Depends on the breed, your schedule, your apartment rules, and your willingness to provide adequate leashed exercise. As someone who has owned dogs while living in an apartment, and now in a home with a larger fenced yard, it is certainly much more difficult to own a dog in an apartment than it is in a house with a fenced yard. You do not have the option of installing a doggy door to a fenced yard or just letting them out your door to toilet, and must take them out on-leash every time they need to go, rain or shine, and even when you are sick or injured. No excuses. With a puppy or a new-to-you adult that you are housebreaking, that can mean taking them out every hour or so to use the bathroom to start. They will need longer walks every day for exercise as well. It is also of much greater importance that your dog be quiet in an apartment setting with neighbors you share walls with, and that your dog is generally well-behaved and well-socialized.
having a dog in a apartment can be a challenge. You need to take them out for walks and going to the toilet a lot. U can only go out for 3/4 hours at a time as they will need to go to the toilet. A cat or a bird or fish may be more suitable.
If you have a back yard for the dog, I don't see a problem. If you do not have a back yard for the dog, don't get a dog. Using pee pads just leads to the dog pissing & pooping all over the apartment. No pee pads. They just lead to something worse, all over the place.
It completely depends on the breed of dog. If you're not willing to exercise a dog outside for hours, a Jack Russell is not a good choice. However, a breed like a Pekingese or a Pug only requires average exercise, so as long as you're willing to take them outside for a reasonable amount of time every day, they should work. You can just research "dog breeds that do well in apartments" or something like that. Many small breeds are fine in apartments, just remember that every dog should have adequate exercise.
• "Do you think it’s okay to get a small dog breed for an apartment?"
What WE think is irrelevant.
With apartments and rented houses, what's relevant is whether the property OWNER agrees to have THAT kind of dog in/on his/her property - and whether the individual DOG is one that WON'T annoy the neighbours.
NONE of which you have deigned to tell us about.
The only time I've been a landlord was when we moved a few hundred miles north. On that occasion the tenant was a personal friend in the dog training club I was an instructor at. His GSD that would easily fit into the pen & sleeping box at the rear of our house. And the rear half of the property was well fenced off. The tenant knew that the southern neighbours were complainers.
But seeing as you've asked me:
No.
I've only once sold a pup to anyone who lived in an apartment aka flat aka unit. I checked the property - there was only the one fence, but it went around all 8 units except for where a vehicle gate should have been. But as the property was at the far end of a long straight road, I took a chance. However, the dog did NOT get enough socialisation, and was anxious, the last time I visited them.
• "My apartment has all carpet though except for the kitchen "
Irrelevant.
What matters are:
🤴🏽1. The landlord.
👨👩👧👦2: The neighbours.
🕌3: Whether the flat is ground-level and has a back door opening straight into a well-fenced back yard.
🙅🏼 4: Whether you can take at least 2 weeks "holiday" starting the day you bring Pup home, so that YOU can stay home 24/7 and
(a) help Pup like you & understand what is & isn't allowed on YOUR territory;
(b) so YOU can concentrate 100% on Pup while it is awake, so that YOU learn its signal & timings (how long after:- 1: waking? 2: eating or drinking? 3: exercise or play?) for"Wanna go TOILET!" and are ready to pick him/her up and carry Pup to the designated toilet area, put Pup down, then stand boringly still & silent until Pup remembers what he/she wanted ,so DOES it. You then enthusiastically PRAISE Pup, using your future Command phrase (e.g.,"Bobby went TOILET! Good boy TOILET! Good boy Bobby Toilet!") and REWARD him/her (e.g: rubs on the croup or between the front legs - or on the base of an ear IF your pup likes that. A pea-sized bit of hard cheese or baked liver. A game of ball chase).
🕣 5: How long on your busiest days Poochy would be "home alone".
👩🎓🚗 6: Whether YOU have the SENSE and TRANSPORT to join a weekly training club and get COACHED for about a year starting when Pup is 18-to-22 weeks old.
You've made a bad start by HIDING behind the cowardly [Anonymous] instead of proudly displaying the avatar & user-name you chose for yourself.
I hope you at least know to reward the most helpful answerer within a week - a fortnight at the longest - by awarding that answer the BEST (Favourite) Answer points. In the process, 3 of the 5 points it cost you to ask the question get refunded.
I see that [granny] and I suffer from impatient people who hate the idea of NOT having a suitable property for their dog - and to hell with the effects that has on their dog, and on the apartment's äroma!
