The request was approved. She was concerned about her hard wood entry but it wouldn’t have been a problem. I actually ended up not getting one at that point because I couldn’t find the right one but if they’re trained properly they are easier than dogs. At the time I could have had tennis shoes fitted but now they have horse boots because the industry has caught up with the time. The ponies wear a diaper also. Sounds funny but it works…we’ve used them on our indoor goats.farmerchick wrote: ↑September 20th, 2022, 11:50 pmSo what happened? Did you actually have the horse in the house? How big was the horse? How did that work out? i had a couple of miniature horses for fun and while they were nice outside, i would have been afraid to take them in the house....lol...they were probably 200 to 350 lbs and on the smaller side but super strong and known to kick and were stubborn at times......I'm really curious how your landlord handled your request.FoundMyEden wrote: ↑September 20th, 2022, 4:15 pmWhen I requested permission from our landlord it was for a seeing eye pony more than emotional support…but ya, I get your concern. I don’t know how they can require that you allow any kind of animal in your unit without a pet deposit etc.farmerchick wrote: ↑September 20th, 2022, 11:34 amYou can have a mini horse any where you want.....except in my rental unit without my consent....washington legislature is mulling over giving emotional support animals the same status as trained service animals....if you have a no pet policy a service animal is exempt as it should be...but tenants don't even have to alert you that they have one on a rental application....ESA's are not trained to do any function for anyone...they are essentially pets and the proposed legislation is that a tenant doesn't have to tell the landlord they have an esa on their application...esa can be a miniature horse or snake or ferret or dog or who knows...it's insane...they are also limiting what damages, pet deposits ect a landlord can take.....so if you had a miniature horse that was trained to go on a potty pad inside a unit and didn't tell the landlord on the application it isn't legal now...but they are asking for that...i do not want a miniature horse in my rental unit for any reason or a thirty foot python.....or a couple pet Pigs or whatever....this is getting absurd.....FoundMyEden wrote: ↑September 20th, 2022, 10:33 am
Hey now! Don’t be slamming my miniature horse. Hesa godsend.
Edit to add: this is a miniature horse Esa that stays inside the unit at all times with the tenant.
.this is not outside miniature horses ect...which i have no problem with..most of my homes are on acreage and I love leasing to people with horses that pee and poop.outside in the field and never come into the unit...lol.....
The horses, in my opinion, are better than dogs (except maybe poodles…we have them too) because they don’t shed the same, and have a quieter disposition. The horses actually respond better to intuition than dogs in my observation as well. But each animal can serve a different purpose and that’s the cool thing about service animals. My daughter in particular, couldn’t handle a dog for whatever reason but she could handle the presence of a horse, which is why I decided on the pony.
In other news, we do have an outside pony that we have let into the house…he’s about 350 lbs and he just kinda stands there and stares at us.