@Michael Duncan I wake up at 6:30am PST, I make my coffee and then drive to a neighborhood my dog and I will walk.

I have no dog in that fight but there is definitely a lot of smoke.

The reason that I ask is that you don't want to be the dog who caught the car and doesn't have an exit strategy. 

One couple living upstairs (military, MIL), one couple (not military) w/dog living downstairs--they worked that out among themselves after renting house.

There was one multiplex that was rehabbed for 6 months and had a bunch of German shepherds (they were actually the owner's dogs and were super friendly lol people were just too scared to go near the property). 

Otherwise you may be asked to pay for their temporary lodging.If you allow pets and their dog bites someone - do you want your landlord liability to pay for that persons injuries?

I'm a 38 year old married male. with two 40lb dogs.

I started off bird dogging and wholesaling looking for deals for other investors.

If there is any penalty available to you in your county, for this kind of behavior on part of the landlord or property manager add that penalty to the paperwork you fill out. 

On the micro scale, especially this time of year, add in school access/assignment, subdivision 'dynamics' (when I was more active in Wake, I tracked NOO/OO ratios and out-of-state investors as a metric, including hedge fund buying) inculding crime, HOA behavior, proximity to employment centers, etc.