Are little white LIE.To keep Gunner

What a crock! How long have you lived there and how long has the "racism" policy been in place? Maybe you're "grandfathered in" meaning that you had Gunner before the policy was written. I would lie like a rug to keep my dog. Thankfully I don't have an issue. In my first apartment, 11 years ago, I did lie and have a cat under the radar for 7 months that I never told them about (I did claim him in my next one, the first one had bad management, so I was "sticking it to the man" any way I could). I don't see the point if it's just a 15 pound cat (he was a big un!) and didn't cause any damage. They're supposed to paint and clean the carpets anyway. Sorry, got off on a tangent there. Zeek's Mom

We lie about our baby all the time. We don't even mention she is a pit mix because she really is more of a mutt than anything. Pit bull is the only thing that is recognizable about her. I usually say she is a mix of something. Our neighborhood Association isn't too strict on dog breeds but we still don't want any neighbors to have fuel in case we make them mad.

Plus there is a really scary Rottweiler that tried to get my dog on the other side of the neighborhood. So I am not too worried..but we have a vet that can disprove the pit bull theory for us at any time! Always good to have a friend on your side when it comes to your babies!

Mom would have done the same thing!!!! I think it is totaly STUPID to ban a dog just because of it's breed. Mom and dad almost had to pay extra on their homeowner's insurance when they got me because I am a "mastiff mix" and they are considered a bully breed.(at least to our insurance company) So mom started calling me a "golden retriever mix" (which isn't a lie, I am half golden) and everything is fine now. I'm the SAME dog...ugh!! Anyway, mom says she totally understands about the little white lie.

I have had Gunner for over 1 1/2 years. And he's in my home. Not the parks home I's the one that pays the tax on it. I have never even walked him in the park befor. But now that he is on my file's. You bet I will walk him here now. I will have my poop bag in hand and walk happly with him at my side.

I hate those stupid breed rules! I wouldn't turn in the other people who own those breeds, but I would definitely forge an adoption contract! I would probably get one for those other 8 neighbors too, if they needed one. My grandma always said, "There's nothing wrong with a little white lie to keep peace as long as nobody gets hurt." You have to keep your baby! That's a stupid rule anyway. It probably has to do with their insurance or something. If they ever ban pit mixes in Indy, I'll move to keep Minnie. I won't give up my dogs. That's no different than asking someone to get rid of their children.

My mama would lie in a heartbeat to keep us kids. The shame of it is, that she would have to lie to keep us. Let us know how it works out.

I'm with ya, Gunner. I love your name btw! I know my mom would do anything to keep me too-- we're family!!

ARRRGGHH!!! More people stuck on stupid. I feel very fortunate that I don't live anywhere that someone else can tell me what kind of pet I can and can't have, and I think it is dead wrong for anyone to be able to do so, unless a person is breaking the law by letting their animal run loose or keeping it tied in the backyard all day without water. I would lie like a rug if need be, or move, or whatever it took. I think your plan with the adoption contract was an excellent one, Gunner's human, and you are obviously a responsible pet owner.

I completely agree with you. I would not let anyone take my little PJ Funnybunny away from me. Just keep doing like you are doing - don't give them any "reasons" to mess with you.

I know my mom would do the same thing to keep me. Good luck and I hope everything's okay.

I would say technically you're probably not lying. Unless you have papers for him going back several generations, in theory, he could have something else mixed in. Who's to say he's not a mix:) I totally agree with what you are doing, I would do it too in your position!

Your Momma did the right thing. Our Momma would go to any legnths to keep us. These landlords should have rules about people's noisy, destructive children.

what crazy people! you mean they just telled you you had to get rid of him?? thats crazy!!

i know mommy would do it for any of us!!!!!!

A little white lie never hurt anyone. We did that at HSI all the time--someone once wanted to adopt a "shepherd mix" and the apartment didn't allow shepherds or shepherd mixes...I told them to tell them that the dog was actaully a hound mix :) Who really knows when it comes to mix breeds--unless you genetically test them (which you can do now btw!!!), no one will ever know!

My Mom and I live in an apartment. She tells anyone there that asks that my real mom was a lab and doesn't know who my daddy is...so she lies of course to keep me. It is obvious I have no lab genes. Those silly restriction rules suck...I'm not agressive, just nice and loveable. So go ahead and lie!

Yes Stevie I know Gunners mom and dad wore DNA tested. And I have his family tree going back several generations. But I'm not going to let them know. So by them thinking he's a hound and doberman mix. I can keep him.

Way to go! Good for you! I don't see how they can dictate what kind of dog you can't have, I have heard of weight restrictions. It's not the breeds it is the people that train them!!!!

Oh shoot! Little white lies are worth it for your dog. Trust me, most of the time we say is she is a pit bull AFTER they say how sweet and cute she is!!!

mikey is listed at my vet as a "mixed breed". i think it's fine to lie about your breed, because i think being prejudiced against any breed is wrong! i wouldn't have gave out the info of the others breaking the breed rule, though, because then you put them in the same boat you were put in. if they aren't clever as you were, then maybe they will dump off their dogs, or lose their home, and neither is a good thing. :(

Riley's Mom here...I was told that because Ry and Bog are "Running at large" the dog catcher could come and take them. I told them he better bring some reinforcements with some big guns. Nobody is taking my babies! I talked to the dog catcher later and he told me he knows I let them run loose, he's not gotten any complaints. I guess cause I work for the Police Dept. down here they turn and look the other way.