I think you need to considers two aspects.
1) Legal requirements and any restrictions (as Eagle links)
2) Local/cultural acceptance.
re: 1) on a skim-read didn't see any specific restriction on the import of a ridgeback. Over and above the usual quarantine/vaccinations etc.
re: 2) This has been discussed before, esp relating to large dogs.
- In Asia, historically, people have not had to resources to keep a large dog 'as a pet'. I.e. if the family live off a bowl of rice a day, they won't have the budget for half a pound of meat for a dog.
- Large dogs have probably been working dogs. Probably guard dogs.
- There's the whole issue of Muslims and dogs too.
So via culture and history many of them start from a position of ignorance; unfortunately for you.
I think you would find a significant amount of
property that a landlord won't let to you, based upon their ignorance re: your dog. You could perhaps offer to add say an extra weeks rent deposit specifically as a bond against dog caused damage (?).
As a last thought, I'm not sure how
condo rules might deal with this, if at all. There might be building management restrictions on the type of any dog that can be kept. Not sure.
If you do see a dog here (and it's not common) odds are 9 out of 10 it's going to be a she-tzu, or other handbag dog. Such is the cultural gulf.
I don't want to be negative at all, just trying to help you see the hurdle you're facing. A mate of mine back home has 3 ridgies, so I know what characterful and well-behaved dogs they are...
p.s. just noticed your latter point. Even cats are banned from HDBs, so I can't imagine they're be open to dogs. That leaves you (and others in your position) looking at
condos. Regarding whether there are any pet-friendly ones, I've not heard that discussed before.
