Dogs
Communities our paid apartment feed lists with a dog run, a pet wash or a fenced yard, plus the fee arithmetic and the breed question that actually decide whether a place works for your animal.
Rebuilt every day from a paid apartment feed, community leasing pages and our own legwork. Latest update November 7, 2026.
Read this first
We show an amenity only when the paid apartment feed we use lists it for that community. When a community is not on the list below, that feed gave us no amenity list for it. It does not mean the community turns dogs away, and it does not mean there is nowhere for your dog to go.
What the feed lists
| Amenity | Communities listing it | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Fenced community | 12 | A perimeter, for a dog that bolts |
| Dog run | 13 | Somewhere off leash without a drive |
| Fenced yard | 13 | Direct access from the unit, at 6am |
| Pet wash | 8 | A tub that is not your bathtub |
Counted from the amenity lists in the paid apartment feed we use. A community it shows no amenities for is not counted and is not ruled out.
The arithmetic
A pet fee is usually charged once and not returned. A pet deposit is usually refundable against damage. Pet rent is monthly, charged per animal, and it is the one people forget when they compare two apartments. Twenty-five dollars a month for two dogs is six hundred dollars over a twelve month lease, which is larger than most of the rent differences renters agonize over.
Live from the same bank the map reads. Partner communities first, then everything else we track.
These are our picks, and we're paid a fee by many of them when someone leases. Everything below is ordered by the deal math, not by that.
Fair Housing
Under the federal Fair Housing Act, a renter with a disability can ask for a reasonable accommodation in a community's rules, and an assistance animal is the most common one. When the accommodation is granted, the community's pet rent, pet deposit, breed restrictions and weight limits do not apply.
Every pet figure on this page describes pets. If you need an accommodation, say so and we will raise it with the community during the search. Our Fair Housing statement sets out how to escalate if a community handles that badly.
The full roster behind the numbers above, so you can check our work.
No, and it does not claim to. It lists the communities our paid apartment feed shows with a dog run, a pet wash or a fenced yard. Plenty of communities take dogs and have no amenity list in that feed, so a community missing from this page has not been ruled out. Ask us and we will call.
Usually three separate charges: a one-time pet fee that you do not get back, a refundable pet deposit, and monthly pet rent per animal. Two hundred, two hundred and twenty-five a month is a common shape, which is roughly three hundred dollars over a twelve month lease on top of the fee.
Most communities publish a restricted breed list and a weight cap, and both are usually set by the property insurer rather than the leasing office, which is why asking for an exception rarely works. A handful state no breed restrictions or no weight limit outright, and those are worth knowing about if you have a large or a listed dog.
Lake Kyle Park and Steeplechase Park both have open ground and trails, and Plum Creek has its own trail network through the neighborhood. A community with no dog run half a mile from a park is often a better answer than a community with a dog run and nothing around it.
No. Under the Fair Housing Act an assistance animal is not a pet, so pet rent, pet deposits, breed limits and weight caps do not apply to one. You can request that accommodation from any community. Tell us and we will raise it during the search, before you apply and before you pay a fee.
True cost calculator
Add pet rent and fees to the monthly number.
Move-in specials
A concession can absorb the pet fee.
Walk to the grocery store
Communities within a mile of an H-E-B.
Fair Housing statement
Assistance animals, accommodations, and how to complain.
The live map
Filter by amenity yourself, on today’s data.