It’s not an option actually…it’s a no go for multiple breeds , but top of the list is any type of pit bull . I am not even sure they would take us with a separate policy and I am afraid to approach my agent. For us to get the same coverage as our current policy, we need to get a home inspection for everything ( heating, electrical, pets, pool, trampoline , drivers in the house under age 25, etc )
The rules are different for primary residence and rental properties.
The only people I know who own pits are homeowners ( one with a dog that bit a neighbor )
I was looking for the perspective of renters who own them.
As a side note, I am actually worried about my own dogs, who are corgis. They are friendly as can be , but bark like crazy when someone knocks at the front door…and we have to be inspected. Worried about getting a person who has a dog aversion…
My guys have lots and lots of undercoat and fur, but luckily the part of the bathing experience they love the most is the drying. We have a bunch of old beach towels we use to dry them, and after the bath the two of them play tug-of-war with the towels.
Then, of course, they jump on to every piece of fancy furniture we own and rub themselves on the cushions.
The biggest advantage of the dogwash, other than the waist-high tubs and the fact that someone else gets to clean up afterwards, is the high speed/low heat dryer that blasts moisture out of your dog’s coat.
I think I told this story elsewhere but it bears repeating.
Last week I had two admissions events back to back so it turned into an admissions week. Since I was gone and my partner was working 16 hour days, my parents took the dog for the week. They were on a lake and as soon as she got out of the car, she immediately ran and rolled in the goose poop.
The funny part is that she knew immediately that she screwed up so she hung her head and walked into the house, into the bathroom, and sat outside of the bathtub awaiting her shower.
I take big dog to the groomers. It’s $100 for every thing - including furminator (sp) brushing. It’s worth it, imo. Little dog I do myself and every 6 months or so she goes in to get a bath & puppy cut. She’s only $38.
Lol you’d think it that was the case, she’s stop doing this. This is not the first or even second time its happened. And we won’t even talk about the times she’s gotten skunked…
There are insurers (at least, there are insurers here in Oregon) that don’t charge for specific breeds of dogs. Also, “pit bull” is not actually a recognized breed… If you have a purebred dog, make sure that the insurer knows the actual registered breed (American Staffordshire Terrier, for example). If the dog is a mix and is a “pit bull type”, it might be worth paying for one of those “what breeds are in your dog?” genetic studies. This game illustrates how hard it is to identify “pit bulls”: http://www.pickthepit.com/
Mine is an AmStaff. Those gone under the pit label same as APBTs and a list of others. Not to mention rotties, dobermans, chows, etc. And much of it is based on appearance more than anything else. So American Bulldogs are often banned based on appearance as they’re rarely listed as an aggressive breed, for example.
thanks acollegestudent …I think the laws vary from one state to another…we live in NJ. I know that some policies require letters from a veterinarian to verify well visits and shots ( or potential for aggression )
Tenant’s girlfriend rents from us at another location and asked me if she could adopt a pit bull. My answer was no, partly because of the dog and her size ( she is tiny and the dog is huge ) and the staircase leading to the apartment comes directly into the pathway of our store where a lot of people congregate.
No background on the dog and we are not willing to take the risk. We decided no dog at all there because it just isn’t the place for one…they would have to walk pretty far to find a blade of grass to squat on.
Two aussies here, and thank heavens for unfinished basements and big old laundry tubs! Mid-winter snow-covered golf courses are their favorites, but these days almost daily rinses are required from the spring mud romps.
I have a snow dog (Norwegian Elkhound). If he finds a little snow pile while we’re walking now he’ll lay down and cling to it like a life raft. (He would also eat it if I let him, no matter how dirty.) I realized this morning that I have no idea where I packed the furminator when we moved last fall.
^^^I love it! I think your dog and I would get along! I love snow too, and in fact I feel I don’t get enough of it I went to Alaska in the middle of winter, and I loved all the snow!
I’ll try to one of these days, VeryHappy. Mine are blue-eyed blue merles and sound just like yours (they get dry in the basement by wrestling with each other!).
You people that have furry dogs have my respect. We always had really furry dogs until we started working with pits. Now, as much as I love the FLUFFY, I don’t think I can go back to the days of bi-daily vacuuming and fur EVERYWHERE.
