Pintler Pets

I emailed Pintler Pets inquiring about adopting a dog I saw on their Pet Finder profile. I completed my application and submitted it to Pintler.

Less than a week after I submitted my application, my landlord told me that Rose Fellows, from Pintler, had called her for a reference and to be sure that it was OK for me to have a pet. My landlord also told me that Rose was needling her about the details of my disability; listing one’s employment status is a requirement on Pintler’s application.

My landlord told me that she was caught off guard and felt uncomfortable with the questions surrounding my disability that Rose asked and ultimately dodged the question.

What Rose doesn’t know is that my landlord's profession is Human Resources. My landlord knows what kind of information she can and cannot give out regarding my disability.

After Rose’s phone call with my landlord, she didn’t contact me or any of my references. I emailed Rose to ask her who called my landlord for a reference. When I asked why Rose didn’t talk to me first about being disabled, I never got a response. My email tracker report shows that she received my message and read it twice.

It was very inappropriate and extremely unprofessional on Rose’s part to try and discuss my disability with my landlord and NOT with me. It feels incredibly discriminatory. 

Rose never gave me the opportunity to answer any question she may have had about my fitness to be able to adopt and care for a dog.
I am an excellent candidate for adopting a dog with solid references. And now the dog I so hoped I could adopt is no longer available.