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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 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.
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
My daughter at 16yr has severe anxiety and emotional moods. She has 2 dogs and they give her some great love!
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….
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
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 feel that this is big help deciding whether or not to register anyone’s dogs as a esa dog
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.