[net.pets] re large dog in an apartment

551rcg@hound.UUCP (R.GANNS) (04/13/84)

            Before arranging to have a large dog in an apartment,
            please consider what it will be like for the dog and for
            your neighbors.

            Unless you have a well-formulated plan (and the discipline
            to carry it out) to give the dog plenty of running and
            exercise--

            Unless you have a practical way to keep the dog from fouling
            the grounds and lawn around the apartment--

            Unless you are able to train the dog to be quiet and not
            be constantly barking---

            Then please do yourself, the dog, and your neighbors a favor
            and rent a house with a fenced-in yard.

emma@uw-june (Joe Pfeiffer) (04/16/84)

My wife and I were living in an apartment when we got a small terrier.
Believe it or not, she did not bark, and furthermore we succeeded in
making an arrangement with the manager to use a small patch of ground
on condition I turn it over periodically.

We lasted about six months under this arrangement.  Our conclusion was
that it is impossible to perperly care for a dog (no matter how small)
when living in an apartment.  We wound up renting a small house with
fenced yard, and have never regretted it.
-Joe P.