Apartment Dogs

Share an apartment or a condo with a dog and one problem rises above the rest: where does he go to the bathroom? Dog grass pads, also called potty pads or pee pads, solve it about as cleanly as anything can. A grass pad is a patch of real or synthetic grass you set down

Maybe a new job pushed you into a smaller place. Maybe you have rented the same one-bedroom for years and finally decided the couch needs a dog on it. Either way, you are about to bring a puppy into a space that was never built with a teething Labrador or a restless Border Collie in

Size says little about how a dog behaves indoors, and the American Kennel Club does not publish an apartment rating. What each AKC breed page does give is size, life expectancy, a temperament description and an exercise section, and those are what this list is built from. The breeds are the 19 already on this

Moving wears everyone down. You feel it, your family feels it, and the boxes never seem to end. The part most people skip over is the dog. Your dog has no idea why the couch is gone and why the whole place suddenly smells like cardboard, and that confusion lands harder than you would think.

People assume Corgis make easy apartment dogs. They’re short, they’re under 30 pounds, and they look like they’d be happy on a couch all day. That assumption gets a lot of first-time owners in trouble. A Corgi is a herding dog in a small frame, and living with one in a flat takes more planning

Big dog and small apartment is not an automatic mismatch. What matters more is each breed’s exercise need, how it behaves when left alone and how much space its size and drool take up. If you have never lived with a dog in a small space, start with our guide to crate training an adult

To potty train an older dog in an apartment is similar to training a puppy. House training an adult dog can be quite easy and fast if you are constant and patient. This is closely related to potty training a puppy without a yard, which we break down separately. Dogs prefer to avoid going to

Whether a Lab makes a good apartment dog has no clean yes or no. The Labrador Retriever shows up on every list of great family dogs. Loyal, gentle, easygoing. It also carries a second reputation, the one your neighbor warns you about: chewed baseboards, bolting out open doors, a dog that wears you out instead

Calm and lazy dog breeds are perfect for apartment living. They adjust well to the lifestyle of both busy and sedentary apartment dwellers. We have to consider that all dogs, even if they are lazy and with a low energy level, require daily exercise and mental stimulation. It helps them to be physically and emotionally