Les the aged Kiwi - first pup in 1950, GSD trainer & breeder as of Easter 1968
Answers & Comments
Depends on the breed, your schedule, your apartment rules, and your willingness to provide adequate leashed exercise. As someone who has owned dogs while living in an apartment, and now in a home with a larger fenced yard, it is certainly much more difficult to own a dog in an apartment than it is in a house with a fenced yard. You do not have the option of installing a doggy door to a fenced yard or just letting them out your door to toilet, and must take them out on-leash every time they need to go, rain or shine, and even when you are sick or injured. No excuses. With a puppy or a new-to-you adult that you are housebreaking, that can mean taking them out every hour or so to use the bathroom to start. They will need longer walks every day for exercise as well. It is also of much greater importance that your dog be quiet in an apartment setting with neighbors you share walls with, and that your dog is generally well-behaved and well-socialized.
As long as the building allows it and you can take care of it, get the dog.
having a dog in a apartment can be a challenge. You need to take them out for walks and going to the toilet a lot. U can only go out for 3/4 hours at a time as they will need to go to the toilet. A cat or a bird or fish may be more suitable.
If you have a back yard for the dog, I don't see a problem. If you do not have a back yard for the dog, don't get a dog. Using pee pads just leads to the dog pissing & pooping all over the apartment. No pee pads. They just lead to something worse, all over the place.
It completely depends on the breed of dog. If you're not willing to exercise a dog outside for hours, a Jack Russell is not a good choice. However, a breed like a Pekingese or a Pug only requires average exercise, so as long as you're willing to take them outside for a reasonable amount of time every day, they should work. You can just research "dog breeds that do well in apartments" or something like that. Many small breeds are fine in apartments, just remember that every dog should have adequate exercise.
• "Do you think it’s okay to get a small dog breed for an apartment?"
What WE think is irrelevant.
With apartments and rented houses, what's relevant is whether the property OWNER agrees to have THAT kind of dog in/on his/her property - and whether the individual DOG is one that WON'T annoy the neighbours.
NONE of which you have deigned to tell us about.
The only time I've been a landlord was when we moved a few hundred miles north. On that occasion the tenant was a personal friend in the dog training club I was an instructor at. His GSD that would easily fit into the pen & sleeping box at the rear of our house. And the rear half of the property was well fenced off. The tenant knew that the southern neighbours were complainers.
But seeing as you've asked me:
No.
I've only once sold a pup to anyone who lived in an apartment aka flat aka unit. I checked the property - there was only the one fence, but it went around all 8 units except for where a vehicle gate should have been. But as the property was at the far end of a long straight road, I took a chance. However, the dog did NOT get enough socialisation, and was anxious, the last time I visited them.
• "My apartment has all carpet though except for the kitchen "
Irrelevant.
What matters are:
🤴🏽1. The landlord.
👨👩👧👦2: The neighbours.
🕌3: Whether the flat is ground-level and has a back door opening straight into a well-fenced back yard.
🙅🏼 4: Whether you can take at least 2 weeks "holiday" starting the day you bring Pup home, so that YOU can stay home 24/7 and
(a) help Pup like you & understand what is & isn't allowed on YOUR territory;
(b) so YOU can concentrate 100% on Pup while it is awake, so that YOU learn its signal & timings (how long after:- 1: waking? 2: eating or drinking? 3: exercise or play?) for"Wanna go TOILET!" and are ready to pick him/her up and carry Pup to the designated toilet area, put Pup down, then stand boringly still & silent until Pup remembers what he/she wanted ,so DOES it. You then enthusiastically PRAISE Pup, using your future Command phrase (e.g.,"Bobby went TOILET! Good boy TOILET! Good boy Bobby Toilet!") and REWARD him/her (e.g: rubs on the croup or between the front legs - or on the base of an ear IF your pup likes that. A pea-sized bit of hard cheese or baked liver. A game of ball chase).
🕣 5: How long on your busiest days Poochy would be "home alone".
👩🎓🚗 6: Whether YOU have the SENSE and TRANSPORT to join a weekly training club and get COACHED for about a year starting when Pup is 18-to-22 weeks old.
You've made a bad start by HIDING behind the cowardly [Anonymous] instead of proudly displaying the avatar & user-name you chose for yourself.
I hope you at least know to reward the most helpful answerer within a week - a fortnight at the longest - by awarding that answer the BEST (Favourite) Answer points. In the process, 3 of the 5 points it cost you to ask the question get refunded.
I see that [granny] and I suffer from impatient people who hate the idea of NOT having a suitable property for their dog - and to hell with the effects that has on their dog, and on the apartment's äroma!
Les the aged Kiwi - first pup in 1950, GSD trainer & breeder as of Easter 1968
Too many factors.
Are you a lazy pig who won't take it out to walk it every few hours or will you just put down potty pads and let it piss and **** everywhere?
Which type of dog? Many small dogs are crazy yappy and would annoy your neighbours.
What are you ALLOWED to have?
Can you AFFORD to care for a dog? Quality food, vet bills?
We don't know you so how the Hell can we know if this is a good match for you?
Depends on the dog and also on your dedication to exercise and train
i dont see why not, some of my neighbors have small dogs
I'd go for a medium-sized dogs, Little dogs tend to yip. They also have a problem with involuntary urination when they get excited.