[standaman]

Great News! She found a place where she can have her dog...and she got in touch with a lawyer and he found a loophole to get her out of her lease. Her and her dog will be reunited hopefully in just a few short weeks.

[Daleman1984]

Hooray! That is good news!

[Finanziamento]

Woot! That is great news. I hope you hugged the hell outta your friend

[standaman]

Hey guys!

A dear friend of mine adopted a puppy a few months ago. They were led to believe it was going to be a small dog. However I had my suspicions due to paw size. Anyway the puppy has outgrown the weight limit. The weight limit is 30lbs and this dog is now 50lbs and still growing. My friend got a message from the management at her apartment, stating that it has come to their attention that her dog is much larger than the weight limit allows and to please contact that office. She went down to the office and explained that this was an adopted pup and they were led to believe this was going to be a small dog, she even offered to pay an extra deposit on him. But rules are rules. They told her she had until Sunday to get the dog off the property and if they ever saw the dog on the property again after that they would begin the eviction process. That was on Friday. Sunday the dog went to her fiances' moms house. She told her she would keep the dog for 2 weeks but after that, she has to have something worked out. Everyone in her family has turned her down to keep this dog temporarily and none of her friends will help. I know I can't personally take this dog in. She is breaking her lease and she has found a new apartment that will allow her to have the dog. Unfortunately she won't be able to move in until she finds someone to sublet her place. Her current lease is up in November. So she asked me if I knew of any programs that people will temporarily foster the dog until she can take him back. She said she had heard of that before when her friend got deployed. Personally I've never heard of it.

Does anyone know what she is talking about and if this really would be an option for her. Obviously if no one can keep the dog for her at the end of the two weeks she may be forced to surrender the dog. Which I pray does not happen because she is trying so hard to do right by him and keep him. She said she is even tempted to live in the car until something can be worked out. But I fear the point will come this dog will be in the shelter.

Thanks

[PharmaDrMan]

There are some foster programs for members of the military who are deployed. Obviously, your friend (big hug to her, btw, for trying to make it all work out) would not qualify.

I would look into long term boarding at a good facility - not ideal, but it would allow her to keep the pup, until she is ready to move into the new place.

[standaman]

Thanks. You see I figured that it would only apply to things like the military but thought I'd atleast ask. I'll suggest the long term boarding but I'm not sure she can afford it.

[PharmaDrMan]

Around here (L.A.) some kennels offer 'rescue' rates that are lower than the 'retail' rates. I think it would be worth a few calls.

[standaman]

I just called her and let her know. She informed me that now her fiance's mom is willing to keep him for a month and in the meantime she is going to look into kennels. Fingers crossed she can find a subletter and get moved in the next month. The apartment won't let her out of lease until she finds someone to take it over.

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He is such a sweet dog I hope everything works out for them.

[Biashpainabix]

If for whatever reason she ends up needing to board, if she talks to the facility about the issue, they might work out a discounted deal for her. I know the boarding facility I use told me that they have no problem working out deals if people have issues beyond their control or emergencies or the like. Definitely worth a shot to ask at least.

[standaman]

She is definately going to check up on that she said. She got a little savings put away that she said she is willing to use up if she has to. She is willing to do anything for this dog. I think she might love this dog more than her fiance

[newspetty]

Why doesn't she just keep the dog in her apartment. She has a lease and if the apartment wants to evict her it will take them a couple of months. She won't have to break her lease as they will break it for her unless they can compromise. I would just ignore the management and they move when they send an eviction notice. If she handles it right she may be able to stall them a couple of months.

[Biashpainabix]

I don't know about other states, but here.. Evictions go on your rental records.. Which means it'll be harder to rent out a place in the future.

[Daleman1984]

That's exactly what I was thinking. An eviction can show up on your credit report too, if the landlord chooses to report it, and the court docs are public record that could show up in a background check. Better to do what your friend is doing. Hopefully she will find someone to sublet. Also, I don't know about TN, but in AZ the landlord also has some duty to find a new tenant as well in this kind of situation.

[Biashpainabix]

When I lived in TX, I got my apt as a sublet that I found through an Apt locator service. Can she try to talk to someone like that?

