I have a 60 pound rottweiler that my landlord is telling me I must get rid of or get evicted?

Question

i have had her for a year and a half now at this apartment, someone told me if I printed a fake police dog certificate that they couldnt make me get rid of her.......anyone know where to find a website that allows me to do that and is it against any laws if I only have it to show my landlord not to misrepresent myself or do g as police? Please dont tell me about morals, i have some but I love my dog and i am willing to be a tad dishonest for a few months til i can move so I can keep her!!!!!!

Yes, she is small for her age but was just at the vet to be spayed and has lost a few pounds since, on the day she left from surgery she was 61 pounds, shes thin but you cannot see her bones!!!! Also when i moved in here 3 years ago they had a pet addendum to my lease for pets...no pets over 65 pounds no pit bulls, dobermans and chows. Now my neighbor down stairs recently moved in with a pit bull that she never kept on a leash and the management company is in search and destroy mode. We are planning on moving in Feb when our lease is up and while my vet wrote a letter stating that Lucy shouldnt go over ht e weight limitation by then that wasnt good enough for my landlord, they wanted a letter stating that the dog would not be more than 65 full grown, which we all know she will be over that but wont be fully mature until about three years old.

Answer 1

The best thing would be to get your doctor to write you a presciption for an assistant dog..for mental health..they do this all the time..then the landlord can't do anything about it.but, you need a prescription.
dog doesn't have to have any talents, or learn to do anything..just be a comforting companion..Most doctors will do this if you ask.
I just went to court with friends who were having same problem, with a Rottie..the judge upheld their right to have it for mental health.
yes, forging papers is VERY illegal, and is too dangerous..it is forgery of documents and impersonating an officer.

Answer 2

I have a 60 pound rottweiler that my landlord is telling me I must get rid of or get evicted?

Or uyou can find a new place and keep the dog.


i have had her for a year and a half now at this apartment, someone told me if I printed a fake police dog certificate that they couldnt make me get rid of her.......anyone know where to find a website that allows me to do that and is it against any laws if I only have it to show my landlord not to misrepresent myself or do g as police? Please dont tell me about morals, i have some but I love my dog and i am willing to be a tad dishonest for a few months til i can move so I can keep her!!!!!!

Your going to cost this dogs it's life. I could care less about morals. This is the dogs life we are talking about, not yours.

Either return the dog to the breeder or move to a place were you can keep the dog.

And 60lbs is very light for a rotty, why is she so little?

Answer 3

You need to check out your lease and or policies for the complex. Did you pay a pet deposit? Did you comply with all requirements for your pet. Find out why after a year and a half, the management wants the dog gone. Have you had complaints? You need to find out their reasons first. If it is an issue of saftey, then you may have to go through obedience school. Some apts have that stipulation but it is all explained in your lease or lease addendems.

Do not do anything illegal or that will hurt you in the long run. 2 wrongs don't make a right. You made need the law to help you.

In response to your additional details it seems you are following all policies set forth in the pet lease and addendum. Look them over carefully again and make 100% sure. If so, then you do not have anything to worry about. If you are moving in Feb. definatly don't worry, it would take that long possibly before anyhting would be decided on if you went through attorneys, court, etc. Also check your local laws and federal fair housing laws, you may find that management is braking federal laws of Fair Housing if they are not treating every resident the same. Fair Housing is the #1 thing management does not want to be faced with. You can find info on the web.

Answer 4

1. What's in your original lease agreement? If it says no pets or if it says no pets over a certain size then you need to find someone to take the dog until you can move.

2. If your going to be dishonest then just be dishonest and don't whine about thinking you have morals. If you had any morals you wouldn't be in this problem in the first place. You would have known what was in your lease before getting the dog and even if you didn't, then you would make the hard decision and get rid of it or get someone to house it for you until you could take it back. There are acceptable ways to do just about anything but they just arn't as easy as everyone would like them to be.

You want rights guess what they come with responsibilities and it seems everyone in the country wants the rights but is unwilling to accept the responsibilities that go with them. For goodness sake grow the hell up and stop acting so spoiled. You screwed up so find a reasonable way to get out of it. One exist you just have to take the time to look for it. Rather than just grabbing the easy way out.

Answer 5

are you disabled or is anyone in your home disabled? If yes, you can legally keep the animal. If no, try to go to the SPCA to get the many pamphlets and forms that try to help residents and landlords work together to keep or have animals. They even have a sample agreement and lease type form. very helpful.

After reading your additional detail:

give them a copy of a recent vet bill that states your dogs weight and that's it. No one can predict what will happen in the future and for your landlord to demand in writing from you or the doctor of what will happen in the future is unreasonable and ridiculous. What your landlord is requesting is impossible to determine. If your dogs weight is allowable under the lease weight restriction, then you have fulfilled the requirement. Period. They asked and you answered. You could always add in a letter to them that should your dogs weight increase past the restrictions, they will be notified. Anything after that is harassment.

Answer 6

If impersonating a police officer is illegal, I would assume that intentionally portraying your dog as a police dog would also be illegal. My reasoning here is that if someone shoots and kills a police dog, they are charged as if they shot a police officer. Try to find a friend or family member to foster your dog until you can move. I have an American Pit Bull Terrier that's almost 4 and I know how attached you can get.

Good luck and best wishes.

Answer 7

I don't know who told you that ridiculous statement about a police dog, however, check your lease agreement. Usually it will state the maximum weight of dogs allowed. However, if it makes others uncomfortable or causes a disturbance, the manager can ask you to get rid of it. Try and find somewhere to house the dog.

Answer 8

Its very difficult for your landlord to evict you for having a companion pet. Write a letter to your company that manages your building and explain that you are trying to find a home for your dog and will need some time to do so. And wait to see what they do next. Could take months and months for them to get organized with court papers for an eviction and as long as they think your trying to find the dog a home they won't file for papers.

Answer 9

If its in your lease that you can't have the dog you are out of luck. Maybe try to talk to the landlord and let him/her know your intentions and work something out or find someone to watch her until you move. I had a simliar situation with my two cats and there is not much you can do because of your lease. It sucks, but sorry anyways.

Answer 10

What take position to the perfect tenant has not something to do which includes your difficulty. You broke the words of your employ to certain he can evict you no matter if the cat is lengthy gone. i'm a landlord and that i enable cats,yet when i did not i'd not evict if the cat became lengthy gone. i'm hoping you're waiting to attraction for your landlord so that you do not ought to flow