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My neighbor has 2 dogs who she does not take to a certified vet. She does not feed them properly and the new one chews on things and drops toys and chewed items onto my patio. She has left her out in the rain on the balcony for hours and fed her out there. She does not walk these dogs or exercise in any way. She had left the one alone for days with no one checking or feeding her during those days. She does not have them for support. Plus her physician, not her psychiatrist gave the permission. This is a small one bedroom. The shepherd is young and untrained. But large. She already had a dog she did not take care of. Plus there is the barking. It is beyond disturbing. And she ignores it. I have tried getting help with those giving the licenses as I am an animal advocate when I can be. Other tenants are remarking on the cruelty of not exercising and especially leaving her out in the rain and not having the room. Who is in charge and needs to see to their well being? Why isn’t there someone to check on the companion animals? Kathleen Waterbury,
This has been very helpful. I too have 2 esa dogs. One is my husband one is mine. Our management changes our manages constantly. I’m constantly having to update them on my beloved esa dogs. So far it’s been ok. However I’m afraid I’m going to run into a manager that’s going to give me grief. I’m glad the law backs us up. My babies enrich my life and truely help with my anxiety.
I feel that this is big help deciding whether or not to register anyone’s dogs as a esa dog
Landlord is telling me I need two doctors notes for 2 ESA’s. I’m in Texas is this true?
One ESA letter should be able to cover for 2 ESA’s. In the text, it should mention the need for each ESA. You may find this article on how to get an ESA letter interesting: https://www.servicedogcertifications.org/how-to-get-an-emotional-support-dog-letter/
I have had my dogs for 5 years where I live. It is one pet but my dogs are esa for 2 of my kids. One has mood disorder and one has Tourette’s with emotional disturbance. My land lord all of a sudden says I can’t have them. I have papers from the dr and they are up to date with the shots and are nutered. This is the new manager and she has known for 2 years now about them without it being a problem. What can I do
Provide your written letters regarding BOTH dogs and send it to the landlord immediately and their lawyer. They can not dispute a ESA letter from a license mental health provider
My landlord wants to evict me for getting am esa in addition to my 2 other companion animals. What do I do
I live in hud housing
I had a similar issue with my landlord. They were unaware of the law regarding ESA animals so I googled the laws and gave them copies both hard and sent via email along with a copy of the letter from my daughter’s therapist.
esa letter you got from your therapist should have his contact information explain that you do fit the criteria to have these esa dogs and to State the laws that protect this right that you have your landlord might have an attitude problem about it but he cannot legally make you give up your dogs
This has been very helpful. I too have 2 esa dogs. One is my husband one is mine. Our management changes our manages constantly. I’m constantly having to update them on my beloved esa dogs. So far it’s been ok. However I’m afraid I’m going to run into a manager that’s going to give me grief. I’m glad the law backs us up. My babies enrich my life and truely help with my anxiety.
The management company at my apartment complex accepted one of my emotional support cats but not the other, saying I needed to demonstrate a need for multiple ESAs. The complex allows pets, so I don’t know why they are being so precious about it. They would not accept my letter from my therapist and made me fill out extra paperwork, having it filled out by my therapist as well, and after all that hassle, they still rejected one of my pets. How should I proceed and refute this?
Call animal control. Plain and simple. If they cannot take the dogs from her this will at least be a wake up call that she is being watched and needs to do better or she will lose them. I speak from a little personal experience….
My daughter at 16yr has severe anxiety and emotional moods. She has 2 dogs and they give her some great love!
Can you bring two emotional support dogs into a store at one time? That’s what someone is doing in our little food co-op and it is causing problems for the employees who don’t want to create a disturbance but must answer to the questions of other shopper.
ESAs have no public rights access, that is only service animals. If someone tries to say that they are allowed to bring emotional support animals into a non-pet friendly establishment they are lying. Another thing, emotional service animals are also not a thing. Mental health service animals are, I hope this helps 🙂
Emotional support animals on not the same as service animals emotional service animal is solely so the owner can bring them into an apartment or on an airplane.
more and more people are getting an esa letter and telling restaurants that they are allowed to bring it in that is not true they are not allowed to bring dogs into grocery stores and the likes.
but that’s what people do they try to take advantage they want to bring their dog everywhere they’re on buses now and McDonald’s and customers are afraid service animals are for the blind and disabled but the esa dogs is solely that they cannot refuse Tenancy or to board a flight with such animal
Can you have two ESAs under one letter or do you need two letters, one for each ESA, from your therapist?
Yes, you can multiple ESAs covered in one letter. Under HUD guidelines, there is no limit to how many ESAs you can have, but each ESA has to be recommended by your licensed healthcare professional to individually help you as part of your treatment. So your licensed professional must mention the exact number of ESAs in the one ESA letter. Airlines, however, will generally only allow you to fly with one ESA.
You may find this article that I’ve found on another website interesting – it discusses exactly the question of how many ESAs you can have https://esadoctors.com/how-many-emotional-support-animals-can-you-have/.
