LOL...Nobella this new apartment has a dog park also right?...if I may ask how much do they charge in Cali for an apt. like that? I pay 850 plus utilities but no dog park :( ...it is a private house

When I got my Bailey, I was only allowed to have cats. I was lucky at the time that I could bring her to work with me; so I snuck her in & out everyday in a tote bag. She was pretty good about barking. I became VERY good friends with my neighbors and eventually let them know that there was a dog in my apt. I gave them my # and begged them to call me first if the dog bothered them. They NEVER called.

I had her paper trained and kept the TV's on at all times to drown out any possible noises. I was also lucky that my apt faced outwards toward a busy street and not towards the parking lot or any other buildings.

I must admit that after I moved out I ran into the maint. man and he admitted to knowing that I had a dog. But since I was nice to him, he didn't report me. So be nice to the maintenance/handy men!!! They are the know all beings of all apt. complexes!!!

Yes my new apartment has a dog park on the premises and many beautiful parks in the area. The apartment itself is almost 1300 square feet of fun for Coco with 3 patios for her to play in. The full rent is $1485, and split down the middle with my roomate is roughly $740 a person. Good huh? It's a gorgeous apartment with a fireplace and all. Coco is going to have fun because we have neighbors with yorkies and maltese.

Damn NY...lol, I have a 1 bedroom and no doggy park or patios..lol..and with utilities I pay about $1050 a month...I really need to just buy a house :(

I'd have to agree with being EXTRA nice to the maintenance men and the neighbors - It pays in the long run - I've always had pets and only paid pet deposits once ...when you're single and have kids - it was HARD to come up with that kind of cash -

ONCE you move in - you can always say you DID get a yorkie...say it was a family emergency and you had to take her in or she would be sent to the shelter or something -

Explain that she will NOT be a problem - they may make you pay the deposit but usually will stretch out the payments - IF they go for it - If not - BE NICE to everyone and you should be ok -

We also did this in a Rent house a few years back - everytime the landlord came over I had to take the dogs to work with me - but Gee....I wonder if the poopies in the yard ever gave me away ?

When I was with my husband, we paid 1200 for a 2 bedroom...In Bay Ridge...No patio/backyard either..Now I live back home for free :) I am saving up for an apt now :)

good luck

If I am reading it correctly, it says "within three months of the Landlords knowledge" - this may be the key... So, if the landlord know and has known for 3 month, then nothing can be done... but, if he find outs and acts before the 3 months then the provision stand... Well, that's how I read it.. I could be wrong. But, if I were you I would go for it anyway !! No way would I get rid of my Desi.

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I was an apartment community manager in Indiana and now work in condo management in florida. I would say go for it, I live at the same condo community that I work at and they don't know that I have Matise 3 lbs. I am smart about it. I just walk him out on the property and not near anyone's patio so they don't complain and he is so tiny, it's not like I am trying to hide a 300 lb. elephent.
We don't go looking for pets. We are way to busy. The only time we act against a resident who has an illegal pet is when the resident does something stupid like come into the office with their pet :thumbdown . Or if we get a complaint from a neighbor :mad: . Then we send them a notice called a Seven Day to Cure. It lets them know they are in direct violation of their lease and they have 7 days to fix the problem. If they notify us that the problem has been solved or if we have no other complaints in that 7 day period then we do nothing :thumbup: . If we have complaints during that 7 day period or the property manager is a real stickler then we will send you a Seven Day to Vacate :thumbdown . Which means you have to prove to us that the problem is 100% resolved then we will stop the process. I tell you this so that you are not misinformed. Not to scare you. If your lease states that you may not have a pet then you may not have a pet and the apartment community is protected in that lease and may inflict upon you the full penalties of that lease violation.
Let me just state again we DO NOT GO LOOKING FOR ANIMALS. Now the one post about the inspections on fire monitors and the such then we do notice the residents a MINIMUM of 24 hours prior to entering then when we are in there we do look for irregular things more for our protection then to be nosy or cause problems for the residents. If someone is messing up their apt. then we have the right to know that they are destroying the apartment and in the lease it will state that we have the right to enter at reasonable times and having noticed the resident. I wish you good luck.
If you have any other questions please feel free to pm me. :)
Kara & Matise :aimeeyork

Wow, I could not live anywhere but here. I live in a 900 sq ft. 2 bedroom apartment and pay $449. And it's really pretty nice. I completely admire you all for that!

we never paid a pet deposit have been living here almost a year when we were questioned we just said we were dogsitting for our friend. Think of it this way no one around you knows if you have or havent paid a pet deposit and a little yorkie doesnt make such a fuss so no one should complain

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You say that your pup is only three pounds, how old is the pup? The reason I ask is that they do grow until they are a year old. My boys were at one time 3 pounds and believe me they are not anymore LOL. Benni weighs 8 pounds and Garett is now 7 pounds. They were really little guys when I got them. A 3 pound dog is much easier to hide then a 7 or 8 pound dog. I was in an apartment that only allowed cats, I offered management anything, more deposits, more money each month on rent and they would not budge and I had lived there for 5 years. I too live in Cali and it is a landlords market out here. Also, in California they only have to give you a three day notice to correct the problem (i.e. get rid of the dog) or you get evicted. If you are evicted, it is filed with a registry that covers ALL OF CALIFORNIA called the Unlawful Detainer Registry (UD Registry). Once you are listed in that, you will have a hell of a time renting another apartment without giving 3-6 months rent in advance or as a security. I do not want to burst your bubble, but I have had yorkies for the past 10 years and a yorkie left alone, barks. If you have signed a lease, you are still responsible for the rent on that apartment until the landlord can rerent it. I hid my dogs for awhile, before I fessed up to management and I had to move. I feel much better here, knowing that management is aware and approving of the fact that I have dogs. It is terrible when you have to continually "hide" the love of your life or to constantly "shush" the dog. It makes you a nervous wreck. I hope that it works out for you, but please beware. I am a paralegal and I have worked in the tenant landlord area of law off and on for the past 10+ years.

My daughter has had Buddha in her condo in Santa Barbara for 6 months now without landlord knowledge. Even though no "pets" are allowed, Buddha is a registered service dog, and as such, is legally allowed to be there.

But my point is that they never see their landlord and the property manager on the premises doesn't even know.

I'm a maintenance rep for my dorm, which has a very strict "no pets" rule. I am supposed to report anything suspicious to the Housing and Dining Department.

There were 3 kittens and a mini pin living in our dorm this year. All pets. None service. :D

If you're nice to the people who might rat you out, you'll have a better chance, it's true.

I hid my Maltese for over a year in my apartment. They allow pets but I just was loathe to pay the $500 pet deposit plus the $15 a month pet rent. I hate giving this place more money then it deserves. My problem was that they do go looking for pets here, they would do monthly checks to see if people had "illegal" pets. Luckily I never got caught. My sister lives in the same apartment complex as I do and she did get caught. She was given 3 days to pay up or get rid of her dog so naturally she paid up. I finally gave in and paid the pet deposit on Tuffy but I'm now hiding Pixie. The $500 pet deposit doesn't cover both pets, you have to pay an additional $500 for every pet you have plus another $15 a month. That's outrageous so I have no intention of fessing up to having another dog. Now that I'm paid up w/ Tuffy I don't really worry about getting caught with Pixie because I'm supposed to have a dog so it's hard for them to tell if there is a 2nd one in here. Anyways, all that said, Good luck because it is a huge pain to worry everytime you hear a knock on the door that you weren't expecting.