LL won't let us have a dog..

frugallass

Jomo wrote: »

I think my judgement was more based on fact, the OP stated her/himself that they are limited to 8 hours per week due to ill health...

If they cannot physically look after the dog then that is a worry.

she said that when she was trained up she will be 'working' a maximum of 8 hours per week and will ensure that someone will care for the dog during these two periods of 4 hours. She did not say that she was limited to 8 hours per week - read the posts properly before you jump in and judge

Jomo

hayley11 wrote: »

I don't want to volunteer for a rescue centre, I have started volunteering for CAB, I couldn't manage both
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hayley11 wrote: »

The reason I want one is because I don't work due to health issues, I suffer from depression and anxiety quite badly (among other things) .

hayley11 wrote: »

I currently do very little volunteering for CAB because I am doing the training, perhaps 1-2 hours a week. Once I am passed the training stage it will be a max of 8 hours a week, four hours over two days. The puppy would never be left alone during this time, my uncle who lives two minutes away will come and sit in with it. Simple.

When I say I cannot manage to do more volunteer work, it's not because I don't have time, it's because of my health issues.QUOTE]

Not my words....

frugallass

but she was referring to the volunteering - and not being able to carry out extra volunteering over and above what she already does

she does not imply that she is unable to look after her own dog in her own home

hayley11

Jomo, you really are very petty. :rolleyes: I have a lot of health issues which i'm not going to go into here with you but it doesn't mean I cannot take care of a dog. And like I said, I don't live alone so it wouldn't just be me looking after the dog.

I suggest if you haven't anything constructive to say, you just leave it now.

Horace

Its a standard clause nowadays for Landlords to refuse pets - for all the reasons stated above. I know that when the tenants immediately below me moved out the landlord spent two weeks redecorating the flat because of their dog.

I am not saying that you won't love the dog or anything like that but your landlord has already refused to allow you to have a pet. Perhaps you would be better finding a landlord that allows pets?

Personally, I don't agree with keeping dogs if you live in a flat or even if you live in the city - the only dogs that have any business in cities/towns are working dogs e.g. guide dogs, hearing dogs and police dogs. That is my personal opinion.

A landlord may not refuse if the dog is a working dog such as a guide dog and you are blind. I don't know if there are any working dogs who help people who are depressed though.

Jomo

I'm not going to argue with you on this, no doubt having a dog would help you in many ways but that could also be met with dealing with animals on a daily basis. I thought that the best piece of advice you got on here was to help out at an animal centre of some kind. But you were very quick to say no giving all sorts of excuses why not, one of them being that you were frightened to stroke them! It doesn't give a very good impression does it.

But when you really, really want something I suppose the blinkers do go on...

I thought that was very constructive advice!!

frugallass

a rescue centre generally homes dogs from unknown backgrounds with unknown behaviours and histories - probably not the best environment for some - I love dogs but I wouldn't put my hand out to stroke a dog I did not know

building up confidence, trust and love with a puppy of your own is different to volunteering in a rescue centre

hayley11

Horace wrote: »

Its a standard clause nowadays for Landlords to refuse pets - for all the reasons stated above. I know that when the tenants immediately below me moved out the landlord spent two weeks redecorating the flat because of their dog.

I am not saying that you won't love the dog or anything like that but your landlord has already refused to allow you to have a pet. Perhaps you would be better finding a landlord that allows pets?

Personally, I don't agree with keeping dogs if you live in a flat or even if you live in the city - the only dogs that have any business in cities/towns are working dogs e.g. guide dogs, hearing dogs and police dogs. That is my personal opinion.

A landlord may not refuse if the dog is a working dog such as a guide dog and you are blind. I don't know if there are any working dogs who help people who are depressed though.

Well I am actually entitled to a guide dog but feel that there are probably others who need one more than I do. I wasn't saying it would be a working dog, it would just be company. People want dogs for many reasons, this is one of the reasons I want one.

Not sure if the city centre bit was aimed at me? Or just in general? I don't live in a city though, I live in a town outside Manchester, in a house

If the LL stands by his No, i'll just leave it and get a dog when we move in the future. We thought about moving but apart from the dog thing (I don't blame the LL for saying no) our LL is really nice, he gets things fixed straight away and although I think the rent is overpriced in the current climate, i'm happy here.

Welshwoofs

Personally I think the whys and wherefores of why you want a dog aren't relevant to the question you've posed. I also think it's extremely unlikely that a LL who's already said 'no' will change his mind on the basis that you ask again via letter.

The one thing which does trouble me though is that you say that you're worried/frightened about dogs you don't know. If you're out walking a Lab (and they're really going to need long, off-lead walks in open countryside if you want them to have as nice a life as possible) you're almost certain to get other dogs coming up to you at some point or other.

There's one Lab on my usual walk who's friends with my dog and he launches himself at me from 4ft away to say hello. I regularly get dogs running up to say 'hello'. Then there's the odd occasion where you get a not-so-friendly dog - you may find yourself in a position one day where you physically have to pull another dog off yours.

I'd think very carefully about that side of things when you are in a position to get a dog though (whether in your current place or somewhere else) because dogs attract dogs. Your own dog will need to meet and play with other dogs to be properly socialised, which means you'll have to get used to it too unfortunately!

hayley11

Jomo wrote: »

I'm not going to argue with you on this, no doubt having a dog would help you in many ways but that could also be met with dealing with animals on a daily basis. I thought that the best piece of advice you got on here was to help out at an animal centre of some kind. But you were very quick to say no giving all sorts of excuses why not, one of them being that you were frightened to stroke them! It doesn't give a very good impression does it.

But when you really, really want something I suppose the blinkers do go on...

I thought that was very constructive advice!!

It was good advice, but wasn't relevent to me and is not something I would ever do. Tell me, before anybody thinks about getting a pet, do they have to volunteer at a rescue centre in order to justify them wanting one? Or is just me? :rolleyes:

It really is making me laugh that people have taken such a offense that I won't volunteer in a rescue centre :rotfl: Despite the fact that I struggle a lot with the volunteering I do now, some people are still not happy :rotfl: Surely any volunteering is better than none? Where do you volunteer Jomo?