Okay I'm going to post this again since no one read the details I added. First off, I am not trying to commit fraud. Next, I am diagnosed depressive bi-polar by a licensed professional. I just moved here and have a lease so I can't just up and move. I want to get a pitbull. The woman who works for my landlord told me I can have one although they have breed restrictions here as long as I have a signed note from my doc saying its an emotional support dog. IT DOES NOT MAYTER WHAT THE BREED IS, THEY RESPECT THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE ISSUES AND THEY RESPECT THAT THEIR FAVORITE KIND OF DOG IS WHAT KEEPS THEM OUT OF THEIR DEPRESSION. All I'm asking is how to go about getting a note because I live in a completely different state than where my old doc is so don't have one yet concidering treatment is very expensive when you don't have insurance. Which I don't. I want to be able to have the puppy and was just wondering if there were alternative ways to get the note.
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I've owned pitbulls before. I grew up with pitbulls. My sister has a pitbull. I know more than I stated obviously I'm not going to just get a dog that's cute. That's just a plus. I want one because I think they're great dogs. I did not once say I want the pitbull breed. I want a pitbull "type" dog. I do have a 3 year old and I don't care how you feel about me having her around one. I was around them my whole life. They are amazing animals and I've never in my life dealt with an aggressive one. I believe it does depend on how they are brought up. Please do not post anything more. the reason I'm ignoring you is because I already know what you are telling me. Please stop posting ur "answers" or should I say opinions since that is what you are doing. I do not care what you have to say I asked a simple question and you're just being an a hole. Thanks bye.
Achelios2013-09-14T15:28:07Z
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Yes, you can get a letter from your doctor saying you can have an emotional support animal
however, you are still held to breed limitations, size limitations, insurance requirements, etc...
the difference in being allowed an emotional support animal is that you are given that allowance even if the apartment policy is no pets --- this is how the FHA laws read
you need to understand what the laws can grant you & what those limitations are
you have no choice in obtaining a letter from your doctor... there are no alternatives to getting the letter from the doctor
there are case law examples... and even after you get the letter from your doctor... if they are not satisfied with that letter, they can demand you be seen by the doctor of their of their choice & if that doctor agrees that you need an ESA, you can then get one
you can not get one & then try to get it approved.. you must get it approved before you try to obtain the dog
there is a difference in reasonable accommodation (you are allowed to have an ESA) and an unreasonable accommodation (you are attempting to get approval for a dog that is breed-banned in the area or is unacceptable to their insurance carrier)
the rules are VERY different for ESA than for SD (where there are no breed limitations) & you won't be eligible for SD unless you can also prove that dog is trained to be an SD (housing does not cover SDiT.. Service Dogs in Training... and neither does ADA)... a puppy is not an SD, it might be an SDiT
RE: How to get an emotional support dog? Okay I'm going to post this again since no one read the details I added. First off, I am not trying to commit fraud. Next, I am diagnosed depressive bi-polar by a licensed professional. I just moved here and have a lease so I can't just up and move. I want to get a pitbull. The woman...
You can't get an ESD without a doctor's recommendation plain and simple, so you will either come up with the money for a new doctor and/or get insurance, that is the long and short of it. You are aware that an ESD is nothing more than a well behaved and trained dog that is only allowed where other pets are allowed or not allowed. No special privileges, like entering food related establishments etc.
You dont need one. You are lying so you can have a dog you know you are not allowed to have beocuse you a e super special snowflake. An ESA is only a pet and since the pitt bull and pitt mutts are banned you can't have one.
Don't like it?
Move out and stop lying before it comes back and bites you in the bum like you deserve. The Ll can and will evict you if you get a pitt bull or pitt mutt becouse they will lose their insurance and they already told you that you can't have one. Now grow up.
You are trying to commit fraud and you know it. You dont need an ESA, you are just using it as an excuse to get a dog you know you can't have
No docter will give you a note for an ESA since you dont need one. Being depressed means you need meds, not a dog. Dogs only make depression worse.
SO what if you had pitts and pitt mutts before. you are still not entitled to have one and commit fraud. You will be evicted when the dog bites someone or attacks someone's dog or when the Ll loses their insurance becosue of it.
People like you make it harder and harder for grown mature adults to have a real ESA that doenst break the breed restrictions or weight limits becouse you are stomping your feet and acting like a child becosue you think the Ll shoudl allow you to have a dog you can't have