The only really good solution is buy a house, but I have been in the same boat - trying to rent with a dog and two cats.

I looked for months...and I even weeded out a lot of places because the first question I would ask is "Do you allow pets?" I found a lot of places that would only allow the cats, or only cats or *small* dogs, so after that answer I would say "thanks, but no thanks" and say goodbye.


I finally found the perfect place - a farmhouse that was a couple hundred more a month than I wanted to pay, but I lost it when someone who had looked at the place before me rented it.

After some long and anxious months, I found a two bedroom condo that allowed all my pets. It was still more expensive than I wanted to pay, but what could I do? Later, while I lived there, some irresponsible people who lived in a anorther unit (and had a bunch of dogs) did over $50,000 in damage, so the new renters were told "no pets allowed".


So that is what is ruining it for all of us responsible pet owners - people whose pets ruin rental units.


Now I live in a house, my BF owns it. So his two dogs, my dog, and our three cats live here, and nobody can tell us "no pets allowed.