As a renter who doesn't foresee being able to afford own house for many years to come, my heart pinches every time I see my daughter looking at dogs on the  street and friend's places. Being an absolute dog lover, she would do anything to have her own pet but has to satisfy herself by looking at dogs from across the glass in pet shops. She is already 14 and her childhood is slipping away from having a pet companion while growing up..

Why the children of people who cannot afford their own home should be denied the happiness of pet companionship? 

Why a tenant who signs a bond and guarantees in writing to pay for any damage caused by the pet, cannot be allowed to have a pet?

How does not allowing pets save the property of an owner while it has been stated so that many times by real estate agents that it's the children who do most damage?

Why the laws don't allow pets by default like they have done in Victoria recently?