[WaterPKMNMaster]

I'm on the fence. I'm not sure how much you make at your part-time job ( and I really don't care ) but you need to think about YOURSELF as well and your expenses. Food, shelter, bills and clothing. Getting a dog, any kind of dog is like having a child. They will need food, medical costs, toys and etc. I don't see how a part-time job and being on your own would work. Not to say it can't work and some people can't pull it off.

The job is to just keep me busy. As I said before, money isn't a problem with me. Think about it... Japan... single apartment... want a dog... XD

Again, you mention about the yorkie and it's long coat as "girly". NO OFFENCE to ANYONE or any males but personally Yorkies are in general a "girly" dog. Have you thought about any other breeds that don't shed and are small? Have you considered a shihtzu?

Oh yeah, this is way less girlier: http://www.tkbinc.com/shih%20tzu%20i...th%20bands.jpg

Being a puppy it won't need that much space for now but I can't remember how much you said you had space there, 500 sq feet? That seems like what, a bedroom perhaps?

No, it's at least 4 rooms - bedroom, dining room, living room, kitchen, bathroom and then the huge enclosed patio.

Especially with carpets, yeah you will clean up the poop and the pee but you can't just use all those cool cleaning supplies you say you have. Certain chemicals and cleaners can HARM YOUR BABY! Your carpet will start to smell and get nasty, I just had to take my carpet out because it was ruined. Potty training can go on for a while, mine still has occasional accidents at 2 years old and yorkies are known to be stubborn at potty training.

Do you think that if I make it the strictest priority to potty train it that it will more than often go where it's supposed to go? If they're smart dogs, I can't imagine it "not getting it" if I was 100% consistent with showing it where to go. During the summer I'm usually up all night while my family is up all day (someone is always up), so we could take turns reinforcing it.

My mom also has a yorkie who does not stop parking and she lives in a townhouse and people get annoyed. Even if you have someone above you, what if they are sleeping at night and your dogs barking like a mad man, then what will you do?

Well, that wouldn't be good, but considering this year I left my alarm on several times (which BLARESSSSSS) and no one complained, and other people sometimes are blasting their music and no one complains, I don't think the noise thing would be too much of a problem unless I really got a puppy that just never stops (which is probably a worse-case scenario; in watching the videos on YouTube, the dogs don't really bark that much). The apartment is actually pretty large for one person, and it sort of feels like sound doesn't really get out of it. It's hard to explain.