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A bit last minute, but I help organise a meetup for Sydney Shiba Inu pet owners (can be found on facebook as Sydney Shiba Meets), we are having a meetup tomorrow at 2:30pm at O'dea reserve, Camperdown if you are interested in having a chat with some owners and their experiences. Of course, please do talk to breeders as well :) We meet every month/two months or so. Tomorrow will be a smaller meetup but we will have another in early August with more shibas and owners

agreed, i always see more adverts for pet friendly rentals wanted more than pets welcome so i can see that there is quite a demand for those kind of properties. I was only thinking of the breeder because i would be getting an older dog (not puppy), so perhaps they would know a bit more about the dog ie house trained etc. But yes i also agree past rental references would be much better. Thanks! I have about 1 month maximum to look for a new place... will keep searching!

the search continues! i got this 'annoyed' sounding reply when i was enquiring about a property via email: start quote [are small pets allowed ? sorry - I have had small pets scratch on, damaging doors and screen doors, and pee on carpet and concrete and leave a stench which requires weeks of airing After carpet is ripped up - i.e. thousands of dollars damage - so no. ]end quote it was just a question! chill out! Yes, i can understand why alot of rentals are not pet friendly, but a simple 'no pets' would have been fine. it came straight form the landlord too. sorry for the rant, i guess stress is getting to me to find a new place. On another note, a real estate agent was saying to me that he once had a dog in his rental, got a letter saying that he needed to place an application with strata for permission to keep the dog on the premises, sent the application, never got a reply. So he kept his dog and stayed there for 4 years. Then basically said, get the dog, and say that i have a signed lease and i'm paying rent so there's nothing you can do about it. I think he was just lucky. Don't think i can get away with that nowadays. :S

hmmm so at the moment i'm renting, been renting for a few years now and a good record (or so i hope!) so far. for the moment I have just been emailing real estate agents about potential properties and if they are or are not pet friendly. I guess just hope for the best with inspections and applications with the mention of a future dog. thanks for the advice! p.s. actually on rent.com.au, i found it funny that in the 'renting with pets' advice section, they do mention the extra bond/rent agreement? i guess it depends on state? i'm in sydney btw

Oh of course I'd like to let them know I'll be getting a dog. I've heard that some people introduce their dog to the landlord, though I can't really do that, hence the breeder as a reference? I can see how you are thinking though, thanks! Some people also offer extra bond or rent per week to compensate for having a pet in the household in case something gets damaged?

Hi, Was wondering what your thoughts are on applications for rental properties. Of course, I'm looking out for the ones marked as 'pet friendly' or 'pets considered at application' and read about writing a cover letter and pet resume. Problem is that I currently don't own a dog in my current household, just planning to get a small dog from a breeder in the near future ie in the new rental property. Do you think the best bet, in this case, is to ask the breeder to be my 'reference'? Any other suggestions would be great :) finding pet friendly rentals is quite difficult...

thanks esky, but i am pretty new here so dont really have any contacts at the moment and i have been emailing a bit. I just saw the notice about the asian breeds show in castle hill on saturday. Is anyone going? Of course i'd like to see other breeds as well

in a similar situation to inka3095 except i am living/renting in the city (sydney) in an apartment. i've heard shibas make great apartment dogs and i am willing to put in the time to exercise them. just wondering about leaving them alone the for ~8hrs. i guess this would be dependant on the dog? would it be better to get an adult dog or to train up a puppy? my last dog was a 4yr old mixed breed from a shelter who was completely fine with being at home by herself (but maybe thats got to do with her previous family?). im still in the researching phase at the moment. any advice would be great