[Guest_Retro_Mumma_*]

My dogs are pampered princesses that have their own room, well to be fair they share the activity room.

They are house trained but they have always had a doggy door.

We are looking to sell up and all of the houses for rent im seeing saying no pets, pets considered or outdoor pets allowed.

My dogs have never been outdoor dogs, when I lived up north I even left the aircon on for them inside.

How do your dogs go in the heat and the cold? What happens when there is a storm?

Do you buy them kennels/ coats?

[Sassy Dingo]

My dogs are inside dogs when we're home but outside at night and when we're at work. They have all their bedding on the verandah and have fabric kennel things. They get along fine. They cuddle up to each other at night but it doesn't get very cold here (Brisbane).

[ubermum]

We always rented places with a garage they could access from the backyard, or failing that, we built them a run with a kennel. We built the kennels ourselves and positioned the doorways facing a fence so there was only a small area to get in and out to minimise draughts. We also designed the floor so that we could fill the kennels quite deeply with straw in winter. The dogs would get into the kennels and bury down into the straw so they were warm. It snows here in winter sometimes and they were fine. You could also get a heating pad to put in the bottom of a kennel if you wanted. Having a dog run meant they had to adapt to the kennel quickly instead of crying at the door.

[*Spikey*]

Back in our rental days, our pets had their own references. Seriously.

It meant that Property Managers who ordinarily would say no pets would consider us as tenants. We also insisted on a 'we will make good any damage' clause, to cover anything horrible the dog might do (like eating a great big hole in the fence - I replaced it, and repainted it).

[PussyDids]

Back in our rental days, our pets had their own references. Seriously.

This was us with Elly! DF got a reference for her from his old next door neighbour. They allowed us to have her as an outside dog, but I will admit we snuck her in at night, but she just laid on her bed next to ours.

Now we own our place, but with the two of them, ours sometimes sleep in, sometimes out, even in winter and that's in Canberra! They have a big colourbond kennel (which is like a room!) and they snuggle in there on the deck.

Bandit is our foster failure because the family were renting and couldn't find a place that would let them keep him. Possibly because they did 0 training and he was an 8 month old 25kg untrained tigger. Now he is a trained 40kg tigger hehehe. Though we suspect they used the rental thing as an excuse because they couldn't control him. He is the most beautiful affectionate dog though, so I they missed out!

[dlee]

I think we wrote down that our German Shepherd X was an outdoor dog which is mostly true. We'll put her outside during the day. Unless it's cold or she's lonely or we want her cuddles... lol We let her sleep inside with us and just give her regular trips out to the bathroom. She also knows to wake us up during the night so, so far, the only damage has been a heck of a lot of fur on the carpet and a bit of a hole in the backyard where she's dug a spot to lay in. (Not that there was any grass there anyway.)

When we applied, we were upfront with the amount of animals we have (dog, 4 cats, rabbit, bird) and listed all but the dog as specifically indoor-only. I listed one of my previous neighbours as a reference and wrote something like, "Neighbour - Dog reference" in the relationship line. It obviously worked - We got a call the day after we dropped the application in! I'd done the same for the previous rental I had too but that took a month to hear back about.

I was so worried about finding a place that was okay with our menagerie and had people tell us to just lie on the applications. I do NOT recommend that. As soon as they find out, they could find you to be in breach of the bond and it would have dire consequences.

[littlesmooch]

We keep our dog outside during the day & she sleeps outside. We let her in at night for an hour or 2 so she/we can have cuddles & sometimes we will do a lazy family sunday afternoon where she comes in & naps while we veg on the couch. The cat is an indoors cat.

Winter can get a bit cool but we have 'pj's' for the dog which is just a coat to keep her warm that we put on her when she goes to bed. She has blankets on her bed & the bed sits near the back door. Our patio area is big enough that where her bed is won't get wet in a storm etc.

We also have a crate for her that we put out sometimes as it is warmer in there than on her bed (it also has blankets for bedding).

[BetteBoop]

I think most lie by omission either by not mentioning the dog or saying it's an outside dog but failing to say that is only applicable between the hours of 3-4 pm on a Tuesday.

Given most lessors don't ever notice any difference in their property from having pets in them, it seems to be an arrangement that works out okay for all parties concerned.

[BlueEyedBeauties]

I wouldnt rely on rental houses if you want to keep the dogs.. they are very few and far between these days

[pratique]

Those above comment about omitting the truth about their pets being outdoor only, is the reason we flat out will not allow pets into any of our properties.

It's a shame as I'm sure there are responsible pet owners out there. However, we have been burnt once and aware that when people say 'outdoor pets' they are likely to be lying.