Every Room Belongs to Your Pup

When you get a puppy and have a house, usually you can use baby gates or keep your puppy in a certain area, such as only downstairs or just in the kitchen, at least while potty training. In an apartment, that’ll never be the case. It’s a small living space as is, so your puppy needs the space in order to have enough room to run around, which totally makes sense. So you let your puppy be king or queen of the playground.

Guard Your Food

So I’m not sure if this applies for all apartment goers, but my boyfriend and I have always said we need to eat at the high top kitchen table we have but actually have eaten there maybe a total of two times in the past two years. The coffee table is the kitchen table and the TV is our third wheel. That being said, coffee tables aren’t usually as high as kitchen tables and your puppy will be within nose reach of any dish you eat. Make sure you keep an eye on your grub or else it’ll be gone.

You’ll Feel Like a Social Butterfly

Living in an apartment can kind of feel like dorm life all over again. You can be completely secluded and not know a single person who lives in your complex or street if you want it that way. When you get a puppy, you’ll get to know people whether you want to or not. You’ll know the people across the street, around the corner, next door, but the best part is you’ll know them by their dog’s name, not their names. You’ll spend mornings having your pup play with theirs, but never exchange names with the owners because it's more important to say hi to your puppy's friend and make small talk about your fur-babies.

What’s Privacy?

This kind of relates to every room belonging to your pup, but it’s more the fact that where you go, they go. Not just to the kitchen or to the family room, but you guessed it…To the bathroom, too. The puppy usually just sits on the floor with a toy or take a nap, but sometimes will sit and stare right at you until you're done with your business. I promise it’s not weird, my coworkers with fellow fur-babies can confirm it’s a thing. I sort of look at it as my puppy thinking “But you watch me poop, so why can’t I watch you?”

In all honesty, having a puppy is the absolute best thing in the world. I'd rather have my puppy watch me pee every morning than not have to worry whether the remote is being chewed or not. It's my dog's world and I'm just living in it, and that's all right by me.