What do you think about doing away with restricted dog breeds?

What do you think about doing away with restricted dog breeds? We recently checked with our attorney and insurance company. No change in rates. Resident must have dog covered in renters insurance and sign a pet addendum. Personally, I'd like to see us do away with restricted breeds. We don't have weight restrictions. We'd certainly get an uptick in pet income. What are your thoughts? Anyone out there NOT doing restricted breeds?

We don’t have size or weight restrictions. We have two breed restrictions. It wouldn’t bother me to do away with them.

More and more companies are starting to eliminate breed restrictions.

We dont have any restrictions. Owner approved

Will the renters insurance cover damages made by their pets?

Linda Porter our insurance company and attorney advised that if the resident had the dog covered and any bites or damage associated with the dog would then be covered by insurance. And of course must have a signed pet addendum.

I find that humans do more damage than most pets.

We have no breed restrictions and have no issues with pets!

We have a weight restriction too.

I wish we didn’t! Some of the smaller breeds are way worse than restricted ones. You still have due diligence. Pet interview, no aggressive dogs. And they still have to comply with all rules. I think it’s a win not to restrict breeds.

I definitely think doing away with restricted breeds would boost pet income and reduce the uptic in "service animals" which prevents you from being able to collect the animal fees.

The only thing I think communities should require is that the pets are spayed and neutered. That way you eliminate the backyard breeders. For some reason people often like to breed and sell Pitt bulls

In all the years in this business, the dog bite incidents have always been the little ankle biter dogs. It is NOT the breed!!! It is past time to lift the breed restrictions. Not going to hold my breath though.

Just read an article today Camden is going to a any weight policy just not agressive breeds.

Eric Brown at Urbane embraces No Breed No Weight restrictions. Has for years.

Our company did but are required to obtained an additional $25k pet insurance rider for breeds considered “aggressive” and no weight restrictions either

All furry residents are welcome at our community. We have all sizes and breeds. Never have an issue.

I think breed restrictions are ridiculous personally. I have now owned two Rottweilers and honestly they have been less aggressive, (well not aggressive at all) compared to my ankle biting poodle lol

Be prepared to get sued when that pit attacks someone or their dog.

We actually don’t have breed or weight restrictions. We do require them to take the American kennel club good canine citizenship training which is like $30 or something like that.

We are not bread restricted & it has been wonderful!! This was highly promoted two years ago at an NAA conf. Pets are considered family and ppl will pay whatever it takes to bring them with them! Hands down, proud to say we do not have a breed or weight restriction.

We have some communities that have no breed or weight limits. Just require a pet interview. No issues!

I managed a large property for 10 years that did not have any breed restrictions. Never any problems with the pit bulls, Dobermans, etc. Most my problems were with the ankle bitters.

The most aggressive breed of dog I have ever experienced is the chihuahua. Because there are tall skinny dogs and short fat dogs. And tall fat dogs. Just like people. Mixed breeds af every imaginable combination. It's way too complicated trying to keep it all straight. But do I want a great Dane in a tiny one bedroom? no I dont. People have no common sense whatsoever. They go get an adorable puppy but dont pay the least attention to how big that dog is going to be full grown. It's not the dogs fault, but the idiot human.

I just saw yesterday's episode of Inside Edition. Guess what one if the stories was about. A pit bull attacking a child and then a guy comes over to get the dogs attention on him and the dog goes after him.

Being a nerd, here are the stats on dog bites over a 22 year period. Weight limits should not be used as this cuts out the most popular breeds in the US, and thus market - Goldens (#3), Labs (#1), Bulldogs (#4), etc. To me the only possibility is using breed restrictions.

We did a lease up of a property that did no breed restrictions. It did not increase our occupancy more than 2 or 3 units. It was an Urban deal, no green space, no pet amenities aside from a very small, very smelly, indoor potty area that was a constant struggle to keep clean. It also didn’t turn anyone away because we did take all breeds. However, if you are turning several people away because of breed restrictions, then I’d say it could be a boost in occupancy. Keep track so you have actual numbers to show ownership. Then just manage the daylight out of the situation and put the dogs behavior on the dog owner and send infractions when they occur. Take it seriously. I did witness some aggressive behavior towards the shitzus and smaller breeds.

As an owner of "restricted breed" dogs (who have never been aggressive), I would love to see bans lifted. It's about the dogs temperament. I have actually been bitten by residents "sweet little dog" before. Even one of my maintenance men was bitten by a small dog. It tends to get over looked. Definitely need to require insurance on all dogs.

I love this and believe there are no bad breeds just bad owners.

I work at a property and for the last seven years we have not had a breed restriction. We have had no unusual problems other than the normal not picking up after their dogs sometimes. That happens with all breeds. We find that it has attracted great clientele and we have the upper hand against our competition. We also don’t have to force pets into animal shelters if someone tries to sneak one in. We are able to work out payment arrangements on the pet fees instead.

We don't allow pets We do allow assistant/ emotional support animals which can Not have breed or weight restrictions

We are testing this on a property. In addition to required insurance and pet addendum, we ask for a letter from the vet stating the animal has not displayed any aggressive behavior in their presence.

I totally agree dogs do not do as much damage as a vengeful resident. I have never seen a dog punch a hole in the wall or pull a door off the hinges.They may nibble the trim a little that's about all, besides a piddle spot or two.

One of my clients dropped breed restrictions AND pet rent, a couple of years ago. It has been seamless, works great, big selling tool for the community. Zero issues.
I have two little female Chiweenies, 8 year old sisters. They are big barkers and threaten anyone who come through our door. They have never bitten, but they startle everyone. Trust me, you had rather have a big old lazy sleep pit bull!

Breed and weight restrictions are pretty antiquated, and never should have been a thing.

I would do away with breed restrictions. No reason to have them as there are aggressive behaviors in all animals and in all people.

Yeah I think properties need to get rid of that rule... Restrict the owners!!!! i’ll Tell you right now if there’s a bad dog or annoying dog the owner can’t be much better. It’s never the animals fault.

There's a group of renter's out there with very limited options because of their hurt family member. Have them bring their dog in to get a sense of it's personality. Also, renter will appreciate the interest.

Breed restrictions is not a great concept. Breed restrictions usually are placed on dogs. Every dog can learn aggressive behaviors and every dog can learn good behaviors, as well.

What I think would be better is if contractually you required dogs to prove trained behaviors (sitting, paying attention to handler, calm behavior at strangers/kids/etc.) and proof of insurance coverage regarding pets. If they cannot prove the good behaviors then possibly give them a grace period of 45 days to have a professional trainer or the other possibility of not allowing them to be a community member.

Furthermore, require continued proof of insurance upon lease renewal.

We recently did away with ours and I think it was a good move. People feel less pressure to have their pets certified as an ESA if they are welcomed as other pets are. This all adds up to additional income/revenue. Who doesn't love that!