must you get a puppy in an apartment?

Yes, if you’re up for the challenge and can be a little flexible!

I live on a 2nd floor apartment, and I have a 9-week-old weimaraner puppy.

This might indicate I’m a little crazy. but it’s really not that bad.

It’s actually a lot much easier than I thought it would be. We’ve had adult foster dogs that were way a lot more challenging than this. So, it mostly depends on the individual puppy and your own flexibility.

Some people in apartments absolutely must not get a puppy, but you could say the same about people who live in homes with fenced yards. It just depends.

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Should you get a puppy in an apartment?

1. Potty training a puppy is a lot more challenging in an apartment.

2. Kennel training & puppy crying.

3. risk of disease from other dogs

Benefits to getting a puppy in an apartment

O que você acha? have you raised a puppy in an apartment? What was the greatest challenge?

Should you get a puppy in an apartment?

It depends on the individual puppy owner and the individual puppy (breed, predicted energy & size).

Here are some of the common worries about raising a puppy in an apartment:

1. Puppy potty training is a lot more challenging.

2. Kennel training (CRYING!) can disturb neighbors.

3. risk of disease from other dogs in the complex when using “community” potty areas.

4. lack of space. Apartments are normally small.

5. No fenced yard.

6. supplying enough exercise.

These are all affordable concerns. You just have to know if these are things you can manage or not.

For me, a lack of space and not having a yard and still supplying enough exercise (#’s 4 to 6) are simply non-issues. I will walk my dogs.

I will supply enough exercise through running, hiking, training classes, checking out the beach and parks.

This may not be the case with everyone, and only you know if you’re really going to commit to exercising your future adult dog.

If supplying exercise is going to be an issue for you (totally fine), then a puppy is not a good option. Instead, consider adopting a really lazy adult pet dog (they’re out there!) or possibly a senior dog.

Now let’s address the first three on the list.

1. Potty training a puppy is a lot more challenging in an apartment.

This really hasn’t been a big deal for me. I was prepared for it and I’m committed.

The potty training involves carrying my puppy down the hall, down the stairs, through the parking lot and to a “potty area” about every 90 minutes.

I’m on the 2nd floor, and it wouldn’t really matter if I were on the 49th floor. It would just take me a little longer each time.

Are you up for a lot of potty breaks that are a lot more time consuming than opening the back door and plopping him in the grass?

What about a potty break in the middle of the night? We’ve been lucky. Remy has been able to hold it all night but a lot of puppies can’t.

See my post: potty training a puppy in an apartment.

2. Kennel training & puppy crying.

This one has been our greatest challenge and the most stressful for me.

Thankfully, it only took Remy about four days to get used to his kennel and being away from his littermates, but he howled and cried (I’d even say he screamed) for the first couple of nights.

What worked for us to help him adjust was to get him really worn out by lots of playtime and exercise and to step his kennel to our bedroom.

Other things we did:

No water after 6 p.m.
Try to keep him awake all evening
Give him lots of yummy chews in his kennel
Feed him in his kennel
Cover the kennel with a sheet
Ignore his crying for the most part
Only let him out of the kennel when he was quiet for at least 10 seconds

Another aspect is the puppy simply needs time to adjust to his new routine. I was really anxious our neighbors were going to complain the first couple of nights. Thankfully, no one said anything.

Ask yourself, what will you do if your puppy is howling and crying all night or during the day while you’re at work? Can you deal with this?

3. risk of disease from other dogs

A third issue is related to potty training.

You undoubtedly want to take your puppy outside to go potty, but then he’s going to be using an area with a lot of other dogs. This is fine, unless there are sick dogs around, and then your puppy is at risk of catching kennel cough or parvo or whatever it might be.

My technique to this is my puppy can’t live in a bubble. I’m following the recommended vaccination schedule andEvitando parques de cães para animais de estimação e a praia de cães de estimação até sua terceira rodada de tiros.

Fora isso, não há muito que eu possa fazer. Estou levando -o para fora para ir ao penico e estou levando -o para passear pelo bairro.

Ajuda que eu sinto que estamos em uma área em que as pessoas normalmente vacinam seus cães, levam -os ao veterinário e podem facilmente pagar essas coisas. Ainda assim, não há garantias.

Veja meu post: caminhar um filhote antes das vacinas.

Benefícios para conseguir um filhote em um apartamento

Por fim, quero listar alguns benefícios para criar um filhote em um apartamento ou condomínio, porque eles não são apontados com frequência suficiente.

1. Filhotes em apartamentos recebem muita socialização.

Estou levando Remy cerca de 10 vezes por dia, o que indica que ele vê muitas pessoas e cães.

Ele conheceu a mulher-correio, motoristas de caminhão, pintores, trabalhadores da construção, pessoas puxando malas sobre rodas, pessoas que jogam suas latas de lixo e crianças em painéis. Ele viu bicicletas e motocicletas e caminhões de reciclagem.

Idéias de socialização para filhotes aqui.

2. Cães de apartamento ou condomínio recebem muito mais caminhadas.

Nem sempre o caso, é claro, mas sinto que um proprietário responsável de cães de estimação que mora em um apartamento ou condomínio tem muito mais probabilidade de passear regularmente com seu cão de estimação do que um dono de um cão de estimação que tem um quintal cercado.

Isso tem todos os tipos de benefícios relacionados à criação de um cão de estimação que é em forma e saudável, bem socializado, tem menos energia louca reprimida e normalmente é apenas um cão agradável e bem-educado.

Resumindo, não é ideal dizer que alguém deve ou não ter um filhote com base em onde ela mora. É tudo sobre o proprietário individual do filhote e o filhote individual, considerando a raça, o tamanho e o nível de energia. tamanho sendo o menos importante.

Veja meu post: Viver com um cachorro de estimação de alta energia em um apartamento

O que você acha? Você já criou um filhote em um apartamento? Qual foi o maior desafio?

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