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**carpartsho** · 09-21-2012, 05:51 PM

Does your dog have papers? I had a similar issue trying to rent our house as well as the apartment before. My vet told me that because I don't have papers I can't prove he's pure APBT, and likewise neither can anyone else. He had me tell my prospective landlords that ace is a terrier mix/mut. When you look at him he's clearly pit, and the apartments, who also had us do a dog interview tried to tell me they don't rent to pit mixes. My reply was, "if I can't prove his breed on paper, then you can't tell me he's pit, poodle, or anything else". I paid my pet deposit and moved in.

That's a fine line to walk.

People use that logic all the time with us, and guess what? We still deny them. We reserve the right to make the decision based on the dog's appearance. A vet's statement is not the end all do all for us. Whenever people sign our rental qualifications, they are agreeing that "x,y, and z are breeds restricted at our communities. Any dogs of these breeds (or clear mixes) are restricted. We reserve the right to decide if a dog resembles a restricted breed too closely to be allowed at our communities."

And guess what? No one has ever tried to sue us or fight us on this. Fortunately we have had very few people go to the extreme of lying about their dog's breed.

09-21-2012, 05:51 PM	#16
carpartsho Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 501 Senior Member	Does your dog have papers? I had a similar issue trying to rent our house as well as the apartment before. My vet told me that because I don't have papers I can't prove he's pure APBT, and likewise neither can anyone else. He had me tell my prospective landlords that ace is a terrier mix/mut. When you look at him he's clearly pit, and the apartments, who also had us do a dog interview tried to tell me they don't rent to pit mixes. My reply was, "if I can't prove his breed on paper, then you can't tell me he's pit, poodle, or anything else". I paid my pet deposit and moved in. That's a fine line to walk. People use that logic all the time with us, and guess what? We still deny them. We reserve the right to make the decision based on the dog's appearance. A vet's statement is not the end all do all for us. Whenever people sign our rental qualifications, they are agreeing that "x,y, and z are breeds restricted at our communities. Any dogs of these breeds (or clear mixes) are restricted. We reserve the right to decide if a dog resembles a restricted breed too closely to be allowed at our communities." And guess what? No one has ever tried to sue us or fight us on this. Fortunately we have had very few people go to the extreme of lying about their dog's breed.
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