The entire question as to if you are allowed a pet or not is outlined in your lease agreement you signed. This is a decision of the landlord. Apparently the manager might have spoken to the landlord and perhaps was told no more pets would be allowed.
How do you know so much about what others have paid in the rental complex? You know an awful lot about the other tenants business.
If you are having problems with others parking in your assigned parking space, you should address this problem to your manager of landlord.
Smoking inside apartment units are normally a city ordinance. Many cities enacted no smoking laws in apartments based on the number of fines reported, thus enacting no smoking laws in apartment rentals saved property and most of all lives.
If you want your puppy, your property manager has indicated you would be required to move.
I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck.
"FIGHT ON"
It doesn't matter how the management treats other tenants in regard to enforcing their lease. How do you know that other tenants have not paid the pet fees / deposits? That's right, you don't.
Did you even bother to read your lease BEFORE you brought the puppy home? Obviously not, else you would have known you needed management's permission first as well as how much the additional fees would be.
What it boils down to is that management is holding you to your lease and actually expects you to abide by it Imagine that!
You made a wrongful assumption. Yes you paid the deposit for the CAT. The deposit was for that specific animal, that does NOT make it ok to bring in what ever small animal you choose. You had prior approval for the cat only. ANY new animal must be approved before it can step 1 paw in your unit. This is all pretty standard.
EDIT: " The pet deposit covers all pets in the apartment, not one animal, not only cats, ALL pets. And I did check with the landlord. " Well that is the exact opposite of how things are normally done. Never heard of any landlord agreeing to that before. No management company I have ever worked for would have ever agreed to that. If you have spoken to the landlord then there should not be a problem. The manager works FOR the landlord & is to do what they are told. If the landlord gives OK there is nothing the manager can do about it. But get that in writing from landlord.
I suspect your unfriendly attitude have a lot to do with the acceptance of a puppy.
"(which, by the way, requires the Landlord's permission for pets, NOT the manager's). "
So do you have either ones permission BEFORE you buy the animal? You do know that with a (which, by the way, requires the Landlord's permission for pets, NOT the manager's).
You do know that a Chihuahua puppy will get your family thrown out in a month with the yapping and barking at anything that moves, right?
You've been told no, which means your boyfriend will have to hold off on buying you your puppy mill puppy.
No good breeder sells a dog as a gift. No good breeder sells a dog to a renter without verifying landlord's approval.
Chihuahuas are terrible apartment dogs. They bark nonstop and are incredibly difficult to housebreak.
Unless your state has laws against selective enforcement, you are out of luck. Move out, buy your own house, and then find a good breeder or rescue a dog.
Edit: What 501c3 rescue that has chihuahua puppies adopts them out to a 21 year old as a gift and doesn't call the landlord to verify it's ok? And sold you a line of crap that a chihuahua PUPPY won't bark as an adult? Doesn't sound like a rescue - sounds like a mill or a backyard breeder.
I volunteer doing adoptions and fostering for local rescues/shelters. Have done it for 10 years. I've dealt with tons of little dogs. Two weeks ago, I placed my 5th small dog this year alone.
We rarely adopt to renters, number one, and number two, we verify with landlords. We are also very careful about giving barky breeds/dogs to apartment dwellers. We also verify that everyone in the home is ok with the dog and prefer to meet each one. We rarely adopt to people your age because they are too naive and immature. They tend to not understand that a dental can be $500-$1000 and a blockage can be $5000. They think it won't be an issue for them. They tend to forget that in a few years, they will be working 10 hour days and the dog is a companion animal who can only hold it 4 hours.
DO NOT GET A DOG when you live in an APARTMENT.
Puppies are VERY DIFFICULT to train and you're likely not near an outdoor area so it will become stressful.
After the newness of the pup wears off, many stupid owners often crate them while out for hours partying or whatever and hurt the poor dog's bladder or kidneys.
Yeah, your attitude is the issue, not the dog. It sounds as though you have complained...a lot. That's the biggest reason the landlord likely has for wanting to get you out of there.
Unless you already checked with the "landlord" to make sure the policy has not been changed regarding bringing new animals into the building you are completely in the wrong.
Assume nothing.
First of all, what other people do or don't do has nothing to do with you so stop worrying about other people. If your lease says small pets are allowed and you have a receipt for the pet deposit, then you don't have anything to worry about.
When I first moved in to my apartment, I asked about pets being allowed and the manager told me that cats and small dogs are ok. I didn't have a dog at the time, but my boyfriend wanted to get me a chihuahua puppy for my 21st birthday. Having already paid the one-time pet deposit for my cat two years ago, I (and everyone else) was under the assumption that a small dog was perfectly fine, as we were told previously. However, last night, my sister had said something to the manager about me getting a puppy, and she responded with "Well she better move out first!" I am devastated.
The manager here does not hold ANYONE but my family to the lease standard that was signed (which, by the way, requires the Landlord's permission for pets, NOT the manager's). This is a non smoking facility, yet nearly every tenant smokes on their front porch or inside, despite being told multiple times not to. Our parking lot is for tenants only and we all have assigned parking spots, yet there are daily instances where random cars and visitors take someone's space. There are tenants here who aren't even on a lease! There are kids who have been told multiple times how to behave on the property, yet refuse to listen. And there are multiple tenants who have pets, yet haven't paid the pet deposit. I find it unfair to be held to a certain standard and expected to follow this sudden rule, when no one else is expected to even follow the lease agreement.
Is there any way I can fight this? I really want my pup!
You need permission. Period.
How do you know who has and hasn't paid a pet deposit? You have no idea.
Do you have a receipt for the pet deposit? Do you have YOUR copy of the lease that says you can have the small pet? Seems pretty open and shut.
If you signed a lease, expect it to be enforced.
So, where is the cat? Even if he/she is gone, the last time I checked a dog is not a cat.
Anonymous, I'm not going to even try to answer this....Your **** is just getting to deep !
move get out leave the people place.
