A very wise post. I live in a condo complex of about 300 units. These are basically 1-2-3 bedroom apartment size units. There are numerous dogs bigger than 100 lbs here! most are over 20 lbs, even my neighbors chihuahua weighs 30 lbs from lack of exercise and too much food.
I agree totally with you, big dogs do not belong here. None gets adequate exercise. And they are inherently dangerous to others, especially children.
Our dog is less than 10 lbs Lhasa Apso and we picked her out of a liter at a breeder because she was the smallest of the lot. And even a little dog like her does not get enough exercise in condo living. But we are on 3rd floor and no elevators, so that does give her some exercise. She is 14 years old now and never needed a Vet since she never had any illness. On a couple of occasions she has stomach upsets and Tums took care of that. She will get irritated eyes during pollen season, and I treat her with Visine.
“Our dog is less than 10 lbs Lhasa Apso”
I kinda talked about these dogs before. They are mostly unhinged psychopaths and lash out at everyone who isn’t their owner.
I’ve had both types and these types of dogs are more akin to rodents than dogs. Ferrets, hamsters and the like.
I have an opinion on everything though so feel free to ignore me :)
I had dogs before though. And I love dogs, I really do. I love cats and all of god’s creatures. Except snakes. And insects. I have no clue why people keep these things. But I digress; dogs aren’t a good fit everyone. In fact, they aren’t a good fit for most. Their cage is the size of whatever your home is, they rely on you for every thing they get - which is not in their nature - and they revert to feral very quickly. Like Raccoon quickly. Of which a friend of mine has a few raccoons and they are cute but they are wild.
And they are just about the same thing as dogs.