this sounds strange ...

were going to view a flat today from the council and have been told by my sister in law who works there they wont accept us because scarletts staffie!? she said its because of the BSL and to my knowlage the staffordshire bull terrier is not a part of it? so now im worrying i wont get anywhere to stay because of scarlett and im not giving her up!

council can have a no pet policy on some propertys but i dont think they can segragate a breed without proper reason????.
i know some council have a funny policy about no puppys ??? which iv always found very strange as all dogs have to be pups at one point lol

Try phoning them to see what their policy is. If they allow dogs but not staffs then they could be breaking the law!

yeah i am gunna get in touch seems a far bit to stargane thanks

Maybe they associate staffies with unscrupulous characters.

Here is a link to Leeds Council Pet Policy from the council website

http://www.leeds.gov.uk/files/Internet2007/2011/37/policy%20on%20keeping%20pets%20in%20council%20houses%202011.pdf

I've had a quick look through and it lists the 4 banned breeds and mentions about other dangerous dog breeds such as Rottweilers and that they cannot be kept if they have ever attacked someone in pubic.
I really doubt that your dog has ever attacked anyone so I do not see you having a Staffy as being a problem, it just depends on the accommodation type you are going for.

I had this problem when I moved last year, although it was private properties I was looking at. There were so many places that turned us down because of Charlie, but there is no way on this earth I would give him up so we just carried on looking, and looking, and looking, and looking! I didn't tell the landlady of this place about Charlie until she had offered us the property. She wasn't too impressed, but I told her how good he is, and that we'll pay for any damage he does (which is a lot already and we've only been here a year ) and she let us have it.

Good luck, I hope it all gets sorted for you.

I have a friend that was looking for somewhere to rent a few years back. At the the time she had a staff x collie. When she went into places to ask about houses/flats to rent a few of the people advised that she only mention that he was a colliex as people wont rent to someone with a staff because of the damage they can do (I presume they mean to the house, and this would be the same as any other breed of dog!)

I live in a council property, I was lucky, a previous tenant had owned and bred staffies here, and they had been left with a lot of damage and mess along with complaints etc. At the time of my moving in i owned a collie but i explained that i am a responsible dog owner, mine are fully insured, vaccinated and registered with the local dog warden scheme. I've never had a problem and the local dog warden even pops in for a cuppa now to see my Staff for cuddles. Good luck, I think you should be ok,

we should start a thread on the damage our babys have done to our homes, i'll be here all day

I had a council flat in Leeds for a while and I had a staffie when I moved in, they never commented. This was about 8 years ago now. X

well we went to look at it and it has its own front door, own garden and a nice size and they allow pets i told the guy she was a staffie cross and it didnt bother him in the slightest im not holding my breath thought the woman who offered it to us isnt very nice and i have a feeling shes not gunna let it have it even thought they ahve offered us it and we would like it kinda worried