We bought the house for the dogs lol! It took a bit of searching for an obviously pet friendly neighborhood, and we lucked out finding one. We were renters for a number of years before, and it got harder to find apts. that rented to pet owners. The last place we rented was decent when we moved in (the landlord was a happy-go-lucky drunk) who said he didn't care how many pets we had. He said "we could grow pot in the gutters, keep chickens in the kitchen". The place turned into a ghetto as the years passed, and we got out of there before the place was demolished. As an ode to Rick...I have chickens in the kitchen, but not real ones. But it is really tough these days when people don't respect either others property, or the pets that many times they bring into the world. Disposable society....sad.