I Hate Apartment Living... Let Me Tell You Why

[Jessika]

But see, the problem ISN'T my landlord, it's the condo owner's association or whatever at the resort where we live. Our landlord is totally cool with EVERYTHING, but his hands are pretty much tied. He's giving us work-arounds (such as walk the dogs separately, etc) because he does not want to lose us as tenants.

So far so good, though, no more complaints, and I haven't found any more heaping piles of dog poo not belonging to my own dogs (just maybe a small stray turd here or there that an owner may have missed) so it looks like things are FINALLY getting better!

[Ginger's Mom]

I am glad to hear that things are getting better. I am not trying to be argumentative, but if your landlord is making deals with his tenants that are against the rules of the association, that is his problem/fault, not the condo association. I am fairly sure that anyone who already has dogs that owns a condo (not sure about renters) are grandfathered in when there is a change in restrictions. Check with an attorney, if your landlord is telling you that you need to get rid of the dog because of the change in rules, you may still be protected until the end of your present lease. If he is telling you that you have to get rid of your dog because you are not picking up after it, get a copy of the condo association rules, to make sure that they are enforcing the same standards for everyone. I don't think they can take your dog away from you because you didn't pick up their poo. (ETA: I just reread this and it sounds like I am saying that you aren't picking up after your dog. I didn't mean to make it sound like that is what is actually happening, but I was just responding to the charges that have been made.) Logically, I would think the only thing they could do is fine you (or in this case your landlord, which is where the problem lies). In any case, I hope that the next three months are fairly quiet neighbor-wise.

[Jessika]

I understand that, but he ISN'T telling us we have to get rid of our dogs, he says our dogs are the most well-behaved ones he's come across in the resort and says just don't walk them together where other people can see and "tattle" on us, if that makes sense. He won't kick us out unless the association catches us and makes him. Actually we wouldn't even be evicted, we would just have to "get rid of" one dog, which I would just take Jamie to stay at my parents house until this December lol

As I said, he just made us aware of what could happen and is doing everything he can on his end to ensure that we DON'T get in trouble. The rules when we signed the lease two years ago have changed in the last two months, and I know its the association's rules, NOT HIS, however he does still have to abide by them. So he didn't just change the rules, they did.

And I'm quite positive they don't care about being "grandfathered in" otherwise my landlord wouldn't be concerned for us and be giving us tips on how to keep low lol But I'm not sure, I should check and get a list of rules from the association (which I currently do not have) as well as looking over our lease and making sure we're ok.