Long shot, but off the top of your respective heads: are there any property management companies in Raleigh that haven't specifically restricted amstaffs/pits/large dogs? I'm trying to move to a house closer to campus and I keep hearing the same thing over and over--





If you know of any particular owners or management companies that have garaged houses up for rent please please sent some info my way

Thanks in advance.

4/11/2012 12:22:45 PM

Good luck finding one with a garage for a decent price, let alone one that will take pits. I have been looking for a house with a garage for a few months now and it is hard to find anything suitable at a reasonable price. Everything seems to be in the $1200 or more a month range. Find me a house with a garage in North Raleigh near Falls Lake and you can take over my place off of Kent.
2 car garage, neighbor has a German Shepard, so Im guessing they are ok with large breeds. Ill def hit you up when I find a place to move to. Im trying to get out in the next couple months. Rent is only 675 too.

4/11/2012 1:01:43 PM

Call the breed something other than what it is that it could reasonably pass for, and you'll be fine. Definitely make sure whatever you're passing the dog off as isn't on the list of restrictions at your new place.

If they give you shit, just produce a set of vet records, which are easy enough to print up. Magnolia Animal Hospital off of capital really does use a plain text word doc without an official logo or anything, very easy to DIY.

For example, I pass my blue/brindle off as an american bulldog/dogo argentino mix.

My Dog:



Legit Dogo/Bull mix:

4/11/2012 1:22:40 PM

Whatever you do...don't send them your fraudulent vet records through the mail....

4/11/2012 1:47:20 PM

Don't fake vet records, just ask your vet to list the dog as some mix the next time you are in. I thought everyone knew this.

The apartments I am in allow all sorts of dogs (there's a pit and German shepherd here) but they are 10 miles from campus.

4/11/2012 1:56:02 PM

So the consensus is teaching your dog to do some Talented Mr. Ripley shit. Nice.

4/11/2012 2:16:01 PM

@specialkay PM sent

^^^^ if I can't get it done legitimately I'll have to try something like that. I'd like to avoid that if I have to though, last thing I need is some random legal crap. You've got a beautiful dog, though! and I could see someone being obtuse enough to believe that of yours and mine:



^^^ sounds like there's a story there...

^^ i've told people that over the phone and had her denied when they saw her

^ maybe I'll dress her up like an old woman and teach her to hold crocheting hooks

4/11/2012 3:49:42 PM

my greedy ass landlords jacked my rent up again. I'm trying to move just to spite them and not take that shit.

anyway, I've ran into the same problem with Gunnar (German Shepherd for those of you that don't know him) but I've often found that even if a CL ad says no pets or no big breeds, I've emailed and just said something along the lines of "I'll pay a substantial pet deposit" or offer a letter from the previous landlord and they'll budge. Gunnar is also going on 7 this year so he's not prone to puppy issues or anything like that.

good luck though, it can be annoying as hell to find a place you really like that denies big dogs.

4/11/2012 4:04:20 PM

In their defense a number of home insurance companies will drop your policy for certain breeds of dogs.

4/11/2012 4:10:47 PM

There are definitely places available. My friend and his gf live by state and both of them have huge dobermans.

I think you'll have more luck with renting from a private owner directly or someone who just has a few properties rather than a property management company though.

4/11/2012 5:43:13 PM

I lived at the Summit at Avent Ferry and my roommate had a doberman. IIRC, they don't have any breed restrictions at all. I really liked that complex a lot.

4/11/2012 8:38:22 PM

I had a German Shepherd Dog at the Ashborough, but I think we might have called her a belgian tervuren. I know we had to do that at a few places, but it was clearly a GSD - nobody cared.

4/11/2012 9:11:32 PM

We have a Weimaraner/wtf? mix, and we never had a problem with our landlord over him. Private landlord
is definitely the way to go; I'd never rent from a company again after the freedom ours has given us.

Dogs, chickens, bees, gardening, etc.

Next step is buying our own house, but that has to wait until I graduate next year.

4/11/2012 9:15:46 PM

for some reason I remember hearing about discounts for having a German Shepherd

4/11/2012 9:55:02 PM

so I'm living in Boulder, CO, so it's a little different, but I've got a pit and have never had this trouble. I mostly try to find places that are landlord operated, because in my experience (in Boulder which is very dog friendly) most landlords meet my dog and are like "cool, this dog ain't biting anyone"

I now live in a professionally-managed apartment complex, and one of the office managers and her four kids live next door. When I moved in, I told them I had a lab/boxer mix. She sees me walk Sable every day, and so do plenty of other neighbors. No one has ratted me out yet, and I try to keep her away from the office area during business hours.

My thought is this - move in and then let them try to kick you out for the type of dog you have. Ask the renting agency why they are qualified to perform breed analysis using a visual test. You say it's a boxer, they say it's a pit.

4/12/2012 9:15:45 AM

I've never seen a discount for a type of dog, but breed restrictions are definitely an insurance issue. They don't want dogs like pit bulls, chows, akitas, and so on since they're traditionally violent. The landlord/owner can't let you have them. I'm not sure what the weight issue is...

4/12/2012 12:58:42 PM

A friend of mine with a husky had a hard time finding an apartment in Gboro. Finally she found one that agreed to let her rent as long as she stayed in a 1st floor unit so the dog running around wouldn't disturb downstairs neighbors. Too bad the complex I lived in for awhile didn't apply that same rule to children.

4/12/2012 1:18:20 PM

My landlord did not want dogs at all in our new house and we offered to put down an extra deposit for the privilege of having a pet (in our case a basset hound). He countered and made us pay a pet fee plus extra deposit- but it was the house we liked the best so it was worth it. Perhaps that would work if you find something you like.

4/12/2012 4:58:05 PM

lab mix

4/12/2012 7:07:48 PM

hound mix

4/12/2012 7:34:18 PM