First off, fuck landlords - they shouldn’t have a say in whether you’re allowed to keep pets.

I do however think that people in your house should have a say with loud animals. There are few things more annoying to me than incessant barking - and even if that usually isn’t the case with a well-trained dog, you usually have little guarantee how it will turn out.

That’s not to say I’m absolutely against dogs. Someone in my house is a dog trainer, and they wanted to get one, and asked the house for permission. I agreed since they have the necessary knowledge - but if it were someone else I probably wouldn’t have agreed, because there isn’t much you can do once they own a loud dog.