Potential Dog Trainer Tenant

[Sarah Rivero]

Hi all,

I have a potential tenant interested in my rental who is a dog trainer. She has 3 dogs personally, and her dog training business consists of training one dog at a time in the home. It sounds like her personal dogs are very well behaved and never have accidents in the home. She also says she is very disciplined with the dog she is currently training (i.e., always keeping them in the same room she is in, taking them outside every 45 minutes, etc.)

Curious what everyone thinks about this situation, and is it worth it? Our pet policy is typically to allow no more than 2 animals. However, as far having multiple dogs in the home, having the owner be a dog trainer seems to be much more ideal than just having a tenant with two pets. She also has agreed to our pet policy of $150 pet fee per animal + $25 monthly pet rent per animal. Thoughts?