[standaman]

When I lived in TX, I got my apt as a sublet that I found through an Apt locator service. Can she try to talk to someone like that?

I know she has done some posting on Craigslist and on Facebook and Myspace. And she mentioned another site regarding to find a subletter.

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Why doesn't she just keep the dog in her apartment. She has a lease and if the apartment wants to evict her it will take them a couple of months. She won't have to break her lease as they will break it for her unless they can compromise. I would just ignore the management and they move when they send an eviction notice. If she handles it right she may be able to stall them a couple of months.

As others said it will make it harder to rent in the future if she gets evicted. Personally since the apartment agreed to allow the dog in the first place I personally think they should let her finish out her lease term with the dog and then leave.

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That's exactly what I was thinking. An eviction can show up on your credit report too, if the landlord chooses to report it, and the court docs are public record that could show up in a background check. Better to do what your friend is doing. Hopefully she will find someone to sublet. Also, I don't know about TN, but in AZ the landlord also has some duty to find a new tenant as well in this kind of situation.

From what I understand her options were she can either break her lease and continue paying rent until the lease is up, which she can't afford, or find a subletter to take over the rent and move into the apartment as is.

[Mumeseest]

I wouldn't suggest she keep the dog and wait till they throw her out... they might have fine print in the lease agreement that states they can enter the home (even when you aren't home) and they could use that fine print to go in and remove the dog from the premises when she isnt' there. If that happens, they will likely contact AC, and the dog could be euthanized before she gets home from work and even finds out where the dog is.

Is it a pit bull mix type? If so, she might could contact Nashville Pitties... They are on Facebook, but I can no longer access my FB account from my work computer so I can't look up their email address. I googled Nashville Pit Bull Rescues, and found these:

http://pitbull.rescueme.org/Tennessee

and it pulled up this Shepherd rescue, so maybe they know someone that could be a temp foster for her:

http://www.saveourshepherds.org/all_TN_rescues.html

Hearts of Gold Pit Bull Rescue is out of Memphis but they can probably give you some leads of some Middle TN rescues..

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/he...pitrescue.html

And Happy Tails is out of Franklin:

http://happytaleshumane.com/

Best of luck to her, let us know how things turn out. Great to see you by the way!!

[Daleman1984]

Does she still have a copy of her lease? Does it say that in there? The lease itself should have language about her requirements if she should break the lease. When the landlord agreed to the puppy, did your friend get anything in writing? Not trying to be too nosy, just trying to find a way to maybe buy her some more time? As a landlord myself, if I agreed to a puppy, well, I certainly would try harder to work with her when said puppy grew up bigger than expected.

[standaman]

I wouldn't suggest she keep the dog and wait till they throw her out... they might have fine print in the lease agreement that states they can enter the home (even when you aren't home) and they could use that fine print to go in and remove the dog from the premises when she isnt' there. If that happens, they will likely contact AC, and the dog could be euthanized before she gets home from work and even finds out where the dog is.

Is it a pit bull mix type? If so, she might could contact Nashville Pitties... They are on Facebook, but I can no longer access my FB account from my work computer so I can't look up their email address. I googled Nashville Pit Bull Rescues, and found these:

http://pitbull.rescueme.org/Tennessee

and it pulled up this Shepherd rescue, so maybe they know someone that could be a temp foster for her:

http://www.saveourshepherds.org/all_TN_rescues.html

Hearts of Gold Pit Bull Rescue is out of Memphis but they can probably give you some leads of some Middle TN rescues..

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/he...pitrescue.html

And Happy Tails is out of Franklin:

http://happytaleshumane.com/

Best of luck to her, let us know how things turn out. Great to see you by the way!!

Thanks. Yeah at first she was going to try to just hide him but I advised her against it for the very reason you mentioned. As far as what the dog is. He looks like some kind of herding mix. I actually gave her Sashas rescues info and a few others just incase they might be able to help and I"ll definately pass this info along as well.

[standaman]

Good News. She found someone to keep the dog for her for a month after her fiances parents have him for 2 weeks. That will help a bit. So she now has 6 weeks to get this worked out.

[Daleman1984]

Well that's good news!