Getting a puppy - What kind of compensation would be best to give to a landlord

flora48

A cautionary tale; my husband rents a house to his niece who rang to ask if she could keep a pet. As he loves dogs he agreed but never imagined that she would go and buy a Great Dane puppy!:eek:

Moral being define your dog!!

UnitedSum

It probably won't be what you imagine though. It's a common (and understandable) misconception that big dogs like Great Danes are likely to cause damage more than littledogs. Great Danes are placid dogs and are great apartment dogs for that reason. In my opinion, unless you have bad luck or raise the dog wrong, it's far less likely to cause damage than a hyper terrier. great Danes are gentle giants (unless trained to be aggressive but that's with any dog) and are actually quite lazy as an adult. I imagine as a puppy they're no worse than any other breed pup. :-)

tbs624

Great Danes that don't get excercised regularly will not be "great apartment dogs" , and young ones can be a nightmare. A small dogs getting daft and chasing around is obviously one thing: the sheer size of a GD means that its capacity for damage can be pretty bad news.

Great Danes can of course c0ck their legs higher than most other breeds - greater urine streams to clean from tenanted property walls

UnitedSum

tbs624 wrote: »

Great Danes that don't get excercised regularly will not be "great apartment dogs"

Yes, like I said -- the misconception is common. :whistle:

Caroline_a

I've owned 3 Danes and believe me, they are no different from any other puppy, just bigger! My last one broke the microwave (on hind legs, oo what's this..), 2 kettles, a toaster and that was just the kitchen! Additionally for the person who suggested that a Dane that wasn't exercised wasn't a great apartment dog - you shouldn't exercise Danes much at all under the age of 2. The huge growth plates take a while to close, so a turn round the block is fine for a long while!

However, OP I would think twice about getting a pup. If you want to 'work with dogs' you will need to be prepared to move around the country. I helped a friend last year recruit for dog daycare staff. We had applications from every corner of the country, from Glasgow to Cornwall, several from abroad too. The general consensus was that if you want to work with animals you will need to be flexible and mobile... and you cannot do that if you have your own dog. The people who were employed eventually were not allowed to bring their dogs to work (not neutered adult males), so the dogs were no better off than if their owners worked in a shop or office!

FireWyrm

ILW wrote: »

To be fair to the OP, they are studying "an animal degree" so should be no problems.

Really. I wonder what type of dog he is planning to get. If it's anything bigger than a basket ball, it will need walking between 2 and 5 miles per day, every day, 365 days a year for the next 14 years at least. Dogs/wolves evolved to travel great distances every day and anything less than the above requirement is just plain cruelty. Dogs are social creatures and do best in small packs which we choose to mean families of humans. A single human can form a successful pack with a single dog, but that dog will be bored beyond belief and frustrated/neurotic if confined to a house for long periods of the day. Dogs prefer constant contact with their pack and end up nervous wrecks if they are left alone constantly.

OP, I do hope you know what you are doing because it sounds like you are incredibly naive. You say you have 'studied' animal behaviour, but anyone who cannot guarantee a decent life for an animal for as long as it lives has no business keeping one. Think long and hard about what you are indending to do as there is no going back once you do it.