[mom4kittys]

No, but sometimes it is a temporary necessity. I know most people when they move to a new city (usually due to a transfer) might rent an apartment for 6 months to scope out the area and look for permanent housing.

Besides, I would think that people with pets are the norm, not the exception.

[wmfights]

"No, but sometimes it is a temporary necessity. I know most people when they move to a new city (usually due to a transfer) might rent an apartment for 6 months to scope out the area and look for permanent housing."

Let's debunk this nonsense. One of the excuses we here is "I'm just taking care of him for a short time" and a year later they are still taking care of him. The other tenants see the pet and of course they now have to have one.

Since you only need the apartment for a short time what you are really saying is I should fix up the apartment for you and not really look for a return on my investment. Preparing an apartment for rental, if it's in good shape, requires patching, painting, buffing the floors, replacing the blinds, resealing around the tub and cleaning. Renting an apartment also includes running ads and in some instances using rental services. So since your only going to need the apartment a short time where's my return? Also, since you have a dog, assuming it doesn't damage the apartment and or drive out other tenants, when you move I'm going to have to repeat the whole process and probably incur an additional month's vacancy because the apartment can't be rented to new tenants until the dog is out. All this to avoid your inconvenience.
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"Besides, I would think that people with pets are the norm, not the exception."

Not in large urban high density neighborhoods, unless they are being gentrified. I tried accommodating pet owners for a while and after all the problems discontinued that policy.