Selling pup to Renters? - Page 1

I am very very picky of homes I place pups in, but I have a single gal in a rental unit that is really wanting a puppy. She has emailed 4 times and filled out my puppy application. I turned her down since she rents her house, explaining about renters, leases and home owners insurance and the risks involved. She has even sent me her lease to assure me she is allowed 2 dogs and already has one dog, and works at a vet clinic as a counter person and is quite knowledgeable about animals. I am about to decline her a 2nd time as I'm too uncomfortable with renters.

Who's going to get down on me now? laughing.....viewpoints on this topic?

I would let her buy a pup from me, sounds like the perfect home,

she may even be able to bring her dogs to work with her, also, if
she can show proof that she is allowed two dogs, that would be
good enough for me.

I wouldn't worry about her as much as I would worry about a home owner
that is clueless about the breed or animals in general.

JMO............

And if I was to make that kind of decision, I would except any repercussions as to
problems down the road, and am willing to take the dog back.

As a matter of fact, dogs that have been returned to me over the years have all been
from home owners, not renters, you will find some people chose to never own a home,
they don't want that commitment for one reason or another.

There are also many dog friendly insurance companies out there.

Wow I was a renter for a long time, and I am a very responsible pet owner.

With the economy and market where they now, I would imagine there are a lot of renters out there.

You can never even be sure that a homeowner is going to take the best care of one of your puppies, here in CA, as I am sure it is elswhere, there are a lot of dogs in shelters because homeowners just up and left them in the back yard.

I would not be predjudice against someone because they are a renter, in my opinion that has nothing to do with the character and ethics of a person, just their financial burden, and truthfully you are going to see more and more people renting for the next 5-10 years, so if this is what you are going to use to make your judgements, you had better be ready to keep a few puppies from your litters.

I have known many people who rent because they prefer to not deal with being a homeowner, and here in CA, unless you make a very good living, you can't afford to buy a house!

I can't imagine if someone would have turned me down as a pet owner for all of the years that I was a renter, it just took me longer to find a place that would take pets, but it was never a question of leaving them behind EVER!

If your reasoning is that she is a renter and you have not doubts that she a good pet owner I would ask her if I could contact her landlord.

Pretty simple solution really.

Vickie

www.PowerHausKennels.com

I don't have any problems to sale to Renters who Rents a house with a yard ,after a full check with the landlord and the potential buyer, as it was said above allready I also had dogs comming back from home owners never got one back from a Renter.

Now I will NOT sale a dog to people who live in Appartments.

Brigitte

As a one-time renter, who is now a home owner.........I'd like to say, I had 2 GSDS with me through several rental places, one a 3rd floor apartment.  Never was there a chance of me rehoming them because of where I lived.  I only rented from places where dogs were allowed.  It took me longer to find places I admit, but they are out there. 

After seeing the contract where she is allowed the dog, I'd sell to her.  I haven't ever recieved a dog back from a renter, except one that lied to me and said he owned house, but he brought the pup back within a couple of days, so no real harm, no foul on that one.  Veronica

I rent....2 Bedroom Townhouse, small backyard, all concrete and deck with a couple of large palm trees.

When I moved in across the hall, into a 1/1, I had a litter of 5 Rottie puppies.  Small backyard.

I have lived here for 8 yrs(moved across the hall into the 2/2 6.5 yrs ago).  My landlord knows that at any given point in time, I could have anywhere from 6 to 15 dogs here. 

I have never owned a home, and not sure I ever want to own a home.  So.....Personally, I would sell to her---after meeting her current dog, and maybe talking to her vet.

As far as having a lease....I don't have one.  My landlord doesn't use leases.  He doesn't charge deposits.  He doesn't clean and paint prior to moving in.  So, I would have a tough time showing a lease....

All my dogs are vaccinated, trained, shown, walked, worked, loved, played with, fed well, etc....Heck, I couldnt afford to buy a house down here.....

HA. I have rented for years, from a small one bedroom townhome, to a larger 2 bedroom townhome, to the house I am in now.  I would absolutely call myself a working/show home since all my dogs have working titles and conformation ratings.  Some of my most dedicated clients are renters or live in condos. I think thats a very unfair assesment.

I own a property management company. I have many rentals that I allow the dogs in. Due to insurance and liability for the owners I do not allow Rotts (we all know I own them, I have put in a rott or 2 in my own stuff), or pitts. I have one building close to dog beach and they sneak them anyway, so we opened the building up to them and charged more rent. The dogs all get along with each other, have play times after work. It is a pain in the rear for me and getting access to the units. However, tenants will have a couple of units that can stay home and those units take the dogs to babysit while we do what needs to be done. I have to know the dogs, so I know which units I can go into on emergency (fire alarms going off or water issues). I also have tenants that do not move in and out. I love cats personally, hate them in rentals, if they spray or pee have to treat the sub floor, if dog does just change carpet and pad.  the one issue I have and hate are the little ones (dogs) because the owners are to lazy to potty train so they use those pee pads. The building also is very clean of waste, under the threat of clearing the building of the dogs, So the tenants police themselves, one bad apple, gets told on pretty darn quick.  Dogs and rentals depend on the management of the building/owner of the dog...