Rented house and Doberman

cooltt

pascal22p wrote: »

Hi,

Someone had inquire to rent our house and they have an 8 years old doberman. It is a fairly big dog. The house has laminate or tiles every where, no carpet.
I don't know this breed at all. Would you rent the place if they had a doberman?

Additional clause for my tenants, if they have a dog / cat they will be charged for additional deep clean for pets at the end of tenancy. Never had any problems. Animal hair and smell requires it to re-let.

leslieknope

completely agreed, look at the owner not the dog. as someone who has rescued dogs in the past, it pains me to see so many people judging dogs like dobermans, pitbulls, mastiffs, etc just because of the historical bad press. these are NOT bad dogs. my friend owns a pitbull who is the sweetest, most chill and relaxed dog. she is so adorable, great with kids. couldn't ask for a better dog. i would honestly rather rent to someone with a bigger dog than a small, yappy little thing. dogs are as good as their owners. and i believe (or hope) you will see more people owning these kind of dogs through rescue shelters as there are so many of them needing a home.

hazyjo

I grew up with a Labrador then a Doberman. The Doberman used to love to bark, but caused no probs with the house (he was pathetically soft though tbh and used to get beaten up/bitten/jumped on regularly by our big-bruiser-cat, and we got burgled with him in the house).


As above, often depends on the owner rather than the dog!


(Puppy Labrador would be a BIG NO if that ever cropped up. They chew everything in sight!)


Jx

Owain_Moneysaver

Try visiting the prospective tenants in their current house. Then you'll be able to see how they keep their house and look for evidence of chewing / peeing / worse.

vqmismatch

If you want a long term tenant it could work to your advantage.

Its a nightmare finding landlords who accept dogs, so as this one should be reasonable enough by eight years old take an additional deposit, and get them in. Then push the rent raises slightly more than you might have done as they will struggle to find somewhere else unless they get rid of the dog or buy (in which case if they were looking to buy anyway you were going to lose them).

Seems a good way to get a long term tenant who will be unlikely to find moving on easy.

lisa110rry

I have tended to have this problem when working away from home with my Hearing-Dogs-for-Deaf-People-trained smallish mongrel. I agree that you should look to the human, not the dog.

It is the case that some dogs "stay wetter" after a rainy walk. Mine is Teflon, just requiring a rubdown, as she is smooth. A Dobermann would be similar, just larger with more rubbing required!

teddysmum

when I went to training lasses ,one person had Dobbies because they are so receptive to (good) training.


Would it be possible to meet the dog in its current home? That way you could see how the owners treat the property , any dog damage and be able to see how well behaved the dog is.

G_M

teddysmum wrote: »

Would it be possible to meet the dog in its current home?

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