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Easy. Adopt an adult dog who’s already potty trained! That’s what I did. OK, but seriously. It’s totally reasonable to adopt a puppy if you live in an apartment. It’s not about where you live. It’s about how much time you can commit to that pet. Potty training a puppy in an apartment does have a few challenges though. Mainly, it’s often a long ways to the potty area, so it’s harder to get your puppy outside quickly. It takes a lot more time to constantly let the puppy outside when you live on, say, the 20th floor. It’s not like you can just open the door and plop the puppy down on the grass. That being said, you can still make it work. Tips for potty training a puppy in an apartment 1. Potty train the puppy in an apartment the same way you would potty train a puppy in a house. You can read the details about that here, but the basics are: – Let the puppy out often (like, every 45 minutes when he’s not in a kennel). – Supervise at all times when he’s not in a kennel by keeping him on a l...

"Puppy apartments" have recently received rave reviews to help with a well-known challenge: potty- training puppies . It is a well-known fact that a great number of puppies are surrendered to shelters and put to sleep simply because the owners found potty -training too challenging. The so- called puppy apartment is built in such a way as to make the process easier . But do they work? As a certified dog trainer I have observed pros and cons to using a puppy apartment to train dogs. I'll discuss them both here, as well as how the method is meant to work. First, some definitions.The puppy apartment is basically a one bedroom apartment with a bathroom. If you purchase a puppy from a reputable dog breeder , the puppy will have started the potty training process . They will recognize a puppy apartment as similar to the whelping or nesting box that they were born and nursed in. Both spaces work because they rely on innate instincts, offering areas that separate soiling from ...