[wmfights]

"As for character assassination, I think you started it by lumping all pet owners into one category with the assumption that they are not responsible to keep the apartment in good condition."
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It's clear to me you only see what you want to see. You love your dog so everyone else must love your dog or their bad. It's a sophomoric attitude.

Do you have any idea what dog urine does to a hard wood floor if it's not cleaned up right away?

Do other tenants have rights to privacy? What happens to those privacy rights if your "little precious" starts barking any time someone comes or goes? The tenants won't tell you that your "little precious" is bothersome because they don't want to offend you. They know how special your pet is. After all it's a part of your family. The offended tenants will either call me, or move without telling me why.

It's obvious your consideration extends to yourself.

[Eaker]

My goodness you have a chip on your shoulder.

It sounds like you would keep out children and other races if you could get away with it.

What are you doing this weekend, evicting a mother and her three children because their goldfish is too noisy?

[mom4kittys]

Do you keep out children too? They can be noisy and pee on the floor too. Let's lump them in that category as well.

There are responsible pet owners and parents as well.

[AnAmericanMother]

The answer for the hardwood floors is a good quality polyurethane. Multiple coats. It laughs at dog AND cat pee. You can't possibly keep up a waxed hardwood floor in a rental property, and cheap polyurethane is a total waste of money and time.

Unless they're young marrieds on the way up or retirees taking it easy, a lot of renters are pretty irresponsible. When we were first married we lived in a 2nd floor walkup that was a bit old and creaky, and I was shocked to see how most of our fellow tenants abused the property. The 2nd bedroom in our unit had a new wood floor and new floor joists, because the previous tenant had kept THREE German Shepherds in there and apparently never let them out . . .

Talk about shocked, though . . . when the landlord came to do the walkthrough when we moved out, and found that we had not only cleaned the oven, stovetop, and fridge, but had spackled and primed all the shelf and picture frame holes in the wall, I thought he was gonna stroke out on the spot!

[OldPossum]

I have no intention of getting into this tiff but your statement "Do you have any idea what dog urine does to a hard wood floor if it's not cleaned up right away?" interests me. I have two homes, both with hardwood floors. I also have two dogs, both very well house-trained, but it is entirely possible that an accident has occurred that I did not see.

What damage does the urine do if not cleaned up right away?