We live in a weird unconventional little duplex, kinda like an apartment, open living room/kitchen/breakfast area and two bedrooms. At first, we didn't have a fenced in yard, and just took Nikko outside for walks and potties on a leash every time. Nice long walks are definitely important. I only have one pup, but I don't think it would be so bad (space-wise anyways) to have three. Hopefully you can take all three on a walk at the same time? That'd make things a lot easier for you.
The only thing I think would be really difficult is if they are all outdoor potty trained and you don't have a door in your apartment that leads directly to the outdoors. If you have to go down stairs, or through a hallway every time, with everybody leashed up, I think that would get pretty frustrating pretty quickly.
Nikko is obsessed with being outside, and he was starting to wear us down with how often he pretended like he had to pee just so we would take him outside. So finally I broke down and went to Home Depot... you can find some really pretty inexpensive plastic-coated wire fencing there that you could set up around an apartment patio or something like that. Matching metal fence posts and everything, you might spend $50 max (possibly less) to make a little 5x5 ft safe area for them to pee/poo/sun themselves in just outside your apartment door, assuming it leads to the outdoors. Just a thought :-)
Also make sure your potential apartment complex is OK with that many dogs - it's halfway common to find a place that will accept one small dog, but it seems to be pretty rare to find one that will accept three!
Good luck. I'm sure you'll be fine no matter what you decide, and whatever your situation becomes, you'll find a way to make it work. You just have to get creative sometimes! :-)
Lauren & Nikko |