AIBU to be upset with my Landlady.....

[MsToni]

.....for saying we can't have a puppy?

My little man and I fell in love with a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and we have everything ready for him.

I made the mistake of telling my L'lady about it last night (we are renting) and she was very dissuasive saying it was hard work, he'd need constant care and attention bla bla bla.

10 minutes later, she sends a text saying she and her husband discussed it and "its not a good idea, by the time its trained, it could damage the wooden floors, they open their bowels on the floor, its impossible to get the smell and stain out, they are unhappy with the idea of a dog in the house...."

I understand the demands of having a puppy, and I was prepared to accept the early settling issues, have a trainer in, get a comfy "doggy space" in the (huge) kitchen, ensure he's fully trained before settling him in his "area" in the lounge, dog sitter/walker when I'm at work etc.

My partner says I've OCD because I'm excessively clean and like everything spanking neat and clean so I'd be the last person to allow a puppy ruin the house.

Now, I'm so upset. I just want to go ahead and get him and tell her it was too late to change the plan. We have a good relationship and I don't want to ruin it but I'm just so upset with her now, I can't / don't even want to speak with her (yet).

I'm really not happy with her.

(Sorry for venting) :( :(

Not when you are renting someone else's property, I have been renting for 8 years and wouldn't. It will be more hassle than it is worth.

Hi brown, I'd agree with you if I only had myself to consider but if it was a choice between my children's well being and the dog it would have to be my children. Mind, it would break my heart :(

I know littlered I just couldnt think of another example

LaWeasal, it's not naive. The OP doesn't have any legal responsibility to ask the landlady's permission, she just has to read her contract, which doesn't say she can't get a pet. Keeping a pet is legal.

Obviously the landlady will probably feel very upset that she's made a mistake in drawing up the contract and will likely use the entire deposit to cover the inevitable mess, so it'd be a poor idea to get an animal.

It's not massively complicated.

I do think in this country we're really bad about ensuring that tenants/landlords understand the contracts they're signing. I've had landlady who didn't understand what she'd signed her name to and made our lives hell for a couple of weeks until the lettings agent finally convinced her she had agreed, it was the law, and she had to do as the contract said.

"Blanket 'no pets' clauses are not unreasonable"

The Office of Fair Trading disagrees and considers a blanket ban on keeping pets in a property to be unfair under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. Therefore landlords should not include a ?No Pets? clause in their tenancy agreements.

That is not to say there are no valid reasons for refusing pets, just that a blanket ban is not considered reasonable