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    Puppy Parenting In An Apartment
    Puppy Parenting In An Apartment
    Puppy Parenting In An Apartment
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    Puppy Parenting In An Apartment

    By Cassie Leigh

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    Parenting a puppy can be HARD. They're adorable, but man, those teeth. And potty training. And how many times do you have to walk them each day? And trying to raise a puppy in an apartment? Well, that's even harder.

    So if you need some help, this is the book for you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCassie Leigh
    Release dateMar 12, 2015
    ISBN9781507066539

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      Puppy Parenting In An Apartment - Cassie Leigh

      The Advantages To Puppy Parenting In An Apartment

      There are some distinct challenges to parenting a puppy while living in an apartment (see the next section), but there are also many advantages. For example:

      1. Better ability to train the puppy on what to eat/not eat.

      Puppies explore the world with their mouth. They have no idea what's good for them or bad for them, so they pretty much try everything. More than once.

      If you live in an apartment, every time your puppy interacts with the outside world you'll be there with them. Which means you can train them not to eat all the lovely things they want to eat. Like pinecones, leaves, rocks, dead animals, rabbit poop, etc.

      And, oh yes, I fished every single one of the things on the above list out of the pup's mouth at some point in time.

      2. You'll be better able to monitor your pup's health.

      About two weeks after I got the pup she ended up with giardia. Since I walked her every day and picked up her poop every single time, I immediately knew something was wrong and took her to the vet. If she'd been running around in the backyard doing her thing, it could've been a few more days before I noticed. And a sick puppy is not a good thing. They're little creatures with a lot less ability to handle colds and infections than adult dogs, so when something goes wrong it can turn serious fast.

      3. You'll raise a more socialized dog.

      I took the pup to training classes when she was about four months old. (With Newfies the earlier you can get them trained, the better.) The trainer said you should try to expose your dog to a hundred different people of all shapes and sizes by the time they're six months old. Same with strange dogs.

      I laughed.

      We were already far past that mark. Pup was cute as cute can be, which meant that people were always walking up to us when we were outside. We probably met a hundred people in the first two weeks I had her.

      A socialized dog is better behaved and more adaptable to changing circumstances. Face it, most of us are going to move in the course of ten years, which means new people, new places, and new dogs. The more your pup is used to variety, the better they'll handle it.

      4. You'll raise a more disciplined dog.

      My mom has a dog that she raised in a home and only rarely takes anywhere—maybe Petsmart and the vet every few months, but otherwise the dog lives in her yard and house. Well, when he does go anywhere he strains against the leash and pants and acts the fool. (They've also found at their new home that he actually refuses to go for walks at all.)

      Pup? We had to go for walks four or five times a day, if not more, when we lived in an apartment. She very quickly learned how to walk well, how to sit, and to wait calmly instead of straining at her leash. Granted, that initially required my hugging her to hold her back from chasing rabbits or sniffing other dogs, but she learned fast.

      She had to. It was the only way to keep her safe and me sane on our walks.

      5. It will make you more social.

      I'm a recluse. I work from home and generally socialize with family and a few close friends and that's it. Before I had the pup, I'd drive up to the apartment building, immediately walk to my apartment, and stay there until I had to go somewhere. If I saw someone I'd smile, but I almost never talked to my neighbors.

      After I got the pup? I think I met almost everyone in my building. And we had long, lengthy discussions. Either they had dogs of their own and our dogs had to sniff each other, or they thought the pup was so cute that they just had to come meet her. Add to that the people I met at the dog park and Petsmart and on walks in the park and…Yeah. The pup definitely expanded my social interactions. Mostly in a positive way.

      (Again, we're talking about a cute and friendly puppy here. For the most part the people I talked to liked her, so they were nice to me. If she'd been unfriendly? Who knows.)

      The Disadvantages To Puppy Parenting In An Apartment

      As much as I am grateful for the fact that I raised the pup in an apartment that first year, there are also some disadvantages to it, too.

      1. You Are More Likely to Give In to Crying/Barking

      My pup liked to sleep near me when she was young. (Now she shuns me, but that's another story…)

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