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Do a home visit to where the pet lives now. --172.58.xx.xx

If you haven’t ever done this, or heard of landlords doing this, search this forum for Two Minute In - Home Visit. We haven’t written about it as much lately, but you’ll find extensive posts in the search feature. --70.92.xxx.xxx

I dont like those little ankle biters personally but if everything else checks out i think the 2 minute in home inspection is the best way to get the real story,if i can smell a dog in someones house i dont want them moving into my house.I have a 185 pound ST Bernard who doesnt cause any damage so i prefer big ones over little ones --74.77.xx.xx

Tiny dog is perfect. No damage or maybe little tinkles that clean up quick and tenants stay and pay forever if they can find a place that takes pets. I have pets in every unit except on and four out of the six have been with me twenty years so no money loss or downtime on those. Cash cow, er cash chihuahua. --71.188.xx.xxx

Always get flea treatment cost at move-in, the in home -visit- allows you to see what your place will look like in 3-5 weeks, ashtrays? Animal care, furniture care, laundry piles around, overall care, rusty hot rods leaking liquids. It is a visit not an inspection, you won't need to ponder much except what tunes you will enjoy on the way out. --76.190.xxx.xxx

Another vote for an in-home visit. --75.11.xx.xx

Another vote for an in-home visit. --75.11.xx.xx

I wouldn't get as far as an in home visit if the feedback here is that it will scratch the floors. --67.240.xx.xx

Small potatoes- I have 3 dogs and moved into my current residence 23 years ago,the only place i have problems with my hardwood floors is where the dogs land when they junp off our bed,probably a 2x2 area thathas the poly removed from the dogs landing on the floor,other than that no problems --74.77.xx.xx

Why are you asking, Sleeps With Three Dogs ? --24.183.xxx.xxx

Also, I had lots of hardwood floors in our rentals. I have done "cheap" jobs to protect them by pouring floor grade polyurethane on the floors and spreading it...with very good results. If you're handy you can do this. The trick is to do it BEFORE the floors are damaged...once the stain itself is damaged it becomes more work. There are a lot of tedious steps to doing what I describe, but it can be done. I did an 1,100 sqft home in 1.5 days...850 sqft of it was hardwood. It's a lot of prepwork and careful planning, but works well...the floors held up for 9 years with lots of animals running around on them. --99.92.xxx.xxx

Ken, thanks for the info --67.240.xx.xx

We've always had big dogs. These days I've got 4 "grand-dogs" that come to visit often and one is a little white one and MOG. Sweet dog but NEVER.SHUTS.UP...the next smallest one takes her cue from that and barks way too much, drives me nuts. The bigger dogs are just normal...bark when they are supposed to, otherwise quiet... --50.82.xxx.xxx

Good job small, sounds like you already protected it. Yes you can get new scratches but worst case scenario you have to do that again. Just charge accordingly as part of rent. --99.92.xxx.xxx

SP --67.240.xx.xx

I also have zero tolerance for bites. One and done. If I see it or happen to be involved then they are gone instantly. If I hear about it and it is proven they are gone right after. --107.147.xx.xxx

They decided not to move forward, when I explained the NY law to them they said their ll only charged them fifty dollars for the dog. I didn't need get into the details any further. --172.58.xxx.xx