Tenants in a Bronx apartment did not violate their lease's prohibition against keeping pets, a judge has ruled.

“Cookie,” the Pomeranian, was only visiting, Bronx Housing Court Judge Javier Vargas concluded, finding, “It cannot be said that tenants harbored the dog at the premises other than for her visits on periodic occasions.”

Vargas rejected the landlord's bid for issuance of a judgment of possession against the tenants and dismissed the case, Anderson Housing Associates v. Gonzalez, L&T 060155/2013.