CityDogsLife is a guide to raising a dog when your whole home is smaller than most backyards. It started because we couldn’t find straight answers to that exact problem, and it has grown into a library of guides on potty training over a concrete courtyard, keeping a bored dog busy on a rainy work-from-home day, and choosing gear that actually fits a studio.
Who runs this
A small editorial team, part of OmniLearn Consulting Commerce LLC. We are dog owners and researchers, not a faceless content mill and not a single self-appointed guru. You won’t find an invented veterinarian or a stock photo of a “certified expert” on these pages, because we would rather tell you where our information actually comes from and let you weigh it.
The site is run by the City Dogs Life editorial team, operating through OmniLearn Consulting Commerce LLC. The team decides what gets covered, checks the sourcing behind each guide and answers for what goes out. None of us is a veterinarian and none of us pretends to be: when a question needs one, we quote one and link to the source. You can reach the team at hello@citydogslife.com.
Who writes what
Every guide is signed, and the signature is not decoration: it tells you which beat the piece belongs to and who answers for it. Five bylines split the site between them.
- Nora Whitfield covers apartment living: leases, neighbours, noise, and making a small floor plan work.
- Elliot Marsh writes about behaviour and training, from barking to leash work.
- Dana Okafor handles daily care: feeding, grooming, walks in bad weather, gear that gets used every morning.
- Rhys Callahan takes first dogs and family dogs, including the questions people feel silly asking.
- Marisol Vega: nuestra cobertura en español.
These are desk bylines rather than personal brands. Each one marks a beat and the standard we hold it to; none of them claims a veterinary degree, a certification or a laboratory, and you will not find a portrait photo attached to any of them. Where a claim needs a professional behind it, we quote one and link to the source so you can read it yourself.
How we research and write
Most guides start the boring way: reading. Breed standards from the national kennel clubs, position statements from veterinary and animal-behavior organizations, and the manuals that ship with the products themselves. Then we check that against how it plays out in a real apartment, because the theory and the 5am reality of a puppy who won’t settle are two very different things. When a guide gives you a crate size or a feeding window, there is a reason behind the number, and we try to show that reasoning so you can judge it for yourself.
We revisit older articles instead of leaving them to rot. Advice shifts, products get discontinued, and a link that worked last year sends you nowhere today. When we catch that, we fix it and note that the guide was refreshed.
Gear and affiliate links
Some guides link to products, and some of those links earn us a commission if you buy through them. That is how the site keeps the lights on. It does not change what we suggest: we point to the crate, gate or enzyme cleaner we would put in front of our own dogs, and we say so plainly on the page. The full version is on our affiliate disclosure page.
One limit we won’t cross
CityDogsLife is for information, not diagnosis. We can explain what usually causes a behavior or what a vet tends to look for, but we cannot examine your dog, and nothing here is a substitute for advice from your own veterinarian. If something seems painful, sudden or just wrong, call your vet or an emergency clinic first and read us afterward.
Found a mistake? Tell us
If a guide is wrong, out of date or missing something obvious, we want to hear it. You can reach the team through our contact page, and a person reads every message.