high rises with dogs - please share your experience (Chicago: apartment complexes, rent)

[tiata]

Originally Posted by rca215

I've had more noticeably noisy neighbors in big buildings than small ones.

I guess when I'm local I can do a better search but from what I got via my research, high rises provided the greater probability of a quieter environment. I'm sure there are some awesome small buildings but from afar, it's hard to know.

[emathias]

It's also hard to find highrises with hot dog places in them.

[tiata]

Originally Posted by emathias

It's also hard to find highrises with hot dog places in them.

Good thing, because I'm afraid of those too!

[snoylekim]

There's also rush hour in the elevators ( we don't have a dedicated Freight) where you could be sharing the ride w/ one or more pups . This means an occasional 'nose-palm' , or , even better, the feel of a baseball-bat sized golden retriever tail slapping the back or your legs ( great in shorts) . I like dogs , and almost all of the canines in my building are well-socialized, with owners that do enforce polite behavior . That being said , it is a higher density environment, and some contact with your canine neighbors will be inevitable .

[tiata]

Originally Posted by snoylekim

There's also rush hour in the elevators ( we don't have a dedicated Freight) where you could be sharing the ride w/ one or more pups . This means an occasional 'nose-palm' , or , even better, the feel of a baseball-bat sized golden retriever tail slapping the back or your legs ( great in shorts) . I like dogs , and almost all of the canines in my building are well-socialized, with owners that do enforce polite behavior . That being said , it is a higher density environment, and some contact with your canine neighbors will be inevitable .

Good points. I'm happy about the freight thing but I know that when move in/outs happen I'm stuck. However, it is easy to avoid rush hour for me so maybe that will be my saving grace.

I once had a neighbor who himself was short but his dog was humongous...they were almost the same height! however, that dog was the most well behaved creature on the planet. I could even ride the elevator with it without getting off ...it would stay completely still and obeyed its master always. Those dogs are rare where I live now but if that's the trend there, I may be OK.

Wait, what is a nose palm? It puts its nose on people?

[Lucky Clover]

My high-rise doesn't allow dogs aside from making an exception for the blind. They allow cats only. Definitely understandable, and I also agree that there are a good amount of high-rises that don't allow dogs either from the research I did last year when I was looking for a place to move.

[tiata]

Originally Posted by tawfiqmp

My high-rise doesn't allow dogs aside from making an exception for the blind. They allow cats only. Definitely understandable, and I also agree that there are a good amount of high-rises that don't allow dogs either from the research I did last year when I was looking for a place to move.

So can I move in?

The seeing-eye dogs make sense. They are also well trained and well-behaved.

I saw a few cats-only buildings but they had no availability. I even found a "no pet" building....that one was the nicest but I lost out on an apartment there too. In the time it takes an owner to get back to me, there's someone right there with check in hand ready to make a move.

If it is really that bad when I get there, I guess I'll just work hard and pound the pavement to find something next year.

[marothisu]

There are many high rises that do not allow dogs. I have shown you a handful, but with availability in other neighborhoods...who knows. You will find it in the Near North Side though a bit where it is NO DOGS.

[snoylekim]

I've been charged by a cat in high-rise hallway .. just coming to check me out and say hello .. we also have had cats in our building that pay visits to adjoining balconies from time to time .. Not many in the elevators unless they're in a carrier .. yes, a nose-palm is when a larger dog bumps its cold, usually wet nose into your hand as a greeting . Common move by Goldens and some larger long nose breeds .

[tiata]

Originally Posted by snoylekim

I've been charged by a cat in high-rise hallway .. just coming to check me out and say hello .. we also have had cats in our building that pay visits to adjoining balconies from time to time .. Not many in the elevators unless they're in a carrier .. yes, a nose-palm is when a larger dog bumps its cold, usually wet nose into your hand as a greeting . Common move by Goldens and some larger long nose breeds .

How is that legal? I've never ever ever touched a dog or any other animal in my life. That seems so incredibly disgusting.

Back to the drawing board I guess.....this is impossible.