Dealing with tenant Dogs & contractor work & inspections

[Kimberly H.]

To those of you who allow dogs, how do you handle doing your interior property inspections and contractor work when the tenants have dogs?

Do you require that the tenants have dogs that can be crated when the tenants aren't home? Do you only schedule your inspections when someone can be home to manage the dogs?

Do you trust your tenant when they tell you the dog won't bite you when you come into the home and the dog is alone?

How do you handle it when work needs to be done during the day at the property and no one is home?

I have a situation where the city, who does yearly rental inspections, decided that they are now requiring egress sized windows in all bedrooms and lower room of split level homes to keep your rental license OR to sell the property. This basically means I will need access to the entire house, minus the bathrooms and garage because if I am doing the bedroom windows I might as well do the few other windows that are old wood ones (the sad thing is two of the bedrooms have new vinyl windows that don't meet the new egress but that's besides the point). 

This effects great tenants with dogs and they work during the day when I would be there for contractor quotes and to get the work done.

Was wondering how others of you handle this.