Dog recomendations for a condo?

You can use the petfinder.com website to browse the dogs up for adoption in shelters and rescues around your town. Good luck!

 

i vote no dog, save the money youd be spending on food, vet and carpet cleaning. spend it on equipment and coral.

 

My aunt and uncle have 2 english cocker spaniels. One almost got taken away by a coyote (uncle saw it happening, scared off the coyote).

I know that has almost nothing to do with anything. But just thought I'd share

And I've heard Shiba Inus can actually be very sweet and tolerant of strangers if you raise them in the right way as a puppy. As a puppy they just need to be in the middle of the main action going on with all the sights and sounds, to get them used to their home (won't be a problem if you're in a condo). And then from early puppy to adulthood they just need to be handled and around a lot of people that aren't their owners.

That's what the problem with our mutt was. He was an awesome guard dog (isn't anymore cause he's too nice now as an old fart) just because he was hardly socialized at all as a puppy. But even though he'd take your head off if you touched his domain and you weren't family, we had a tried and true method to get him to like someone. When he was a young adult and super active, we had to muzzle him and put him on a leash, then let the stranger come up to him, give him a milkbone treat, and pet him, in that order. Later on it was just the leash. Then no leash, just holding him back. And now he'll go up to strangers in the house on his own before deciding if they need to die or not.

Once you met him in that format, he never ever forgot you, and he was nice to you from then on. We've had this treatment done to all friends, family members, and neighbors. And the plus side was we could do groups So he's good to go unless someone tries to break into the house. But we don't care about what he does to any burglars, as long as the mess doesn't get on the carpet

The point of my story being that even an independent, territorial, and not exactly people friendly dog can be trained to get used to people. It's just better to socialize them as a puppy first, rather than have to do what we did.

 

If I had to get a small dog it would be a pug my friend has a pair they are awesome friendly energetic(but small enough they can run around a room to exhuastion without breaking anything).

 

What duck hunter would vote no dog?

 

Good point horkn!

 

we arent talkin labs here.. we are talkin bout ankle biters who typically disrespect their owners. seen it a million times. a house with a yard? great get a blockhead lab or golden retriever or something that will make someone think twice about burglary. in an apartment Id probly avoid a large breed dog.. and little dogs just got no respect or manners..

 

That's not true. I have a little dog who was potty trained in a week and is a wonderful member of the household. It's not a little dog, big dog thing...it's a disposition and training thing. There are plenty of crazy big dogs.

 

I have one and I live in a condo. They need stimulation as well as exercise (at least mine does). He was a gift from my employees after Cherokee died (chocolate lab). Cherokee was the store mascot and then Tyson became the new one. Customers spoiled him big time with toys, treats, etc. When I got out of the fish store biz, Tyson decided he wasn't out of it yet. On occasion, he would get out but it wasn't a biggie as I knew where he was. He was down at the strip mall where Planet Reef was. He was used to making his rounds daily to the beauty salon, the pizza shop, the auto parts store, the grocery store etc. I might not know exactly where he was but he was in one of those stores.

IMO if you go that way, your Boston Terrier needs to have a microchip as well as ID tags. They are lightning fast. If you think you can catch it, you're wrong. You might get close and then the wind will blow a leaf and they feel that leaf deserves 100% of their attention and BOOM, they're gone. Very fun breed. Very ADHD breed.