About a week ago, my roommate adopted a dog. Most people would be super excited just because come on... it's a dog. Who doesn't love dogs?

I was extremely happy about getting a dog because I have three dogs at home that I miss every day. It's nice to have a dog walking around our apartment that I can love while my dogs are home in South Florida.

However, after having our new dog in our apartment for a little over a week now, it is a lot of work and responsibility.

This is not me steering you away from getting a dog in college by any means, I just want to bring some of the biggest responsibilities to light in order for you to understand everything you'd be getting into. One of the things I did not expect to be an issue is walking him.

Walking our dog is easy, having people home to do so isn't as easy. We all are on campus during the day from Monday-Friday because we all have classes. And, if you factor in when we work since some of us have jobs, we are very busy people.

If you and your roommates are constantly running around and are rarely ever home, a dog would either be a good thing that causes you to spend more time at home or just simply not for you. That is a decision you have to make.

Once we got our dog, we have all been a lot better at coordinating schedules and being home enough to spend time with him. Throughout the day, someone is typically home and is available to make sure he gets walked multiple times a day.

Another obstacle to tackle is, what to do with your dog when you're not home. See, we adopted an older dog rather than a puppy given that we do not have the time to completely train a puppy from the beginning.

Additionally, when living in an apartment, we cannot afford it if something were to be ruined or eaten in it, which is a very likely thing to occur during the training process. I highly recommend cage training your dog if and when you decide to get one. One of my reasons being that the only way to make sure your dog doesn't ruin/eat anything in your apartment, is to keep them in their cage while they are not supervised.

Especially for college students whose lives are pretty scattered and always changing. If you cage train your dog from the start and teach them that their cage isn't a place of punishment, it will make your life far less stressful when you leave your house.

While I have pointed out some of the more stressful parts of having a dog, I will admit I am always going to be grateful for my roommate deciding to get a dog. While it has been a trial-and-error process for sure, we are getting the hang of things.

Having our dog in our house has ensured that we all spend more time together given that we all try to be home as much as we can now.

I think getting a dog while you are in college is probably one of the biggest tests of responsibility there is and highly recommend it to people who have the time to dedicate to it!

P.S. Meet Mr.Wobbles in the cover photo!