Don't Worry, Pit Bulls Aren't the Only Breed Discriminated

[MonicanHonda]

That also has to do with it. But the major inbreeding that has occurred with dalmatians mostly after 101 Dalmatians has made them rather unsure of themselves. If dalmatians do not get a lot of socialization when young and are not introduced to new things all the time, they become very suspicious and do not know how to deal with situations. This is also partially just how dalmatians are. When the dogs in her basic class were introduced to a walker, everyone was fine with it. Some were more wary than others, but they were all fine. Delta barked... a lot. Lol I had to get a walker and acclimate her to it for a day.

But you are right, owners don't realize this of their dalmatians and so when they do get in a bad situation, they don't know what to do, and may very likely snap.

[Twisterdog]

Dalmatians are on the "no-rent" list at several places here, as well. As are huskies.

[kokopup]

Size matters large dogs are not allowed at most pet friendly places that
allow pets. most Motel/hotels that are pet friendly limit the size to 30/40 pounds. I really don't see what difference the size of the pet makes, since
they allow people and/or kids to be any size.

[MonicanHonda]

Oh no, this place didn't have a weight limit, it had a list of breeds that were and were not allowed. Lots of hotels/motels are beginning to allow bigger dogs because they realize people want to travel with their larger dogs too.

[iluvterriers]

none of the places I have lived (except for my first apartment) had a weight limit, just a list of breed restrictions.

But I love it even the place with a 15lb weight limit had a list of breed restrictions as I listed above, like anyone is going to have a 15lb Rottie or a 15lb Dobie....don't see the point of restrictions if you have a weight limit.

My current apartment has no weight limit, nor did my last one but they have a list of breed restrictions (though my current apartment does it on a case by case basis, I think they are hurting for renters...they just changed the pet policy to 3 pets per unit instead of 2)

[MonicanHonda]

Wow! I wish ours was three pets. Lol My current used to be two, went down to one. The one we're moving to is two. It's now so tempting to adopt one of the pups from the 101 Dalmatians musical. LOL!!!

[Seravieve]

I noticed this too back when we had my RB Pepper (Dal). Lots of people would ask, Will she bite? How can you leave her with your children? (I picked her out... so that was kind of a moot question!) Isn't she really high strung? We got all kinds of questions.. and we thought they were so far fetched because Pepper was the ultimate people dog.. except for when it came to my dad. But thats probably because she could sense he was going to divorce my mom! lol...

If I were to rent a place... I would never live somewhere that had restrictions like that. Luckily we own our townhouse, and their rule is 2 dogs, any kind. Well we have 3 and have for almost 3 years.. so you can see how strict they are! =)