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Are there any places where dogs are not allowed as pets?
by neolog 6y ago
Are there any places where dogs are not allowed as pets?
- ben_w 6y agoDo you mean countries/municipalities or do you mean rentals or properties? For the latter: the flat I own in the UK came with leasehold rules prohibiting pets in general, and “no pets” appears to be a common prohibition in the UK rental market.
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- smnrchrds 6y agoIran I believe. Dogs are allowed as guard dogs, shepherd dogs, hunting dogs, etc. But they are not allowed as pets.
- neolog 6y agoLooks like they're common anyway though. > According to Petchi, there are around 1.2 million pet dogs across Iran and about 350,000 of them are in Tehran. https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-iran-dog-walkers-20190130-story.html https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-iran-dog-walkers-2019013...
- wavefunction 6y agoSemi-feral dogs perhaps. In many parts of the world one must be cautious about the street dogs, especially if they pack up as they can be unpredictable and quite dangerous to individual humans.
- sn_master 6y agoyup, specially around places with a lot of trash, which happen to be anywhere in developing countries' cities, where dogs gather to find food. Very very dangerous. Even if you survive the encounter (unlikely, specially at night), you'll usually need a dozen shots to prevent a serious infection.
- anonAndOn 6y agoYes, plenty of rental properties in the US prohibit pets.* *Service animals are often excepted, by law.
- hansvm 6y agoI like the way that's phrased -- it's the law to allow service animals, but they're only often allowed. Landlords have a lot of power, especially over anyone living paycheck to paycheck, and some of them will knowingly break laws if they think you're unable to fight back.
- sn_master 6y agoNo one likes to have loud dog barking all day and night from their neighbors. Its not about enjoying power over people, its about making the lives of everyone around you less sucky. You can always get a turtle, a fish a hamster, guinea pig etc and no one will even know you have one and you can enjoy their company just as much as a dog. Lookup YouTube to find evidence of how fun small animals can be.
- hansvm 6y ago> Its not about _enjoying_ power Not what I said and not the point (or not the point I was making -- it was a tangent from the main thread). However they might personally feel about it, landlords _have_ a lot of power. Some of them use that power to break the law without consequence, presumably when it's financially beneficial. To the rest of your comment, it seems you're conflating service animals (well trained, won't bark all day and night, legally protected, still sometimes banned by unscrupulous landlords) with emotional support animals (undefined training, might bark all day and night, minimal legal protections, often banned even by scrupulous landlords). Is that accurate, or is there something more to your comment that I'm missing?
- sn_master 6y agoMy comment was about dogs that aren't trained well to be in an apartment situation. Service animals obviously don't fall into that category. Its about someone having a loud dog that can't stop barking at night and then when anyone tries to talk to them about it they just claim that the other party are animal haters and like to enforce illegal clauses.
- chadlavi 6y agoIt's very common in NYC, at least among properties that target lower/lower-middle class incomes. Which is a real shame, honestly, because cats are almost always ok, and they're much more likely to make huge messes and actually damage finishes by clawing.
- bigbubba 6y agoI don't think it's a matter of the pets scratching the place up. Dogs are much louder than cats.
- leetcrew 6y agoif damage is a concern, this can always be handled with an additional fee/deposit. cats are much less likely to disturb or threaten the other tenants, which is probably why they get more leeway.
- hansvm 6y agoI've always found the additional fee/deposit a little odd. A flat fee feels like a money grab (if no damage would be done then the fee wasn't needed, and if damage would be done then a deposit would cover it), and the deposit is already more than sufficient to cover scratched floors from dirt being ground in by chairs or other non-pet sources.
- ardit33 6y agoIt is by necessity. (my building has this as well). Lots of old apartments in NYC have thin floors, where you can hear your neighbor's steps. Having a large dog jumping up and down all day, is a major nuisance. Cats are much quitter.
- denimnerd42 6y agoat least cats are going to shit on the sidewalk or bark at all hours of the day. I'd be happier with a total pet ban though.
- sn_master 6y agoThe UK bans many dangerous breeds such as pit bull. (no quotes because I agree with the law)