I was more-so asking what do I need to do in order to find a therapist to help me? What questions would I need to ask in order to know if their therapist is right for me.
I have a current ESA. However, I need to update everything but I haven’t had the money to go and do that due to covid. I recently Rescued a dog and she is great for me in public I have found and is easy to move around with while my bigger dog comforts me at home and does his demands when I feel depressed.
I am actually looking for a new therapist because we moved. I have only been to one therapist since I got my bigger dog certified. When I feel panicked sometimes I forget to ask important questions so how do I know if I came to the right place when looking for the right person for me? What questions do I ask because I already know what I need so how would I tell them?
We think you will find this article helpful: https://www.servicedogcertifications.org/how-to-get-an-emotional-support-dog-letter/
I have a question about esa dogs. What happens if you have a 1 pet rule and find out that a renter has without managers approval or notice gets 5 dogs then manager serves them notice regarding the 5 dogs and the rule of 1 approved dog only and tells them they need to get rid of 4 and a week later they say they are esa dogs with no prior need of esa or any prior conversations about needing them? Do the managers need to accept all 5?
Can a landlord deny a service dog if you already have an emotional support animal
It is possible to own a service dog as well as an emotional support animal as long as you have properly qualified for both and the service dog has completed all necessary training.
I have moved in with my therapy esa animals tank pets and a dog and a cat dog is a service dog for my psychiatric needs my landlord is probably on Monday going to have problems with he says going to address could be a big thing because he said they have way too many animals I have a couple fish a couple snails a turtle and a cat and a dog and it my letter States please allow Crystal to have her therapy pets the quality enrichment of my life and my mental health I need to know how I can address this by law by Monday please I live in Columbus Nebraska
I have a cat and a dog and my new property manager says i need my doctor to disclose what they each do “differently” to help me as esa animals. Has anyone else ran into this problem and what did you do??
yes and i ended up paying for my second dog rent and deposit
We are moving into an apartment in Nevada that only allows 2 pets. We have three but one is an emotional support animal. Can we be denied or evicted if we have three with one being ESA?
You are allowed to have multiple ESAs, but each one has to be covered by a letter of recommendation from a licensed healthcare professional. All three ESAs can be recommended in one letter.
I haven’t had this problem specifically but you could probably cite the varied benefits of either type of animal. Cats are great for keeping a calm and relaxing presence but are more difficult to take outside or on walks. On the other hand, dogs tend to be more excitable and you can mention the benefits of taking the dog on walks and being outside exploring with them.
I was made to give up one of my cats and declaw the other. I live in HRA federal housing and am disabled. I had letters for both. I just found out that they lied and I’m heart broken for my cat I gave up.
I haven’t had this problem but this is none of the landlords business. It’s a violation of your privacy on a legal level. You are not required to disclose your diagnoses or how the ESA helps you.
thats what i thought but my landlord is like these two dogs serve the same purpose therefore one is free and the other one you have to pay rent and deposit for
obviously my landlord did not care about my privacy because they charged me for my second dog deposit and rent monthly because they said i could not have two esa dogs doing the same thing and i let them know the law and they said that was wrong i wasnt going to argue i just wanted in my apt and be in peace
I have emotional support cats and they like to go outside. I live in apartments. I keep getting letters from my landlord saying they have to be on a leash and if they continue to see them outside they can terminate my lease. I can understand this apply to a dog but it’s a cat. Is this legal?
That is not something that is specifically addressed under ESA rules, but landlords are permitted to take reasonable measures to protect the health and safety of other tenants.
I have letters for my ESA‘s written by my primary physician who helps with my mental health I haven’t had any issues from landlords or anything to due this. Will these letters be acceptable since they are not from a therapist But still a licensed healthcare provider who assist me with my mental health
ESA letters are not just from therapists, they can also come from licensed physicians.
My landlord is charging me $25/mo extra for my 2nd esa. Is this legal?
Landlords are not allowed to charge any type of fee for an ESA, even for tenants who have more than one.
My husband (war veteran) and I both have PTSD, I suffer panic attacks and major depression and anxiety( diagnosed). The past manager of our apartment approved our cat CoOpEr. The new manager has given us 1 week to get rid of one of 3 of the 2 12 year old dogs. One with cancer one with kidney failure) The cat is 18 months old and is an ESA. What can I do?
You are allowed to have multiple ESAs as long as your ESA letter properly covers each one. If you haven’t done so already, you might want to speak with your healthcare professional about including more details about how each helps you.
First, I want to say thank you to your husband for his serving our country and I’m sorry that you both suffering PTSD and anxiety from your service…
We’re out in the middle of nowhere. We have a a beautiful guest house that we rent out to visiting doctors and nurses….
Ive no issues with their having a few furbabies ccc carpets can be replaced or cleaned but the last few renters were top notch renters, so no problem with them…I hope you can find a better place to move into
Where you will never be asked to get rid of your fur-Family members.
Blessings to you and yours! Praying that this will be resolved quickly and your precious babies won’t suffer.