I should probably triple-check with them then just to be as safe as possible even though they kind of got annoyed the second time I asked.
And uh, if the neighbors above me are like any other normal college students, they'll be gone during most of the day too. So they won't hear it. Plus I could just ask them not to say anything if they do hear it. College students are very understanding! Besides, if the apartment I'm going to is anything like the one I was in this year, the people upstairs will be making loud crashing sounds every time they walk (they even woke me up at times this year). I could, in a way, make a deal with them... "you don't complain about my dog, I won't complain about your loud walking and crashing."
Oh, and I know you guys won't like this, but fish weren't allowed at my dorm this year either. But I still brought my salt water fish tank since I knew I'm responsible enough not to have water spill or anything. I had them at my dorm for the whole year, with people coming in, and no one ever said anything. :x
But yeah, I'll triple check on the allowing a dog thing! They allow cats, and I think the only difference between the two is that dogs are louder, so yeah.. don't see how dogs could be any more harmful. If I train the dog to be quiet by shaking coins in a can before I go and from the start it will probably know that it has to be quiet.