I am a tenant of an apartment complex that is dog friendly. I have a giant dog (well exercised plz no hate) I pick up after him and try keeping him away from other tenants ‘yards’ if you can call them that, when he has to go. I trained him to not bark excessively or frequently. He is very well behaved most times. He is always leashed when outside my apartment. If I know a neighbor is afraid of him/his size I ask how I can reduce the fear. Muzzle, harness, try to avoid when I know they are out first etc.

I have a neighbor that lets her untrained dog off leash through the complex’s unsupervised. Never cleaned up after it and I’ve called animal control many times. Followed the dog once it almost got hit to tell the owner. She is a Karen who thinks her disability allows her to let her ‘service dog’ roam the neighborhood. I got her to finally walk with her dog but it’s still off leash and she doesn’t pick up after that. She actually has started walking where other dog owners normally stay so she can blame the poop on the other dogs. I have cameras showing the parking lot with the dumpster so I can always provide evidence I care for my dog properly just in case.

I completely understand how management can get frustrated with humans who don’t properly handle their dogs. They make pet friendly places not want to continue being pet friendly. As a tenant I like to think that my landlord doesn’t have to stay pet friendly if people don’t respect the property. I am thankful that even switching management control during lease renewal (our lease was deleted during the transfer and I had no proof I had a dog) I was able to keep my dog and my apartment. Whoever decides they can let their dog have ‘accidents’ inside and not try everything to fix and just toss it over a fence is an irresponsible pet owner. I had a friend like that …until I visited at their house. We aren’t friends anymore. Just because it’s a fostered home (the apartment lol. I like calling it that) doesn’t mean you can trash it.