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Originally Posted by Spike87  Yeah... it's not that easy for us (me and gingerbabe2010...) but in due time I suppose? WE may have found a place about 3 minutes away from my parents but they want 15 bucks a month extra on the rent. That's pretty messed up. Why should we have to pay 15 bucks more for "insurance" with the dog? Does this mean I owe 15 bucks a month if we have a kid?  |
Good question. Think of it from this perspective (not that I agree with it but it seems to be the logic that is used)
A dog is a commodity. It is not needed and not everyone has one. They can be destructive, which means they can cause problems. However, a child is a human. If they decided to charge for every child, the landlords and insurance companies can be sued for discriminating against families with children. But a dog is a thing, a piece of property when it comes to things like rentals. Lanlords can charge whatever they want, since they are the ones putting themselves at risk, so to speak, for allowing tenants to have such an unpredictable possession. (think loaded gun)
Dogs bite, they can hurt people and destroy property. Now for us that actually spend time training and teaching our dogs how to behave in our homes, it sucks. We know we have well behaved dogs, but those that don't train and don't care ruin it for the rest of us.
