<prompt> Human: To give a background, I live right outside of Philadelphia and I just adopted an old dog from a rescue. The landlord and his daughter met the dog prior to adoption and agreed that the dog is easy going, sweet, and a very low-impact pet. Shes about 7-10 years old and spends most of the day sleeping and laying around because her joints are pretty bad. Ive never heard her bark and she has little nubs for teeth, so she cant chew much.My lease initially allowed no pets but I asked my landlord to consider her because of her extremely docile personality. He said hed probably have to increase rent a bit and maybe take an extra security deposit, which I thought was fair.I got an email from him saying he wants to increase my rent from 895 to 975 per month and take 300 non-refundable as a pet fee. I feel that is quite high, but Im wondering if hes increasing it so much because hes going out on a limb allowing me to adopt the dog. I have a hard time believing this dog would produce 1260 of irreversible wear-and-tear on the apartment in a year span.Anyway, I believe my options are to agree to these terms, to offer him either the rent increase or the pet fee, negotiate a security deposit instead, or to move to another place thats more flexible with dogs. I really like my place and my landlord and I know he really likes me. Just wondering if I could get some input from you guys. Thanks!UPDATE: Thanks for all your responses! They helped me create a more solid idea of what I should do. I ended up emailing my landlord to ask him if he could help me understand the amounts and what they cover. He responded with:The pet fee is pretty standard for many places that accept pets. It represents the cost of bringing the apartment back to the condition if it hadnt been rented with a pet. Thinks like extra cleaning and deodorizing the place etc. As far as the new rent I was treating it as a new lease starting July 1, since this is now with a pet whereas the original lease was no pet, and that is the market rent, with a dog, in my estimation. All that being said, I gather that you may be surprised by the amounts. So tell me what you think would be reasonable, I enjoy having you as a tenant and want to try to accommodate you as best as I can. Let me know. Looking forward to hearing back from you. So looks like Ill be able to do some negotiating! Thank you all.Assistant: You can always counter-offer since its not a standard contract anyway. Maybe go for 950mo with the 300 as a security deposit for any damage done which would most likely be carpet replacement for stains or tears.Human: There are no carpets in the apartment, only hardwood floors. The non-refundable part is what irks me the most, so I think its fair to ask him to consider it as a deposit instead. Thanks for your response.Assistant: Dog nails can damage hardwood floors from what I remember.Human: Urine can also stain the hardwood, and cause a permanent smell. My house is entirely hardwood, and the previous owner had several dogs. I had to rent a sander, and sand about 116 of an inch off of the floors to get rid of it. Doing the work myself cost about 300 equipment rental and sealer. Paying someone to do it would have cost considerably more. Assistant: Ah, wow. Expensive. Ill keep that in mind.Human: Im in Center City and my landlord has a similar nonrefundable fee. There was a rent increase of 50month as well. Just FYI, so you have a sense of the going rate in the city for a new apartment with hardwood floors. Assistant: Thanks. How much do you pay for your regular rent? Because 50 would be equatable to 540 per month in rent if you were to compare the 9.2 increase my landlord is offering now and that would be super cheap for Center City, Id think!  <response>: You get to keep a dog, in an apartment that originally said no dogs? And you agree fussing about it?300 non refundable 100 per month, per pet is pretty standard here. Check around at pet friendly complexes. You might be getting a steal, given your rent here would be astronomical. 