's no period. Dogs are not considered a protected class.

We often face similar issues at campgrounds where GSD's are prohibited. However service dogs must always be allowed in campgrounds. The usual excuse for no GSD's is - our insurance company says "no".

 

Peanut Allergy "Service Dog", train it yourself according to Nosework Sport Standards, get a doctors note, done. 

If some asks you to demonstrate how it works, a dog trained to the Nosework Sport standard will be able to search on command, with the wind blowing, with distractions and still be able to source the peanuts, in any environment.

Also won't hurt to get an allergy scratch test done on your back/arm, as well.

Some wonderful people on here have PM's me with offers as Joanro has.  I am truly blessed with such support.  I keep praying there is a rental out there  for me.  I did find umbrella coverage/dog liability coverage for the dogs but many places are still saying no.  It is very frustrating.  I was blessed with my current landlord, he is amazing and I will really miss him.  I will be moving back to Florida to be with family and my mom who is 80 now and pretty independent is doing well since my dad passed last October.  In a year or two I will be back and facing the same dilemma with my dogs.  Some have offered up advice (not on this site, personal life advice) of rehoming my dogs or even one extreme case of euthanizing them since it would be cruel to rehome dogs that are this age.  I thanked them and said it was not an option, I would be homeless before giving up my dogs but thanks to all the support, that will not happen, I have options.  So thank you and will keep you informed.  Maybe we should start a list of dog friendly landlords and what they require in all the states we are in, might help in the future......

You're a good egg, joanro.

Mindhunt, was going to say as soon  as I get my coverage set up I'll share that with you, but you beat me to it. My new credo is "Everything is Negotiable". I did my own wn searches using craigslist and every other site that came up when I did a web search for rental houses in a given area, plus zillow, trulia & realtor.com, and refused to pay an app fee until i knew  this agent had gotten the ok for the dogs AND the cows--it had been listed  as "no indoor pets', but it had also been listed for about a month, and I offered a non-refundable animal deposit of $250 that is seperate from the regular security.

Too bad you don't need a  place in NE Michigan, else I could rent you mine!  Don't let an ad that says "no pets" disuade you from asking, though--if it's been vacant long enough the landlord may change their mind if asked directly. Right now, though, we're at the Staybride Suites for a week,  til the rental is ready.

Don't give up yet--and anyone who advised me to  rehome or put down my dogs would be an  'ex-friend'!