What are my rights? Landlord says neighbor's 10yr can't come to our house & play ....?

Don't blow this up into something major. It is easily resolved.

Of course that nice boy may come to visit with your son. Just tell him to leave his dogs at home because they frighten people. Also, you might want to have a friendly chat with the parents--explain that you really like their son, but the dogs are causing a problem.

You are missing the landlord's point, He's not really concerned about the neighbor boy, he's worried about the dog situation. The landlord might be liable for big damages if those dogs happen to injure anyone on his property.

Instead of making a big issue about the dogs, just talk to the boy's parents and explain that the dogs need to stay home so he can come and play. Legally the landlord cannot prevent you from having company, but if the landlords think the dogs are dangerous, then just have the little boy to leave them at home.

Sadly enough, your landlord owns the land and when they say that you can't have somebody on the property, that means you have to actually listen.

It seems like the biggest problem they have is with the dogs however, and not the kid himself. Why don't you talk to your landlord (the husband) about it and see if you can't compromise? Your son can still keep playing with the neighbor who comes over, as long as the friend realizes and knows that he can't bring his dogs along with him when he comes. This should eliminate the problem.

If the landlord finds this acceptable, take your son and his friend off to the side and explain the situation to them. Kids are more smart and understanding then adults like to give them credit for, I'm sure they'll understand. If the friend insists he must have his dogs along, you'll have to explain that your son will have to just play over at his friends house instead.

Your question is confusing. Do the dogs come over with the boy or are the dogs already at your house? If the boy is bringing dogs over with him then your landlord can prohibit pets from being inside the home.

Are we talking about a house or an apartment? With an apartment I wouldn't think they could tell you what kind of dogs can be outside of it especially if you don't own them since you're not renting the outside of the building. If it's a house then you're renting the land too and I guess they can probably tell you what animals you can have on their property. Why don't you ask them to keep the dogs at their house?

If those dogs really are dangerous, there are proper channels for your landlord to go through. Without some sort of restraining order, your landlord can't prohibit people from visiting you.

Don't have the dogs over.

The landlord MAY have the right to exclude the dogs... anything more is petty and infantile. He cannot say that the CHILD isn't allowed....

Your landlord has delusions of grandeur.

He can't decide which visitors you have as long as they haven't done any damage to his property.

Can't possibly be legal.

He can't do anything about who you have over as long as they aint damaging his property.