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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rent small house for 3K.[/quote]

There is one by 1917 Quincy st, Arlington Va[/quote]

Ad says that it accepts dogs on a case-by-case basis. I doubt that three yappy dogs would be such a case.[/quote]

Small dogs are okay in single family house.
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I rent out a few single family houses and am one of the few landlords who would consider - and have rented to - tenants with two dogs. Three dogs is right out. [/quote]

[b]Don't children make more damage than small dogs to a rental  house ?[/b][/quote]

Not even a little bit close.

I'm a former landlord for 15 years, and all of my worst cases ALWAYS involved pets.

If you're not training your dogs not to bark, chances are high that you've been lax in training the dogs AT ALL (with the exception of housebreaking, hopefully).

Whoever said that these people horde pets in place of getting therapy, is 1000% absolutely correct.

They baby the dogs, so they treat them LIKE babies, and they do this as a means of replacing the children who've flown from the nest and left home.

That means that those babies (the dogs) will have the full run of the house -- they're the ones who are really in charge.

Dogs will chew on walls, chew on blinds, chew on cabinet doors, chew holes through wooden doors, they'll go to the bathroom on the carpet (and these people are usually nose blind, so they can never smell how bad it is themselves -- the odor of 3 dogs will be strong).

They always dig holes in the carpeting as a way to relieve their anxiety or separation anxiety when their owners leave the house, they scratch the walls, scratch up the hardwood floors (if they're lax in training, then they're usually lax in getting them groomed monthly (and something tells me they are) and dogs nails can be very damaging because they're overgrown).

They dig holes in the lawn and in the mulch around the property, which are expensive to fill in... and the list goes on and on.

If you haven't trained your dogs not to bark, then you don't have common courtesy for those who live around you... that means you're usually a very selfish, self centered pet owner, who is lacking in self awareness themselves, and their dogs can usually do no wrong.

Being a good pet owner is being a responsible pet owner.  
If you get a pet, be responsible and TRAIN THEM.

If you're irresponsible with training, you're going to be irresponsible in many other areas of your life, too... especially when it comes to pets.

OP, even if you find someplace to take them, they're most likely going to have to pay a huge deposit for the home and on top of that, they'll have to pay a seperate pet deposit for each dog.

Do not tell them to lie and say they only have 1 or 2 dogs like someone ill advised.  
When the landlord finds out that they lied, they'll move toward eviction and the courts and the law will be on the side of the landlord and the four corners of their rental agreement.

Not only will they be kicked out, but they'll also have an eviction on their credit report for 7 years, making it even MORE difficult for them to find something else.

If they won't rehome the dogs, then they need to get the dogs trained or your parents need to stay where they are. 
It sounds like you've been the responsible one in the parent/child relationship for a while now, which isn't fair to you, either.

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