2 bdrm, 1½ bath, off-street parking, quiet, sorry, no kids...
So, my husband and I are in the process of (possibly) moving, and as we've looked at quite a few places, I've noticed a trend. We have two wonderful small dogs (that we think are better than kids) - they are well-behaved, civilized, polite little furry balls of fun. However, a lot of the places we've wanted to move say 'no pets', or more specifically, 'NO DOGS'. Now, I understand that animals can be destructive, loud and obnoxious, but as I'm flipping through these ads I had to wonder, what else can be all those things??? Oh, yeah... kids.
My dogs have never finger-painted on the walls, spilled cranberry juice or purple kool-aid on my carpet, or stuck a peanut butter sandwich in the VCR. They've never tried to flush plastic action figures down the toilet or crumpled up the venetian blinds.. in fact, they're confined in very large crates during the day, so even if there was an accident (which there's never been, by the way, inside the crate or otherwise) it wouldn't do any damage to the carpet. So, I have to ask, what is more destructive.. dogs or kids??? Which brings me to my next point... training.
The excuse I hear for a no pet policy is often that not all owners train their animals as well as my husband and I have... this makes me laugh out loud since I know several people who don't 'train' their kids at all! I have many more friends with dogs than kids, and I can tell you, often it's not the kids who are more well-behaved.
I would love just once to see an ad that said, '2 bdrm, 1½ bath, off-street parking, quiet, sorry, no kids...'
/rant
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