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Behind every Zango staff member is an adored - and very cheeky - pet or three. Here, we introduce you to the fur babies behind our brand. (We considered getting them all in for a group shot but ... well ... there&#x27;s enough happy chaos as it is!)<h3 data-block-key="ea94k">Lana Hurley, Account Manager, with Red</h3><img alt="IMG_2700" class="richtext-image full-width" height="1064" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_2700.width-800.jpg" width="800">Teddy bears, dolls, squishmallows - there isn&#x27;t a soft toy Red isn&#x27;t obsessed with.&quot;He loves stealing them out of the kids&#x27; rooms and showing them off when he&#x27;s excited to see us,&quot; Lana says.<img alt="IMG_0237" class="richtext-image full-width" height="600" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_0237.width-800.jpg" width="800">Red, a red heeler cross, was adopted by the Hurley family from the Yass animal shelter in 2023, and has had a whole lot of love ever since.<h3 data-block-key="c83e7">Diana McKinlay, Junior Developer, with Mycroft, Helios and Gideon</h3><img alt="Mycroft3" class="richtext-image full-width" height="910" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Mycroft3.width-800.jpg" width="800">&quot;Mycroft was a very proper kitty who loved to nap in sunbeams or on stolen chairs,&quot; Diana says of her black-and-white cat Mycroft, whom she sadly lost a couple of months ago. &quot;He was very particular about his tux coat, loved his little dinosaur toy and destroying tennis balls. He was not the brightest spark but he was very loving and very loved in return.&quot;<img alt="PXL_20240309_065008065.MP" class="richtext-image full-width" height="796" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/PXL_20240309_065008065.MP.width-800.jpg" width="800">&quot;Helios (our ginger cat) and Gideon (the tabby) are brothers who are professional nappers when they aren&#x27;t re-enacting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fight scenes. They are very funny kittens who love to explore. Gideon has a little spring toy that&#x27;s his favourite while Helios is more interested in a kitchen sponge or whatever toy Gideon is currently trying to play with but in general they are best buddies.&quot;<h3 data-block-key="4thml">Lily Platt, Social Media Manager and Graphic Designer, with Ripley</h3><img alt="The Platt family" class="richtext-image full-width" height="996" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/The_Platt_family.width-800.jpg" width="800">&quot;We got Ripley as our COVID pup and can&#x27;t imagine life without him,&quot; Lily says of her four-year-old Beaglier Ripley.&quot;He loves to rip toilet paper rolls and cardboard - or just about anything left on the floor.<img alt="8D3D7E57-3E1E-43A6-84B2-1F3FE451959D" class="richtext-image full-width" height="1104" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/8D3D7E57-3E1E-43A6-84B2-1F3FE451959D.width-800.jpg" width="800">&quot;Ripley was the surprise ring bearer at our wedding and entered to Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men, because of course he had to be part of the wedding.&quot;<h3 data-block-key="csakl">General Manager Karen Ligdopoulos&#x27;s puppy, Archie</h3><img alt="IMG_8624" class="richtext-image full-width" height="1066" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_8624.width-800.jpg" width="800">&quot;Meet Archie, our five-year-old King Charles Cavalier.&quot;My son Michael brought him home five years ago from a breeder in Sydney at six weeks old. He loooves to snuggle and he loves roast chicken but you have you pronounce it like this: Chickeeeeeeeen.<img alt="IMG_6550" class="richtext-image full-width" height="1066" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_6550.width-800.jpg" width="800">&quot;He will not go outside in the rain to get wet (such a princess) but if he hears the neighbours dog bark will get covered in mud to bark back - he&#x27;s a bit special. If you say &#x27;Let’s go for a walk!&#x27; he will literally cry and tug at his leash and lead until you do.&quot;We love coming home to his very waggy tail every afternoon. It’s so sweet.&quot;

The Secret Life of Pets: Zango office edition

Finding a rental in general in Canberra can be a lengthy and stressful process, particularly if you’re on the hunt during the peak time of year between December and February. Add in trying to find a rental with a furry, scaled or feathered friend in tow, and you’re staring down an even more complicated process.In November 2019, new legislation came into effect, which in theory makes things easier for pet owners to secure a rental.“The new legislation supports that tenants have exclusive rights to the homes they&#x27;re renting,” says <a href="https://homebyholly.com.au/team/tamara-davis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tamara Davis, property management specialist from Home by Holly.</a>“And unless there is a valid reason or argument behind rejecting a tenant&#x27;s request to have a pet in the property that they&#x27;re renting, the owner generally has to agree instead of, for no reason, just being able to say, ‘no, you can&#x27;t have a pet’.”But that doesn’t mean you’re welcome to just move Fido in with you, no questions asked. Tamara says the process still remains the same, and as a tenant you still need to seek consent from your landlord and make sure you’ve formally got the official tick of approval to keep your pet in the property.<img alt="touhid-arastu-b6y73T2D68E-unsplash.jpg" class="richtext-image full-width" height="600" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/touhid-arastu-b6y73T2D68E-unsplash.width-800.jpg" width="800">Having worked in property management for more than 15 years, Tamara believes the majority of people are good pet owners, and it’s just a small minority who have given pet owners a bad name, with landlords often citing a previous bad experience as their reason for being against a pet in their property.<h4>For tenants</h4>So what can tenants with pets do to help secure them a rental?“A pet reference helps, whether it&#x27;s from a previous agent or another relevant person. Photos help too, showing a nice backyard with green grass and a maintained garden that isn&#x27;t dug up,” says Tamara.“Another thing that helps is making sure you&#x27;re a responsible owner from the outset. So provide the certificates that show you&#x27;ve had the dog desexed, that it’s microchipped and registered. Also tell us about whether it has a local vet, or if it goes to doggy school, or you get them regularly groomed - all of the positives that show you’re a good, responsible pet owner. You could even offer to get in a regular gardener or professional cleaner in.”<img alt="winking-black-and-brown-puppy-2023384 (1).jpg" class="richtext-image full-width" height="697" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/winking-black-and-brown-puppy-2023384_1.width-800.jpg" width="800"><h4>For the landlords</h4>And what does this mean for landlords? Despite the new legislation, there are still cases when owners can refuse a tenant having a pet at their property.“For example you might have an owner investor who is [sent overseas on posting] and they have to rent their property out while they&#x27;re abroad,” says Tamara.“Let&#x27;s say they have every intention of returning to the property when they’re back, and their three kids are hypoallergenic. We can supply paperwork that shows that even steam cleaning and other cleaning measures wouldn&#x27;t totally eradicate the presence of pets in that property whilst they&#x27;ve been abroad. Or another reason might be if an entire backyard isn&#x27;t secure or there’s a small fence and the tenant applying has a large dog that jumps.”Tamara also says it means it’s even more important for landlords to make sure they have a property manager who is diligent. For one of her tenants in the past who owned multiple dogs, Tamara insisted on three-monthly inspections instead of the regular six-monthly inspections so she could be proactive if the animals were causing any damage.“You need to find an agent that does their inspections and keeps an eye on everything and sets the expectations and standard from the outset,” she says.“The other thing owners should do too is to revisit their insurance coverage and make sure they&#x27;ve got the right coverage when it comes to having pets.”

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The Secret Life of Pets: Zango office edition

What landlords and tenants need to know about renting with pets in Canberra